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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A FOIA request may get some info. But I'm pretty sure the attorneys will get involved. Pretty naive to think that you can just submit a request involving a DCPS school and they'll just give it to you just because. If the desire to get things to be more transparent, starting with the DC Council and local media is probably more a sure bet. None of them like bad publicity. Can request FOIA in tandeem...[/quote]

Pretty naive to assume that DCPS staff attorneys won't screw it up wildly and end up getting ripped a new one once it gets before a judge. That tends to be what happens whenever DC government lawyers make decisions that end up in court. [/quote]

To my knowledge, DCPS has a general counsel that uses outside resources so there's that....different ballgame[/quote]

Only if they are anticipating something being high profile beforehand. Whether or not a foia request pertaining to someone's kid's Walls application sets off the appropriate alarm bells is debatable. [/quote]

I don't know whether anyone is suggesting a FOIA request for a specific kids' application.  My suggestion would be for the Walls selection [b]policy.[/b]  The policy--i.e., the selection criteria/interview guidelines and training/weighting--those are what SWW needs to be transparent about and is what is in the public interest (and, therefore, should be subject to FOIA at with a fee waiver).  And the beauty of this is, if DCPS lawyers up to fight it, [b]bring it on[/b].  That in and of itself is a story.  It would be one thing to defend keeping a specific kid's application private.  It is quite another thing to suggest that the public does not have the right to know how the process and guidelines by which a public school selects its students.[/quote]

All talk and no action?

When are you submitting your FOIA request?

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It is not my fight to fight, as my youngest is graduating this year. But I have been on the other side of a FOIA request (as a government employee) and I know how powerful they can be. There are clearly folks on here--those whose kids were denied entry this year and kids who may apply in coming years who have an interest in a transparent process. I am advocating that they explore FOIA as a tool.  It takes about 5 minutes to submit the request.  My question for you is, why do you seem to get so defensive/reactive everytime FOIA comes up?[/quote]

Why do you think all these comments are by a single poster?
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