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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am happy at my inbounds elementary, so have no dog in this fight,[b] but I think it is more than a little ridiculous to say that giving a proximity preference would "hurt every other student in the city."[/b]  There are very few nonsibling spaces. SWS is not a meaningful resource to "the city" as a whole.  As an aside, I also don't buy the idea that Reggio is such a unique program that a citywide lottery is appropriate.  My daughter went to a Reggio preschool, and it was perfectly pleasant, but I honestly do not see is as so different from the other early childhood methods around that it merits a citywide draw.[/quote]

Not the PP, but I'll give it a shot.

As a city-wide school, every child in DC (who doesn't have a sibling at the school already) has the exact same odds of getting into this special program.  Granted, there are very few seats, nonetheless Amy's parents' ability to muster the financial resources  to buy a home on the Hill do not buy her better odds than Billy - even though his parents can only afford a rental in Ward 7.  Were SWS to offer proximity preference, that egalitarian system would disappear.  Of the few available spots at SWS, only those families like Amy's who could afford to buy into the neighborhood could improve their odds.  Billy is SOL, as is any other child whose family can't afford the neighborhood.

I don't think it's really that complicated to understand in the first place, but hopefully that clarified everything.  [/quote]

Yes, I get that everyone in the city has the same minuscule odds.  But the odds are minuscule.  To pretend that citywide access is meaningfully helping children in other wards get a good education is to indulge in a fantasy.  It isn't an education strategy.[/quote]

In other words, "The chances are small anyway, so why not just give the spot to me and save everyone the trouble?"

Nice.[/quote]

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