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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I don't think that many families from the poorer parts of DC have the means (i.e. time, energy, money, band-width) to trek up to AU Park twice daily. 
Being able to commute for a better school is a luxury that many in DC sadly don't have.
Janney tends to get OOB families who either have  super involved parents or some cases, nannies who make the trip twice a day.  It's a major hike for most of the city.

These families self select by ranking Janney and/or taking spots when they're given.  [/quote]

You might be right but you could just as easily be wrong - lots of low income families do in fact schlep all over town now, often for lower performing charters some of which are equally out of the way.

And because of it's proximity to Metro and a slew of bus routes Janney is relatively easy to get to.  So until someone tells me otherwise [b]I'm going to assume DCPS has not factored lower performing schools into the lottery placement yet.[/b][/quote]

Of course not, and they shouldn't, for the reasons spelled out above. If there is any preference, it should be an at-risk preference that assesses an individual families need, and makes sure that UMC families living IB for low-performing schools cannot take advantage.[/quote]

Well we agree on what the preference should be but that is not the policy that DCPS announced 3 years ago.  So it doesn't matter what they should or should not do - the question is whether or not students attempting to lottery in OOB to Janney (or other in demand schools) who apply from under performing school districts are getting preferential weighting on the waitlist?[/quote]

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