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This.  [url=http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/dc-public-schools-closure-list-january-2013/25/]Here's the list of schools being closed[/url].  Ward 6 is one of only two wards that is unaffected.  Ward 7 has four elementary schools closing.  Ward 8 has three.  Ward 5 has one.  How is Kaya realistically to take away all of those ES seats from other wards, and then turn around and create new ES seats, exclusively for Ward 6?  Because we all know that proximity preference will effectively turn SWS into an IB school.  Think about the optics of this here, folks:   Ward 6 getting new ES seats for IB (sorry, "proximity preference) families, while 5, 7, and 8 are losing a few hundred of them.

This is exactly the sort of result that keeps Barry, Orange, Bonds et al in office - it would be just too easy to exploit those results for political gain.

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She took the seats away where they're surrounded by a sea of unused ones.  DCPS should be more concerned about the mobility premium for Wards 7 & 8 families.  Some families can and do transport their kids to charters or OOB schools, but that's a real hurdle for others.  Charter licensing should require at least some of the schools to locate in educationally underserved areas, if for no other reason than they'll be prioritized by families living closer and most adversely impacted by closings.  Rocketship, Eagle Academy and KIPP have taken this approach.  Of course most charters would prefer to offer the niche curricula and locate where they can attract the highest number of affluent families.

I do wonder how far the SWS community would have followed the school.  Near Southest at Van Ness?  Maybe. Benning or Congress Heights?  Doubtful.[/quote]

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