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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is going to affect nearly nobody.  It will only affect people who meet all of the following criteria:

- Live w/i .05 mile of a charter.
-Do not live w/1 .05 mile of a DCPC
-The charter you live near participates and gives the "walkability preference
-The charter gives the walkability preference and either puts the preference ahead of sibling or other preferences - or there are still slots that are not taken by sibling or other preferences. 
-The charter you live near is a charter that you actually would like to go to.

Is this correct?

This proposal is either:
-a political stunt aimed at looking like the mayor cares about walkability, or 
-It is aimed to satisfy one or two wealthy donors to whom this would apply.  or 
-It is aimed to satisfy one particular charter school located in a low income neighborhood -   that aims to serve poor children but ends up with a high percentage high income kids.  [/quote]

I think you are correct, and the proposal is aimed to satisfy small groups of people who live very near a popular charter and not so near their in bound DCPS. An obvious impact will be on folks whose DCPS was closed, and the building is now occupied by a popular charter. (They are likely to be more than .5 miles from what is now their in bound DCPS). It might also be designed to mollify neighborhoods around popular charter schools who complain about traffic and such from people who are driving their kids to school and congesting small residential streets nearby.[/quote]

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