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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious how many students were accepted that live in ward 7 or 8 but didn't go to middle school there.  Maybe part of the issue is that students from wards 7 or 8 who are academically inclined are looking for middle schools elsewhere.  Is that really Walls' fault?[/quote]

Huh?  First it’s a high school.  Second, they screen out kids with IEPs (which is illegal).  They screen out kids in wards 7 and 8.  What else is there to know?[/quote]

What evidence do you have that kids in these Wards are screened out?  [/quote]

I don’t think it’s the group being discriminated against that needs to present more evidence. [/quote]

You need to verify that discrimination occurred.  [b]How do you know that kids from Ward 7 and 8 applied?[/b]  Maybe the “ward unknown” kids are largely from Ward 7 and 8 and previously sought better schooling at charters?

Without more information, it’s bs to insist that students from Ward 7 and 8 are discriminated against.

What is surely true is:

— Walls admissions is super subjective.

— Wards 7 and 8 need better schools and, especially, more social services from early childhood on, so more of the students are prepared for competitive schools.[/quote]

Oh my god. Again, from the Post article: “According to the school system, [b]50 students attending the five neighborhood schools in Wards 7 and 8 applied to be part of the incoming freshmen at Walls. Overall, 138 students living in the two wards applied.[/b]” But “Just three eighth graders at middle schools in Wards 7 and 8 — Hart, Johnson, Kelly Miller, Kramer and Sousa middle schools — made the cut of 500 students and accepted interviews, according to city data.” And “Preliminary data shows the new freshman class includes four students from Wards 7 and 8.” [/quote]

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