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Good post. I think #1 is the most feasible option. I too see the appeal of #4 but don’t think it’s politically viable. San Francisco has a system similar to #4 but it’s pretty unpopular even if well-intentioned and pretty effective at integrating schools. And that’s with SF having many more good schools than DC.[/quote]

Boston also tried a similar syatem, but had to walk it back, so that some preference is given to residents.

San Francisco has a much smaller percentage of residents with children, partially because of expense, and partially due to the lottery. I don't think SF has more good schools than DC. California per pupil expenditure is very low compared to most DMV school districts. The kinds of specials we take for granted would be unheard of in a lot of CA schools.[/quote]

I agree with a lot of your post, including regarding per-pupil expenditure and specials. But SF schools are better-scoring than DC schools. As an example, look at US News's "College Readiness Index," which compares AP/IB performance. SFUSD's score is 42.1 and DCPS is 28.9. Also compare the scatter plots for district high schools (DC has so many in the lower left corner): https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/district-of-columbia-public-schools/wilson-high-school-4649 https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/san-francisco-unified-school-district/abraham-lincoln-high-school-3254 Neither district scores too well, but SF has a lot more schools that are mediocre but not terrible. My only point is that moving away from IB schools will be even harder in DC than it was in SF where's it's very unpopular.[/quote]
didn't SF go back to neigborhood schools?[/quote]

The change from the all-lottery system is going to take several years to implement and the new system will not be an only-neighborhood school approach.

The new SF system is supposed to include automatic assignment to a neighborhood school, with additional lottery-based choice for citywide or specialized options like language immersion programs; a choice system based primarily on home address and a zone-based assignment with a guaranteed assignment to one in a set of schools.

I personally think they are on the right track with specialized programs such as immersion being offered to all via a lottery, e.g. not at a neighborhood school.[/quote]

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