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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something like only 25% of kids attend their in-boundary school.  Many parents send their 11 year olds across town on public transportation to attend school.  I'm not a fan of the controlled choice scenarios, but arguments against it need to be based in the realities of all families in DC, not just the Ward 3 bubble.

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something to consider -- currently, families who send their 11 year olds across town for school do it out of choice and/or the luck of the lottery draw.  Schools haven't been imposed on them except to the extent they were unlucky in the lottery.  Ward 3 and certain parts of Capitol hill are exceptions to this, and as  parents from those areas will tell you, they worked hard to make their neighborhood schools desirable for their families.
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Ah, no. My in-bounds school was imposed on me. I worked hard to improve my IB school, but it was destroyed by a series of knuckleheaded moves by DCPS administrators. Don't go blaming me for my lack of choices.[/quote]

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