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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, it makes more sense in theory for the special language programs like Oyster-Adams to be city-wide magnets. But where do you put all the in-boundary kids who no longer have a guaranteed school? The middle school, at least in the early years, was working kind of as a magnet because a lot of the affluent, English-dominant kids from the neighborhood would leave; the families didn't want to take a risk on the unproven middle school program. For years, the middle school had a much larger proportion of out-of-boundary kids than the early grades. Most of those kids who bailed on the middle school ended up in Deal. By now there's probably a higher portion of in-boundary students in middle school that would lose their right to go there. Where are they going to go other than Deal/Hardy? Why would you carve out a few neighborhoods that are solidly in Ward 3 and very close to the school and force them out of the ward?

It's also not educationally-sound to force dual-language middle and high schools on a few select neighborhoods. Dual language programs are not for every kid and some cannot stay in it long term. There has to be a conventional, single language option available as of right.

It's complicated ...[/quote]

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