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[quote=Anonymous]Not affected by changes one way or another, like the previous PP (with the possible exception of set-asides which do not bother me), but what a ridiculous statement to make!

Sure, people are moving in and some people will have babies. This is why DC Office of Tax revenue should not care if people with school-age children move out and are replaced by childless or those with infants - they will still get their taxes. But Kaya's job is all about schools! And why she thinks those who will eventually have babies here will be more inclined to go to bad schools than the people with school-age children who move out, is beyond me. I fail to see why they wouldn't do what people who are dissatisfied with DCPS do now - move (more often than not outside DC), or go to charter/private/parochial.

DC is gentrifying and getting more expensive to live in by the day. It's not the case of newcomers who have no options but to stay where they are and take their lumps. To take the Hill situation as an example (as we used to live on the Hill so I am most familiar with it). Currently few parents in ‘good’ areas of the Hill send their kids to Jefferson/EH/SH middle schools. When their kids reach that age, these parents either move or send them to charters/private/parochial. Even if they stay in DC, it’s a DCPS failure. For every family that moves out from e.g., Brent school district, there is a family who buys their house, true. But if that family ever has children and those children reach middle school age, that family likewise will leave DCPS one way or another, unless the Hill MS improve – these families can afford to have choices. Which, once again, not a problem as far as tax revenue for the city is concerned but a huge indictment of DCPS, which is what Kaya is supposed to manage. 
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