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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Jeff, thanks again for your willingness to engage on this, and sorry for my confusion earlier. Fair point on Option B and Janney.

I am pessimistic about the prospects of any as-of-right HS east of the park within the next 20 years. Whereas some on this thread seem optimistic even on a 5 year timeline. So some of this does come down to empirical predictions.

But there is also some principle at work here. For me the ability to buy a house in a school district is part of the bedrock of this country's values. It is the original and most fundamental version of "school choice". I am only recently learning that places like San Francisco have experimented with something radically different, with disastrous results.

A move to a city wide lottery would send a signal beyond education policy. It would indicate that Fenty was an outlier and DC is back to business as usual.

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I am happy to talk or write about this subject as much as necessarily. I'm perfectly willing to seek victory through attrition :-)

I don't know if a high-performing high school can be developed EotP in the near future and, if it can, what timeline would be required. Even if all parties involved came up with a plan upon which we all agreed -- unlikely in itself -- I have grave doubts about DCPS's ability to implement it.

There are only two things that seem for sure: 1) Wilson and Deal have current and increasing problems with overcrowding; and 2) Roosevelt is getting a $127 million renovation. That's not much of a foundation for a successful school, but all we are doing here is exploring the possibility.

I agree that the ability to buy a house within a particular school boundary is important. But, it is also important that large parts of our community are not shut out from opportunities for quality education. The only way I see to reconcile these two principles is to increase the number of opportunities for quality education. 
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