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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]So, let me guess, those who fill out applications in December will have to redo them once she tweaks the boundaries?[/quote]

If she wants to change the boundaries, she is required by law to give notice a year in advance. The mayor's plan has not yet changed boundaries (that takes effect at the end of August). So, Bowser could announce in January that the current boundaries (pre-DME recomendations) would remain in effect. That would really only be a problem for those trying to get into pre-k because otherwise you don't have to lottery for your inbounds school. Charters don't have boundaries, so it wouldn't impact them either. I'm sure that there are some other cases in which someone's plans would be upset, but I think a delay would be more of a publicity problem than anything. Then, she would have until the end of August to announce her new boundaries.

But, the PR problem is of such magnitude that I find it hard to believe she will actually do it. She might be able to tweak grandfathering. The Crestwood/16th Street Heights situation is easy because Unicorn won't be open for a while. She can easily allow for a longer grandfathering period and kick that down the road a ways. Allowing EotR kids to keep going to Eastern might be more difficult, but there might still be room for them at Eastern if she simply grandfathers them as well. That leaves the students in SW who are getting booted from  Wilson to Eastern in the lurch. It's not clear to me that anyone cares about them (and maybe not even them). But grandfathering could kick that problem down the road as well. But, maybe she does want to take the heat for stopping the new boundaries. We'll see.
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About 6700 of the 17300 in the lottery last year were trying to get into pre-k, so about 38%.  Also, though, people don't know whether the new policies on set-asides, principal's discretion for those who move out of bounds etc. are in effect.  Those issues will also determine whether people enter the lottery at all in some cases.

I suspect also that the local realtors' associations will have something to say about the fact that certain neighborhoods will be frozen until there are some definitive decisions about boundaries.  They might carry the most weight. [/quote]

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