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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the schools that would be cut out of MacFarland under this plan?

Why would you feed Shepherd there and not Whittier, Brightwood or Takoma - all of which are closer. [/quote]
They could all feed there. It would be the Alice Deal for that entire area. [b]They key is that I'm crediting Shepherd Bancroft and Powell with being strong feeder schools based on their reputations.[/b] They are the ones that will ensure MacFarland has a good base to start, and isn't treated as a school of last resort. Those neighborhoods have strong spirit and bragging rights to activism and diversity, so I think they have the strength to pull it off. The question is whether they have the courage to do it. [/quote]

Bancroft and Powell are both majority-poor (75% and 85% latino, respectively) and the test scores aren't good. Shepherd, less poor and I believe the test scores a bit better but no JKLM.  You can check the DCPS school profiles online.

In your internet ramblings you are free to evaluate schools and define "strong feeders" based on their "reputations" (on DCUM), and use these to construct your own fantasy feeder patterns. Just like fantasy baseball or fantasy football or any other hobby. The DME and other policy-makers do this stuff for a living, in real life, and must concern themselves with the facts.  
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