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Exactly. So what are ward 5 parents complaining about? They could go to their in-bounds school, which was not in ward 5 but that should not be a problem? So why did DCPS bend over backwards for them?[/quote]

DCPS is trying to address the huge inequity in the system presumably. Right now, Ward 5 students only have rights to attend their in-boundary PS-8 school, which has typically meant there are around 100 students in the middle school grades total. With only 30 or so students per grade, because of the way per-student funding works this means there is no room for electives, extracurriculars, etc. No foreign languages, no science labs. These schools, built as elementaries, suddenly had to house middle schoolers, but they weren't renovated. Some have no gyms. Some do not have separate entrances for preschoolers/elementary school kids vs middle school kids.

Ward 5 students have had NO option other than the regular OOB process to go to middle school outside their ward.

The whole thing has been so badly mismanaged for so long that DCPS is finally waking up and trying to right this wrong.

Who knows whether they will succeed, because most middle class Ward 5 parents have little faith in the system and are opting out from the preschool level.  DCPS is, I think, betting on bringing students back from OOBs,  charters, and parochials to make this work.

Is that helpful?[/quote]

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