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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do pur city officials keep trying to break something good that works for dc kids? Big no for proximity pref.[/quote]

Because it doesn't work for all families. This proposal will help the (few) families who are far from their inbound DCPS and close to a good charter (who, in some cases, took over the building of what used to be the neighborhood DCPS). It may help with neighborhood/charter relations where the neighborhood resents the charter families who clog their streets. It may help with racial diversity at schools like YY, ITS, others in Ward 2 or 5 who sit in a majority-minority neighborhood but draw a lot of white kids from all over the city. But . . . honestly, I think this proposal will not affect that many seats in the schools that want to opt in. Neighborhood preference will likely go below sibling preference. I think it's more of a PR effort by the mayor, trying to throw a bone to the neighborhoods whose inbound school was closed in the past 5 years and who are PO'ed about traffic from a charter school that took its place. For some of those schools in Ward 5 like ITS there is a racial dynamic as well -- a neighborhood school which served almost all black students (Shaed) was closed and now a charter school that serves a lot of white kids sits in that building. The families across the street can't send their kids/grandkids to the charter but they have people double parking in front of their house twice a day. I think Bowser is responding to complaints from those people. [/quote]

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