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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Ward 4 and there are five charters within .5 mile from my house. The closest DCPS school (my inbound school) is over a mile away.

I am very much in favor of this. The amount of traffic generated by parents driving their children to school is ridiculous.[/quote]

Sorry, your convenience and your traffic challenges are NOT reasons to change a basic rule of equal opportunity to all applicants that charter rules in DC were founded upon.  I understand why you want it, but it is wrong in so many ways for the Mayor to propose it and for it to be passed.  I hope it gets nixed again, that would be the right thing to do.[/quote]

NP, who is not affected by the proposal at all in Ward 6. I think you are wrong. I think the PP's convenience, to be more specific, PP's child's convenience and others similarly situated are exactly the reason IN FAVOR of the preference. The by-right school is not walkable and therefore getting the same right to walkability by a preference to a nearby charter is worthwhile, exactly for the convenience factor [b]and so an already disadvantaged child (in terms of walkability to by-right school) isn't further inconvenienced because of traffic challenges[/b].[/quote]

Riiiiiight.  But somehow I suspect that the INABILITY TO GET IN because the few spots at HRCSs are taken by proximity residents might be a bit of a disadvantage to the disadvantaged child whose parents are willing to trek across DC for the better education.  But you would deny them that ability and say it's not an inconvenience.

The city-wide option was created for a reason, to serve students whose choices in an IB/OOB system suck.  City-wide means everyone has an equal chance to get in. Walkability was NEVER part of the plan, because - drumroll please - no matter how you try to dress it up or disguise it, it still just replicates the class challenges that the IB/OOB system creates, especially for schools with few spaces for brand new families.  You can try to rationalize it or deny impact on underserved families all you want - you're still screwing the families with least choices in favor of those who can afford to live close enough to walk to higher/highest demand schools.[/quote]

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