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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Situation:   Child at janney got in OOB lottery.  Child is not “at risk”.  Has a younger sibling.   Should younger sibling have priority in the lottery over at-risk students?[/quote]

That's not how the "at-risk" designation would work. Each level of lottery preference would give a boost to at-risk. Here's how it would work, theoretically, for Pre-K3:

1. At-risk sibling preference in boundary
2. Sibling preference in boundary
3. At-risk sibling offered in boundary
4. Sibling offered in boundary
5. At-risk in boundary
6. In boundary
....
n. At-risk OOB
n+1. OOB

I think there was some initial analysis done in the last year and it showed that the at-risk preference would make very little impact to the WoTP elementary and middle schools. Why? Because these schools are nearly filled with in-boundary kids and the at-risk kids live outside the boundary.

The only way to get at-risk kids into WoTP schools before high school is to complete get rid of in-boundary designation. I honestly think Bowser is willing to do it. But we already know the results of this system - look at SF generally or NYC (non-magnet). The parents with any money leave for leafier suburbs; the school quality goes down; people remaining have ridiculous commutes as they trek kids across the city instead of attending the local school.

The problem with DC is that we don't have the competitive gifted and talented programs as a carrot to keep parents in the system. Nor do we have the robust public transportation infrastructure to get kids across the city in a timely manner. Getting rid of boundaries would, theoretically, send kids to all 8 Wards. Can you imagine how much worse traffic will be in this city if we eliminate neighborhood schools? It's a massive waste of productivity, money, and time. [/quote]

Additionally, there aren't enough high performing, not-at risk kids to make it work. They need to be the majority in a school. [/quote]

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