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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the point of a 10-25% set aside for OOB? [/quote]

No particular order:

1) maintain racial/income diversity
2) provide a glimmer of hope to people in a bad situation school-wise (like parole for someone on a life sentence, with sincere apologies for the analogy) 
3) provide a diverse educational environment for affluent kids - see the U Michigan arguments at the SCOTUS
4) provide great educational opportunities for the 10-20% (see the research from MoCo on the 80/20 student mix)

Sorry for the shorthand, but all can be googled  :) 
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The problem with this is that "OOB," by itself, is not the way to accomplish the stated purpose.  What should happen is that only low income students should be allowed to come from OOB into higher-SES districts, which should be confirmed as part of the OOB application.  Otherwise, you're going to get a lot of OOB families coming in who are in no way low income, which has the effect of taking away potential income diversity from their local neighborhood schools.  Those poachers should not be discouraged from using their money and work to improve their local schools; or, if they must avoid improving their own neighborhood situation, make them go the charter route.[/quote]

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