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If sibling preference was restricted to elementary school, as OP suggested, the would not be any commuting impacts since MS/HS kids can get around on their own in DC. So it would not impact your total amount of volunteering time.[/quote]

You are thinking about your own middle class experience and not the experience of families with at-risk students ([b]and those are the families that a public school system needs to be designed to serve[/b]).

If you want to encourage parent engagement at school and at home and have parents with few resources (time, money, etc.) you can't make it so hard for them. Two, three, kids at different schools, especially if those schools are across the city from one another, doesn't work for the majority of families.

That said, obviously preferences for at-risk kids would also be helpful as would high quality neighborhood schools across the city.[/quote]

well yes and no.  At-risk students do need to be served and have different considerations than the average student,  but a public school system needs to serve everyone.[/quote]

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