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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This didn't just happen at Deal.  It happened at lots of schools that feed into Wilson.  Principals were required to pull off the waitlist to boost numbers.  I suspect DCPS realised that their total enrollment numbers were falling relative to last year, and despite these schools being quite overcrowded, they use what tools they had to get overall enrollment up.[/quote]

You mean relative to charters?

Jesus, this is so depressing.[/quote]

Bingo. Relative to charters and relative to DCPS growth in prior years.[/quote]

Why? Why do they care if enrollment goes down so that it is slightly overcrowded versus really overcrowded?[/quote]

They care a lot.

For starters, the city is investing billions in capital improvements for DCPS schools and yet charter enrollment is still surpassing DCPS. Apparently fancy buildings, athletic fields and programs, robust extra curriculars, free study abroad, bicyles, SEM isn't enough to keep parents from choosing the "other" sector.

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Also because the way it's set up, Charters and DCPS are pitted against each other for funding dollars. So, so, so stupid.
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Oh geez, seriously??? This is not at all sustainable. They can't be poised to compete with each other for students forever! This does not bode well.[/quote]

DCPS has empirically and formally conceded that the charters do a better job of educating at the MS level.  The problem is that having lost the students at MS, trying to win them back for HS.

The taxpayers get to lose this stupid war.[/quote]

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