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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure the #1 reason across the board is

[b]1)high achieving peer cohort. [/b]

That's pretty much what drives each and every one of these parents.

It's what drives parents to spend a million dollars to live in Chevy Chase DC and AU Park and it's what drives parents to drive across the city daily for schools.

That's it.  [/quote]

If DCPS found the secret sauce, and could miraculously pull each and every school in the city up to &gt;50% proficiency, would people still fight to attend the NWDC schools OOB because they hit 80% proficiency?  In other words, is it having some base level of proficiency (50%?) that will keep parents in their neighborhood schools?  Or are parents always going to fight to push their children into the next better school?[/quote]

No.  Maybe people who live closer would still try, but EOTP the commute would be just too far.  It would foreclose a lot of other activities and opportunities and just isn't worth it.  People would still have personal preferences about programming, and would seek better middle school options.  But there is only so many hours I can spend in the car each day, period.[/quote]

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