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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]"Controlled choice" is an Orwellian term.  It is not choice if someone else controls it.  Imagine having stretched and spent bongo-bucks for a tiny pre-WW II center hall brick colonial in AU Park so that your kids can attend Janney.  Then someone in control says, because of the 20% OOB set aside, your choice will be to to Southeast and choose between Marion Barry Educational Center and Michael Brown Elementary School.  Congratulations.[/quote]

Under example A, the most extreme risk you face as a Janney parent is sending your kid to Murch or Lafayette. But, I am sure trauma specialists will be available to help you cope. [/quote]

Jeff you seem to be the only one who understands this.

We were thinking of renting IB for deal, and are terrified that we could rent in tenleytown and our kids get sent elsewhere. That is possible in all 3 scenario, correct?[/quote]

Lots of people understand it a lot better than me. Keep in mind that the three examples presented were only examples and not actual policies. We don't know what type of policy suggestions will result from this. But under these scenarios, if you rented in Tenleytown your middle school options would be:

Example A: Lottery between two closest schools which would be Deal and, I"m guessing, Hardy.

Example B: Deal

Example C: Lottery between schools in your choice set which would be Deal and Hardy.

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