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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard someone on the radio today who said the fairest proposed system would be to randomly assign students to particular DCPS schools, to assure a mixture of more affluent students and disadvantaged students. So a student in AU Park (and their siblings) might be assigned a spot in Ward 8 and a kid from Barry Farm could go to Janney.[/quote]

I really, really hope they do it. It is the fairest thing![/quote]

And the easiest way to get affluent parents leaving the district in droves, eroding the tax base and making schools worse.[/quote]

What you describe will never happen, so don't be such an alarmist. However, those on the opposite side who talk about white flight should check themselves at the door too. There are plenty of wealthy, educated people WITHOUT children who would be happy to move into DC and take up a lot of the vacated real estate. We parents need to not be so headstrong about our supposed value to this city. And I say that as a 20 year DC resident and parent of two young children.  [/quote]

Of course this would happen.  DC is unique to many other cities in that it is flanked by two other states/counties with VERY strong school districts that are in close proximity to the city so making the move is relatively easy. If DCPS suddenly decided to upend the system totally, creating a ton of uncertainty about upper NW/upper SES kids' schooling, you can bet we'd be back to white flight. And you can bet you'd see a very dramatic change to real estate prices very quickly. (childless adults cannot fill up all the 4-6 bedroom houses in Ward 3, sorry.)[/quote]

Not the PP, but I bet you believed that the world would end with the Mayan calendar last year, didn't you?   :roll:

Seriously, this is an alarmist fantasy.  It's not on the table.  [/quote]

PP here- I agree that this is a fantasy. It's a fantasy because the fallout would be enormous.[/quote]

That and it's a stupid idea.[/quote]

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