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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]City wide lottery!!! Problem solved!! 
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And giant new problems created!!!![/quote]

yup San Francisco utter failure[/quote]

A city wide lottery or application process for HS doesn’t seem that crazy. I agree it’s nuts to schlep first graders across town, but high school students could do it.[/quote]

[b]A lot of people would move out of the city without guaranteed MS and HS rights.[/b] Neighbors would stop supporting schools because there wouldn't be any in boundary schools. Deal, Wilson, and other more desirable schools are desirable because of the student population. DCPS has historically had a population with poor parental advocacy and a host of issues with the issues that poverty brings. The schools that are doing better don't have these same issues specifically because of the student/parent population. Take that away and everything becomes Dunbar or Coolidge or Cardozo. I think doing anything that undermines any progress DCPS has made would be the wrong move. Build the other schools up but don't tear the other schools down or DCPS will revert to the 1980's.

This doesn't even touch on the fact that many parents don't want their MS/HS kid spending a long time on commute. My MS kid barely has time for school, after school activities, dinner, homework, shower, reading, and bedtime in time to wake up and get ready for school again. I can't imagine subtracting half an hour each way for commute. We specifically moved in boundary for Deal and Wilson. We would never consider Coolidge, etc. [b]Parents like us would just move out of the city if there aren't by rights good schools[/b].[/quote]

Honestly, DCPS and the Mayor don't really care if "parents like you" move out of DC. 
* It solves the overcrowding issue at Deal and Wilson
* It makes housing more affordable
* It reduces the achievement gap, if your kids are white and high-scoring
* It allows them to focus more resources on kids who need more and whose parents complain less.

You may think you pay a lot of DC taxes, but if your household's countable income is $400k, your DC income taxes are $7875 a year. Even if you paid $10,000 in property taxes on top of that you're not up to DCPS' per-pupil average for even one kid. They're better off with you leaving and an empty-nester or DINK family, even with a lower income, taking your place.

And of course, not all families who care about education will leave. If they do, they'll lose out on free PK and see that DCPS class sizes are often smaller than MoCo or Arlington. And while suburban districts also offer things like language immersion and IB and Montessori, their kids might not get in.

I'm not saying it's right for DC and DCPS to think this way about you, but they really won't be sad to see you go.[/quote]

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