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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In general, affluent families don't depend on the lottery. Working class families do. Skipping the line in the lottery is an affront to everyone who depends on the lottery, which is why it was a political hot button. So I disagree with the premise of the story. [/quote]

Guess what?  Wilson families are "working families" too.  Nobody is living off of a trust fund as opposed to a paycheck.  Those in DC who are truly wealthy and don't work, go private anyway.

It was absolutely an affront to Wilson families - who had to accrue the resources to buy into the Wilson boundary.  People who live in small, ugly houses that haven't been updated in decades - but carry an enormous premium because of Wilson are genuinely affronted that he got to buy something brand new and enormous for the same amount of money and still get the same privileges.

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No, not really. I would die for one of those small un-updated houses in a upper NW. I wouldn't consider it a sacrifice at all. That you think it is is gross to my mind.  Entitled and gross.[/quote]

I don't think is about sacrifice, but rather about trade-offs.  Antwan Wilson bought a large, essentially brand new house without a good school.  People [i]from[/i] DC [i]know[/i] that if you're going to make that choice, you should budget for private or have a solid plan (like being on the ground floor for one of the charters you like or a selective school).  There are plenty of wealthy AA families in DC, largely living EOTP.  He [i]could[/i] have spent that money on a house IB for Wilson.  It wouldn't have been nearly as nice, but he wouldn't have had to worry about school.  Had Ellington worked out, it all would have been fine.  Or if he had legally had the child apply to Banneker or Walls.  Or Latin or Basis or DCI.  Or private.  But he skipped the line and paid the price.  And [u]everyone[/u] who relies on public schools loses when people get to cheat.

If you think Ward 3 is somehow too affluent to care, then you don't understand how this city works.  Mary Cheh was among the first to call for Wilson's resignation for a reason - her constituents (the public school ones at Wilson) were outraged.  The ones in private school are the ones who didn't care.  And they're not reading this board.

People have different priorities.  That you expect everyone to agree with yours is actually what's pretty gross.  [/quote]

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