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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Giving local control to relevant ward council member.”

You’ve lost your mind.

Wonder why every high school in DC except Jackson-Reed is below enrollment?” [/quote]

The current system isn't working. We need to try something new and local control is part of the solution.

Look at the ES level, where there already is much more local control. And guess what?! Outcomes are generally a lot better at the ES level than MS or HS level. [/quote]

”Local control” is code for “socioeconomic and racial segregation.”[/quote]

Could you explain your reasoning? Right now you're just using big scary words to try to shut down this conversation. And please explain how the current system is better, which it's clearly not with so many students in DC failing.[/quote]

Students in DC are not failing because the school district is too big. They are failing because of: poverty, failed family systems, stress and crime, institutionalized racism.

Splitting the school district up will not magically help these kids. It will just segregate them away from the kids who don't have these problems.

You want to split up the school district because you don't want to have to dedicate resources or policy focus towards children like this who have been dealt a terrible hand in life and need a lot more help than your kids do. In doing so, [b]you won't actually help any of those kids -- they'll continue to struggle, and have even fewer options[/b]. But the schools in "your" district will be able to focus more on accelerated programming, enrichment for kids who already have all their other needs met, and other priorities of high income parents. It has nothing to do with your concern for the kids who are failing in DC. You just want to get them out of the way.[/quote]

That isn’t my job, or the school system’s job. [/quote]

Except you’re impacted by it when these kids grow into adulthood unprepared and — through largely no fault of their own — become a drain on the social safety net and law enforcement which you support as a taxpayer.[/quote]

If they commit crimes, that’s their fault & they should be locked up.[/quote]

Who pays for the public defender, the courts and the jail?[/quote]

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