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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Upper NW families "lotterying" into lower NW schools is only going to intensify as these schools drop PK classrooms to try to mitigate their overcrowding problems.  In principle, you could remove their rights to enter the lottery elsewhere, but I doubt the city has any political appetite for that.[/quote]

How on Earth would you even do that?   Hey I know!  Maybe you could draw a line around Ward 3 and announce every adult living there has to pay property taxes twice!  Or, charge a $1000 annual surcharge to licensed drivers who also have a child in Key.

Or more analogously, make a rule that anyone living in Ward 3 cannot attend Deal unless they went all the way through J, L, or Mu. first and didn't attend private elementary school.    Let's stick it to 'em!!!
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I think it would be pretty easy for the DC public school lottery to remove OOB rights to PK3 or PK4 by address.  I would suspect it would take them a day of programming if not an afternoon.  The question is not how would you do it, but it is an equitable and just thing to do.  I think that is the harder sell, though not impossible.  They city already choose to not give Ward 3 schools PK3.  This would be essentially equivalent.[/quote]

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