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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good point about the dangers of waiting too long... Lose even more families.[/quote]

The opportunity cost of delaying is real. [/quote]

Opportunity costs for which segments of the population?

If this proposal goes through some families that can afford to leave will leave DCPS and will possibly leave the district. We are looking seriously at private schools and have already starting researching real estate just on the other side of the DC on the Maryland line. We know two young couples who desperately wanted to move to DC, both have moved to Maryland within the last two months driven by this self-made DME school problem in the District. The real factor is that you currently pay a premium to live in DC where the schools are lower performing. It is very easy for most middle-income people to move, because a home somewhere else will likely be cheaper.

We are on the downward side of the curve for demand. For example, people are boosting Wilson right now because short-sighted DCPS proposals scared parents away from Walls. I live near Wilson and many of our neighbors opted for Walls, this has reversed in less than two years because of bad policy. It is not that Wilson has gotten better, it is that Walls is now considered unacceptable. Walls had to re-open the lottery at least one additional time in the most recent round and is still not near capacity or projections. DCPS essentially is causing any crowding by removing options for families, simply through poor policy decisions and a lack of planning.

There is so much that is wrong with the DME proposal process (no tie to budgeting, transit planning, demand, proximity, walkability, and poor data fundamentals).

If the DME continues this process demand will immediately fall because children will be out of the system. However the more stable families won't be going to charters as the DME is betting, they will go suburban or private.
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