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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard a cheap shot.  No DC Catholic school would satisfy you, you demanding b****. Maybe an explanation would help.

The story of Stuart-Hobson is the story of political concerns trumping academic prerogatives for the last 4 decades.  It's not a bad school, but it hasn't served the neighborhood well since the 70s, which isn't good news for any of us in-boundary. [b]No way should more students from Ward 5, 7 and 8 than from Ward 6 still be in that building.[/b][/quote]

YES THEY SHOULD.  Watkins is IMPROVING to 30% IB this year.  Even much hyped Brent is only 65% IB.  If the IB families don't opt in why should the Ward 5, 7 and 8 families get called out for exercising school choice?  They're exercising the same OOB rights exercised by the Ward 6 families choosing charters over IB.[/quote]

^^ and I'll add - those OOB seats are only offered because the IB catchment doesn't enroll.  The boundaries are set based on demographic data from the Office of Planning (ie Census).  Deal feeders have small OOB populations because they're full of IB catchment.  Students IB for Janney don't enroll in Yu Ying, Mondo Verde, LAMB or any other flavor of the month charter school like Hill families do.[/quote]

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