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[quote=Anonymous]They previously had an issue with off-line SIS submission. It ended up being written by parents and professional help and not by the student. Why would they repeat a mistake? How would this help if it's a lottery?

[quote=Anonymous]Reading the slides carefully, this proposal is quite confusing.  Here are my questions:

1) it looks like the content essays, math essay, etc only matter for the top 100 kids?  To get into the lottery, the only criteria are that you have a 3.5, are in Algebra and submit the essays/SIS.

2) one of the criteria for being in the top 100 will be if you are from a middle school with 3 or fewer recent admits.  That should be incredibly easy to figure out and game.

3) The slide that says the minimum number per region doesn’t make sense.  What if 50 of the top 100 all come from region 1?  How can they guarantee that at least X lottery slots per region.

4) how does special education factor into getting into the top 100?  If a kid has an IEP for speech and gets 0.25 hours of service a month, that is in nowadays equilvant to a student that needs much more support.  Are these two students given the same weighting?

5) it will be very obvious who will in the top 100 vs lottery.  If you are in geometry in 9th grade = lottery!  If you got off the waitlist = lottery!

6) this will turn Carson into the Hunger Games.

7) how will they weight socioeconomic background for the top 100?  If this is based on free and reduced price meals, that is a very easy thing for people to lie about.

I’m sure there are more . . .

This system seems very very game-able to me

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