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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That list kinda proves the case, doesn't it? Although, I do also wonder what would happen to those high performing schools with low at-risk were they suddenly forced to educate a lot more at-risk. But distribution should be more equitable if possible.[/quote]

To be equitable, all schools would be ~45% at risk.

39,000 / 86,000 students. Of course they aren't evenly distributed by grades but that's what equity would look like. [/quote]

Nothing would happen to DCPS schools with low at-risk figures right now, because they don't offer very many lottery seats at all. Even if at-risk preference went above everything but IB preference for PK3 and 4 (so basically every OOB student admitted would be at-risk) there would be very little change because they accept very few OOB students.

I could imagine it having more of an effect on schools with no IB preference (Capitol Hill Montessori, SWS, charters) but even then, the schools at-risk families and non-at-risk families apply to may differ because different things matter more to some families than others (some might be fine with a longer commute, school uniforms, different schedules and policies, etc. while others are not; some find things like montessori, language immersion, or extended school day more or less compelling).[/quote]

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