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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]What the heck ever happened with kids from low performing schools getting preference on the waitlists?[/b]Curious if the people posting on here claiming to be at the top of the list are applying from low performing schools?

I went through the Janney directory this year and almost none of the OOB kids this year are from poorer parts of DC - if we are going to have a jam packed school it ought to be to further some broader goals instead of enabling upper middle class parents to save on their mortgages.[/quote]

Not sure that has ever been a thing.[/quote]

It was definitely the announced policy 3 years ago and should be the policy IMHO - crazy to cram more upper middle class kids in Janney when there are lower income kids who would more benefit from the access.
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I agree but it is nowhere in the lottery process nor in the lottery acceptance/waitlist data.[/quote]

Doesn't have to be - the system knows what your in-bound by right schools are and could weight your application thusly.[/quote]

There are plenty of UMC kids in lower grades at low-performing schools looking to get out, so a school origin preference wouldn't accomplish what you want it to.[/quote]

Agreed on this - the metric they came up with was not perfect and they should be seeking low income kids from low performing schools.

Having said that there are very few OOB kids at Janney from low performing school districts though since this thread purports to have uncovered the top 3 people on the 2nd grade WL perhaps they can all fill us in on where they live?[/quote]

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