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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It starts and ends with the liberal hypocrites in DC pulling their kids out of private schools, sending them to their assigned public schools, and advocating for changes in the Wilson and Deal boundaries.  [/quote]

Most of the DC families who use private schools live in WOTP. Going to the largely white elementary schools in that area won't do anything for integration.

[b]If you truly want integrated schools you have to 1) have integrated neighborhoods and/or 2) not use geography to assign students to schools.[/b] [/quote]

Ding ding ding!

https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-author-tim-deroche-on-the-inequity-of-school-attendance-zones-the-flaws-of-open-enrollment-and-why-the-government-should-drive-down-housing-prices/

Also remember that the housing and school "market" is regional in nature.  Some stats:

Total kids in DCPS and charters: ~90,000
Arlington County: 28,000
Fairfax County: 188,000
Montgomery County: 163,000
Prince George's County: 89,000

So DC public school students make up about 16% of the total in the core of the region.  To a certain extent, if changes aren't done across all the districts, making changes in DC probably won't do a whole lot.  But it seems pretty obvious that moving away from fixed attendance zones is a key part of integrating schools.  [/quote]

But hasn’t DC already done that with the lottery?[/quote]

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