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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view[/quote]

Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has [u]yearly[/u] enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much. [/quote]

Still worth it.  If it helps a family get into a school that THEY prefer (like for location or sibling togetherness) that can be a real benefit to them.[/quote]

Look at slide 66:
If you make At-Risk the first priority in the lottery, it would have only added 17 kids to NW DCPS in grades K-5 in the 2018 lottery. That's not much of an impact and will continue to dwindle as new housing is added in NW DC.
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So? It might help kids get into better schools EOTP than they otherwise would.[/quote]

It’s perfect because ward 3 parents can support it and feel righteous despite it not affecting them at all.[/quote]

This is exactly why At-Risk alone isn't a winning option. DCPS will cram another major change into the system in the near future. My guess is that they eliminate by-right neighborhood elementary, instead assigning students to a cluster of potential elementary schools (the Louisville model). Each school will have a minimum At-Risk percentage floor (probably 10-15%). The student then lotteries into a school within their assigned cluster, with a guarantee of a seat at one of the schools. But, like the State Dept with 'hardship' postings, [b]one or two schools in every assigned cluster will be in Ward 7 or 8. So you could potentially get Ward 2 kids 'losing' in their cluster lottery and being assigned to Ward 7[/b].

It's not forced busing, but it will sting similarly for parents who don't get to attend their school a couple blocks away from their house.[/quote]

Yup.  DC should warn parents in big block letters before they plunk down $1.3 million for some tiny center hall colonial in AU Park, that instead of getting Janney, their kids could be sent to Mayor Marion S. Barry Elementary School in Ward 8.  [/quote]

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