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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The goose keeps laying the golden eggs for these people. [/quote]

LMAO

This is DCUM's version of Does Pete Rose Belong In the Hall of Fame?

As has been said, every first entering child has the same chances with, I guess, a distinct advantage for twins/triplets and families with multiple children moving to DC.

I suspect most people against sibling preference aren't families with one child who misguidedly consider it unfair, but IB boosters who recognize it would drive people from even considering charters since they'd mostly likely be headed to their IB once their second child reached school age.[/quote]

From a fairness perspective there are problems both with sibling preference and OOB-feeder rights.

A kid who wins a seat in the lottery for a Deal feeder this spring has the right to attend Deal and Wilson through 2032. His siblings have a leg up to get in the same position.

[b]The gulf between those who win the prize and those who miss out is enormous.[/b][/quote]

This is truly the problem for me.  Better schools for everyone would solve the problem.  That's not the reality we're dealing with though.  Some families are winning not just the school lottery but also the ability to increase their household wealth by magnitudes whereas others are having to move and not having that same opportunity.  There are other costs to not winning (apart from household wealth and actual education received), but these don't get the airtime that they should as we talk about how DC public schools really operate.  We won the prize for elementary and it remains to be seen if we won the prize for MS/HS as we are taking a gamble on newer schools.  Because some are winning the lottery, they are less inclined to use whatever 'power/leverage/advocacy skills/etc' they have to demand a system that works for all - as opposed to a lucky few (most of whom are already doing pretty well).

See this Atlantic article - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/

And here's what I find to be a telling quote - It’s one of the delusions of our meritocratic class, however, to assume that if our actions are individually blameless, then the sum of our actions will be good for society.[/quote]

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