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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I'm afraid that belief was pre-common lottery. After 2014, the WLs didn't move much. It is a bummer. [/quote]

Sure, I guess it's a bummer for people on waitlists but for the schools and the school communities it's great. Less shuffling around at the start of school when things are chaotic already. It's a pretty big bummer for a class to begin to gel and then a handful of kids are suddenly no longer there. The basic problem in DC now is there are just not enough spots at desirable or even acceptable schools. [/quote]

Just being great for the school isn't good enough.  The system needs to be great for families as well, or DC will continue to lose families to the suburbs - where they care about things like education.[/quote]

That's always the comeback but the truth is no one cares if you move. Families with kids are expensive for a city. The uncomfortable truth is the city would be just as happy, if not more so, with the retired couple with grown kids, the gay couple with no kids, (both flush with cash) etc. to buy and live in your house. Until the city thinks it will lose tax income that won't be replaced there is not going to be changes in the "system" that magically create 1000 new desirable school spots. DC is too hot right now. It stinks to realize that whether you stay or go doesn't really matter much, but it's true. We're staying because our school situation is solid and there are lots of schools that fit that category so there is a large number of families that won't go anywhere, creating the stable "family with kids" demographic the city needs. Until families choose their own IB school and help to turn it into what they envision the "to the burbs" churn will continue. [/quote]

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