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If DCPS is going to embrace real alternative models for school organization, that's great.  But a school like what is being structured at the new location of SWS, which is a very nice but standard elementary school in every way except its unusual admissions pattern, is not what we should be advocating for as parents in this city. It doesn't do anything to push the whole system toward new and better school models. [/quote]

Except SWS and its Reggio inspired approach is not a "standard elementary school".It's educational philosophy and approach is different than most DCPS offerings, even compared with other programs which claim to be "Reggio inspired".  Academically it probably alligns academically with Expeditionary Learning schools like Cap City and Two Rivers.

And Reggio is not a good fit for every family and/or child.  The idea of SWS as a straight up boundary school is really strange to me.  It worked with a shared boundary along with Peabody because no one was forced into it as their only IB option.  which is why it's strange that Oyster is a boundary school.  What if I don't prefer language immersion?[/quote]

Maybe the solution is for SWS to become a charter school because then it could keep the city-wide lottery admissions pattern without setting a city-wide lottery precedent for the rest of DCPS. Or, it could become a school that requires an interview for each child and admits students based on their fit with the program, and therefore it would become a true specialty school.  [b]If proximity preference is so objectionable (even though it wouldn't create the straight up boundary issue you cite since people would have another IB choice)[/b], why not consider alternatives that make the school truly an alternative model for DCPS. We already have a system in which half the students of this city are high-tailing it all over the city to try to get a good education.  I do not want to see the rest of the system move away from a neighborhood model unless DCPS schools are offering something better than a random lottery.  This might seem like a win for the very few people who get into the school, but it is a long-term losing scenario for the city as a whole.   [/quote]

Oh boy is that an eye-roller.  So much so I can't believe you could say it with a straight face, except that you've got yourself absolutely convinced that it's in the entire city's best interest to show your child undeserved favoritism.  The delusion and entitlement is actually palpable.  I think I can feel it radiating out from your street.   :roll: [/quote]

Except that I already stated that I won't personally benefit from proximity preference and will mention here that my oldest is already enrolled at a different school that we like, giving my youngest sibling preference when the time comes. Not everyone who is interested in this issue is interested in only the consequences for their own kid in the short term. I live in DC and I would like to see DC create a vibrant alternative to the charter system that involves strong neighborhood schools and carefully crafted magnet programs using the successful models found of many other cities.  Creating more city-wide lottery schools within DCPS pushes more people into city-wide schools, which steals resources from neighborhood school initiatives while also reducing DCPS's impetus to create a strong neighborhood school system that serves kids where they live. I realize that you have no interest in larger education policy debates and a strong desire to view this issue only through a narrow lens of petty neighborhood politics, but other people in this city are interested in a broader view. [/quote]

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