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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We already named another way:  offer a package of specialized classes with a demonstrated competency requirement in order to get a seat.  In effect, it would be a "track" within a school.  But it wouldn't be paying students, it would be paying extra teachers.[/quote]
I'm the cash payment poster.  I'm fine with trying some sort of test-in magnet approach to lure kids out of Deal.  I even suggested something like that several pages ago.  The optics problem it will face is that PARCC scores suggest that a true test-in program will be mostly white and Asian students, and mostly high SES ones.  If DCPS can somehow swallow those optics, then it might work.

Like the other poster, I'd worry a little that DCPS couldn't limit application to only Deal students, but since Deal students are the real target, it would need to be set up so it's attractive to NWDC.  That probably means putting the program in a building that's close to NWDC and in a relatively safe neighborhood.  I suppose MacFarland fits the bill.  If the program is placed in SEDC, it's not going to work.

Do you think DCPS would actually do something like that?  Will it meet their criteria of equity, excellence and diversity?[/quote]

How would it differ from Bannaker?[/quote]

I'm not sure.

1. I don't know how Banneker's admissions are determined.  Is it true test-in or are there other criteria?
2. It would need to be bigger than Banneker, if it's going to absorb all students they want to pull out of Deal, right?
3. It would need to be in addition to Banneker, because I assume DCPS doesn't want Banneker to be "gentrified."

Maybe what you're driving at is that Banneker doesn't seem to attract much from Deal, so why would any other test-in magnet.  If so, that's a good point.  I don't know what DCPS would have to do to make sure another test-in magnet doesn't remain so segregated. [/quote]

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