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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
You know what, I appreciate your candor, as you're acknowledging (I think) that proficiency rates at Wilson would go down in lottery system.  Except that the rates at Wilson are already at only 60%.  Given that figure, I believe your prediction of proficiency is far too optimistic.  If it came to pass, there would be no real benefit for a Ward 3 family to try the lottery to Wilson, as the possibility of losing the lottery would be too horrible to contemplate.  More realistically, if the system went lottery, the scores at Wilson would become similar to the other non-application high schools in the District:  at around 30% proficiency or less.[/quote]

I believe most of us realize this. Even so, I don't believe it is enough to undermine support for lotteries among a large segment of the public. The alternative to lotteries cannot be leaving everyone outside Ward 3 with no viable high school option. I started this thread to discuss one way to create a viable option. So, let's please get back to the topic of what it would take to make Roosevelt an acceptable option for many who would otherwise contribute to Wilson's overcrowding problem.
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I think implementation is the main difficulty.  Essentially, you've got to steal enough Ward 3 families from Wilson in order to keep the academic standards at the new Roosevelt relatively high and to provide examples to other students who haven't developed the same scholastic habits.  In order to keep that tap of students flowing, you need to create incentives for Ward 3 families to choose to send their kids there; for the most part, that means duplicating the entirety of Wilson's environment.  The hardest part would be re-drawing the boundaries, initially, and being able to withstand the political push-back to make the boundaries stick.  DCPS has a ton of money, so I don't think that would be the issue, in terms of funding the programs at the school.[/quote]

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