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It seems to me that the people who live in Potomac or Bethesda are considered the wealthier citizens of the county.  And if they had to go into a county wide lottery, there would be a good chance that those people might pull their children out of the lottery system and choose other educational opportunities.  If the local residents were not a part of the W schools, what would that leave you and what benefit would other students gain?
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1. Nobody, even on this thread, is proposing a county-wide lottery.
2. If the residents of Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase were not a part of the schools in Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase, that would leave me exactly where I am now.

The argument seems to be that the poor kids have to stay in their high-poverty schools because otherwise rich parents will pull their children out of the public schools. Sorry, poor kids. The preferences of rich parents are more important than your education.[/quote]

PP at 13:43 thinks that a county-wide lottery is a great idea.  And PP at 16:28 wants poorer children to be able to go to school wherever they want, regardless of money (which is a nice ideal in theory, but how to put that into practice?).  In any event, I am not sure how you integrate places like Potomac and Bethesda, which have school populations that are less diverse (race and SES-wise) than elsewhere, unless you force long-distance busing to/from those places.  These communities are next to other wealthy communities, by and large.  It's not like adding a Rockville neighborhood to Churchill or Wootton really diversifies things much, does it?  What does that do for the kids in Silver Spring or in the eastern parts of the county where schools are majority minority and/or lower-performing?  There aren't many "high poverty schools" in clusters adjacent to high-SES schools, so if you want to make a real difference, you'd have to impose long-distance busing.  People here seem to feel that families in wealthier parts of the county are not doing their fair share, and someone else already said it was pointless to have busing between two high-poverty school clusters, so beyond stating the obvious that forcing poor kids to stay in high-poverty, low-performing schools is not a good thing, what exactly do you propose to do?[/quote]

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