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[quote=Anonymous]It would be a shame if anyone messed with Eaton or Hearst in any way, including feeder patterns. They are the model of what an urban school should be: high performing, with a mix of races and incomes but with a critical mass of high SES families. They're not suburban-white like JKLM. They're not troubled like just about everywhere else. And even if the OOB parents don't mind being directed to Hardy, if enough CP residents get mad and pull the next generation from the schools, then you've ruined the schools.

Tinkering with WofP schools boundaries or indulging in 1970s social engineering Boston isn't going to work. The smart thing is to maintain as much of Deal and Wilson while finding a good release valve for the overcrowding, and then come up with more lottery-in or application schools for the rest of the city, so that motivated parents and kids can have something to shoot for beyond the 1-10 charter chances. As for everyone else, the sad truth is that until you tackle root causes  of poverty, blah blah blah, you can't turn around those schools. A delegation of high SES kids isn't going to make a difference.[/quote]

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