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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More feeder kids are going to Hardy. But the feeders aren't all IB.
Eaton 54% 
Key 84%
Hyde 43%
Mann 80%
Stoddert 80%

The number of OOB students entering Hardy at 6th grade is slowing down, but there are still OOB students entering the feeder pattern in a lower grade.[/quote]

And, you're point? [/quote]

Hardy is good and will get better. But it won’t “look” like a Ward 3 school for a while. Which is probably a good thing. [/quote]

There seems to be glee associated with closing down OOB options for kids. That’s sad.[/quote]

I hear you.  I think you can be glad that a by-right school is serving more IB kids and also be sad that there aren't nearly enough by-right schools doing right by their students.  We need more feeder patterns to work - especially outside of Ward 3.[/quote]

Right, but by perpetuating the OOB system you are gauranteeing that this will never happen.  There are now enough high SES families living all over the City to make meaningful improvements to their neighborhood schools.  It’s time for DCPS to end the OOB system and say to all the parents in places like Shaw, Petworth, Brookland, Shepherd, etc that it’s time to invest in your neighborhood schools and stop fleeing to charters and Ward 3.  [/quote]

There are NOT enough high SES families living "all over the city." DC's public school-age population (inclusive of charters and DCPS) is still 80% at risk.

The OOB system we have also helps keep schools diverse racially, and keeps individual class sizes manageable in the Wilson feeder schools. Taking away flexibility from principals will have unintended consequences.[/quote]

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