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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I don't think that many families from the poorer parts of DC have the means (i.e. time, energy, money, band-width) to trek up to AU Park twice daily. 
Being able to commute for a better school is a luxury that many in DC sadly don't have.
Janney tends to get OOB families who either have  super involved parents or some cases, nannies who make the trip twice a day.  It's a major hike for most of the city.

These families self select by ranking Janney and/or taking spots when they're given.  [/quote]

You might be right but you could just as easily be wrong - lots of low income families do in fact schlep all over town now, often for lower performing charters some of which are equally out of the way.

And because of it's proximity to Metro and a slew of bus routes Janney is relatively easy to get to.  So until someone tells me otherwise I'm going to assume DCPS has not factored lower performing schools into the lottery placement yet.[/quote]

They definitely haven't made any created any "at risk" set asides at Janney yet.

And I do think that Janney's location in far-flung NW (even though it's on the Metro) precludes a TON of at-risk families from even applying.  In fact, a ton of at-risk families aren't applying to any out of boundary schools.  Their kids attend their local elementary if they'e lucky.  I work as a home-health RN and am in and out of houses across NE and SE daily.  Parents there love their kids as much as any but there is a huge segment of society in DC that is incapable of commuting an hour (round trip) twice a day to get their kids to a better school.  That is so out of the realm of their reality, it would be like suggesting they school their kids in Paris.  When your life consists of any of the following--(obviously not all shared by the same family): shift work, multiple jobs, homelessness, drug use, health problems, parenting multiple kids, poverty--you're not Metroing up and back to AU Park twice a day for better reading instruction for your second grader.  Even the "poor" who use attend the better charters or occasionally the JKLM schools are the most functional of the poor.   [/quote]

Yet your anecdote is trumped by the fact that lots of working class families trek all over the city every single day to get their kids into better schools.  Of course some don't but that doesn't prove your point that none do.  And Janney really isn't that hard to get to or that far from some disadvantaged neighborhoods - both the 96 and the 2 H buses that serve Tenleytown get you to some less advantaged neighborhoods in about 20 minutes and some really disadvantaged neighborhoods in 30-40.  Your post frankly is really condescending towards poor people and suggests that few will hustle to give their kids better chances which is certainly not my experience in DCPS.[/quote]

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