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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OOB feeders account for 1/3 of Deal's population. That would allow OOB kids from all over to have access and put the capacity well below limits.[/quote]
Great solution if it's accurate.  What's your source for 1/3 of Deal being OOB students?[/quote]
Because Deal is currently 30% OOB. They don't admit OOB students out of the lottery so the only way to be labeled OOB is come from a feeder as OOB student.[/quote]
We seem to be going in circles.  [i]What is your source for saying Deal is currently 30% OOB?[/i]  [/quote]
DCPS profiles. This is from 2014-15 as they haven't updated. It's not likely to be more than a few points off this year.
http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Deal+Middle+School[/quote]
Thanks for the info.  Below is data on the OOB population at each of Deal's feeders, and data on the student enrollment vs capacity.  Seems odd that they have OOB percentages of 13-14% at schools like Murch and Lafayette that are so overcrowded.  How are those OOB students admitted at the elementary level?

Murch 86% in bounds / 14% OOB (620 students / 488 building capacity)
Janney 94% in bounds / 6% OOB (693 students / 570 building capacity)
Lafayette 87% in bounds / 13% OOB (697 students / 516 building capacity)

Also, the combination of high OOB and low enrollment at these schools makes me wonder if some consolidation or realignment of elementary schools might make sense.  Are there simply not enough kids in the Hearst and Shepherd neighborhoods to fill the schools? Or are those families opting out of the DCPS system?

Hearst 27% in bounds / 73% OOB (291 students / 325 building capacity)
Shepherd 34% in bounds / 66% OOB (318 students / 342 building capacity)
Bancroft 53% in bounds / 47% OOB (508 students / 563 building capacity)

I agree with your underlying point that an easy solution to lots of overcrowding is to simply make clear that OOB rights at an elementary school will extend further into the feeder pattern for middle school only if there is excess capacity leftover after the in-bounds students are slotted.  [/quote]

Just fyi your numbers for Shepherd, Heart, and Bancroft are off. Shepherd currently has 362 children this year and Hearst 318.[/quote]

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