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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Consider yourself lucky that DC has an OOB system [b]or else you'd be forced to actually pony up the same housing cash as others who live IB.  You want something better for less[/b] and dare complain about the mean moms?  I thought this was about the children...[/quote]

You don't know how much OP pays for housing!  It has been many years since Ward 3 has had a near-monopoly on high property values. Many central neighborhoods cost much more, especially on a square-foot basis.[/quote]

One could also argue that OOB parents chose to live in neighborhoods they like better, while IB parents paid the higher "cost" of moving out of the more urban areas they might have liked better for the benefit of the better schools.

I fully support the lottery process and do not make a distinction between how kids got into a school and actually have no idea, who may be OOB in my DD's class.  I also think all kids in the city deserve a high quality education and do not feel it should be exclusive to high SES areas.  That said, everyone on DCUM is fully capable of making choices and taking responsibility for their actions and the fact that families are OOB (and have had to go through the stress of the OOB and charter lottery process) is the direct result of choices they have made.  I also realize that many people do not have choices and the OOB process provides a means to better educational opportunities.  Most of those parents, however, are not complaining on DCUM about feeling left out.  [/quote]

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