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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I think when we see the DME's proposal we may very well see set-asides, so the OOB and feeder right stuff won't go away and I think it's foolish to continue fighting with abolishing the practice as a goal...that is UNTIL DCPS creates some genuinely viable options for people who don't live in Ward 3. And don't ask me to roll up my sleeves and build it. I will pay my taxes (I'll even pay a tax increase), I will volunteer (as I have my entire life)...but I will not play "education expert." I expect the experts that my tax dollars fund to develop a stellar plan (with my input! happy to provide input!) and figure out a way to create middle and high schools that higher SES families might actually consider. [/quote]

So you think it was DCPS that created the viable schools in Ward 3?  Oh, that's a good one.  [/quote]

+1. It is quite funny the way many talk without realizing that DCPS has invested way more capital and resources in schools outside NW...ignoring the parents and the invested communities would be quite stupid.[/quote]

As I understand it, not long ago the WotP schools couldn't attract many inbound families. As a result, they enrolled many OOB families, many of which were extremely committed to improving the schools. It was a combination of IB and OOB families that worked together to make the schools into places more IB families would be interested in attending. If this is the case, there is some irony in the animosity toward OOB families show by some current IB families. Presumably, the current IB families are the beneficiaries of, rather than the initiators of, the school improvements. They have OOB families to thank, in part, for those improvements.
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