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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what's shocking to me is how high FARMS Woodward HS could end up relative to the other schools in the study, could be up to almost 50% FARMS and as low as 14% white. That's shocking to me considering I thought the majority of its students would come from WJ. Option 3 significantly cuts FARMS at Einstein and would make it whiter than WJ, and it also significantly diversifies Whitman.[/quote]

I also thought this was shocking. And unlikely to produce a good result. You will see the wealthier people go private or just move a few blocks to go to one of the other schools. Not saying it’s right, simply that if you introduce such big changes, then over time you will just see the population adjust and resist. Better would be to introduce a more moderate option that is going to be palatable to the neighborhoods immediately surrounding Woodward and have them supporting the new school.[/quote]

I agree. If Woodward HS is 47% FARMS and Walter Johnson is only 15% FARMS, that will increase segregation. Woodward will become another high-poverty school that parents want to avoid while WJ will absorb wealthy kids from Whitman and BCC and become even more of an exclusive school than it already is. I think it would be more fair for both WJ and Woodward to take an equal number of kids from the DCC, if possible, to avoid this problem.[/quote]

Yes, and it is ironic since it is supposed to be the diversity map, but it makes Woodward one of the most economically disadvantaged schools in the batch. However, it does do a better job at balancing Einstein and WJ.

Is that option 3 (Woodward 47%) Sounds like it.  [/quote][/quote]

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