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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. By the time of the boundary review it will be clear that all of the WITP schools are full. That will be a key fact.

We get to make choices about that. Fundamentally I see three choices, maybe four.

First, we can decide to go along with the residential segregation and transportation patterns and say they’re full and out-of-boundary students are basically excluded. Sounds bad, but it might have the most impact for neighborhoods from which students travel west for elementary and feed upward in terms of keeping their best students in those schools.

Second, we could keep everything the same and start construction WOTP to meet demand. Build out bigger elementary schools, build more middle and high schools.

Third, we could make a rule that reserves some spots in each of these schools for OOB students. Maybe based on at-risk status and maybe not. Would have good effects but could create stigma. Could exclude or include people who don’t need access to schools like this.

Fourth, we could equalize further by establishing a lottery not tied to residence of applicant, i.e., no inboundary preference. I see this as the best choice functionally but politically unachievable. This forum’s reaction to that choice is always that every person with a better than 9th grade education and a tent will move to some suburb and leave DC to the zombies if that’s even mentioned and while that’s handwringing bullshit it’s politically reflective of something for sure. That’s why I only say it’s 3 choices really.

Other choices like choice grouped pyramids were run up the flagpole and failed during the last go round. I doubt we’re more likely to turn those choices into reality than last time.

What do you all think?

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I think the reason #4 is politically unfeasible is because I don’t want to drive across town (potentially) to drop my kids off a school (possibly two different schools) and then drive across town again to get to work. This could be 90+ minutes. This is why I want neighborhood schools.[/quote]
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We don't even own a car.  We chose a neighborhood school for several reasons, one of which is convenience (for both daily dropoff and pickup and for BTSN and other special events)/commute.  A school that is not conveniently located is substantially less attractive.  There is also value in living close to classmates, in terms of ease of playdates, sense of community, etc.  Even when kids are old enough to get themselves to school, a school being farther away makes it less appealing, period.  [/quote]

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