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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Janney is apparently already at 8% oob.[/quote]

Remember that the 10-15% set aside is for at risk OOB, not higher SES OOB.[/quote]

No, it is a preference in the lottery, after OOB with siblings.  I would hope all of you that think this set aside will work because of Janney's proximity to public transportation have read the definition of at risk.  This is not farms or working poor, this is about kids that are homeless and in foster care and similar.  These are children in families with serious functional problems.  I support the concept of making quality education available to them, but I think we will need deducted buses, not public transportation options.  This is likely at least a 1 hour trip each way every day to get children there by 8:45.  I think that is highly optimistic.  The set asides, however, are not limited to at risk kids, this is a set aside for OOB with the described priority so if at risk kids don't take the slots other OOB families will.

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With the St. Ann's school becoming vacant next door, maybe  DCPS could rent it so that Janney could create a "school within a school" annex for the at-risk kids.  That way, they could get special attention and services in a safe environment and under Janney supervision but not hold the other kids back if they are not functioning at grade level.[/quote]

Anyone else concerned this raises image of 'separate but equal' all over again ????[/quote]

No more than academic tracking  of kids does or the DC practice of having "academies" within schools.  Moreover, it would all be part of the same school so there is no true separation.  Finally,, "at risk" I would hope is not a race-based classification unless that is what DME  really intends but is using a neutral term[/quote]

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