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[quote=Anonymous]It's not equity. They are fudgeing numbers.

They are saying they are opening up more seats than previously available because of having each program area in each region, however in highly competitive regions like the W schools, those seats are actually less than what's required.

The number of seats should be relative to the approximate population of eligible students (e.g. 25%) to capture an equitable population.

Of course I understand they have to be able to support with teachers and capacity, but the reality is the number of eligible students at these schools are way higher than the 60 seats they plan to make available for each program.

At Whitman, for example, with 500 kids per grade, only 10% would be eligible for a criteria-based seat as currently designed, whereas over 30% are at a PL 4 on ELA MCAP with roughly the same percent with PL4 on Science MCAP.

I understand it's more than currently get in with the current lottery, but it's still not enough, especially when the seats are for both inbounds and other region high schools. If 30 seats are reserved for inbounds, that still only leaves about 5-6 seats for kids from other region high schools. How is that different from what's currently happening?? The math is not mathing. [/quote]

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