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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

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It actually advantages housing unstable children that may be moving multiple times a year, every year. If those kids can have one less disruption acts destabilizing event in their lives, then the policy is accomplishing it’s goal. It’s a right instead of principal discretion so that administrators can’t push out the higher needs kids in schools very far away from Ward 3.[/quote]

You could easily link the policy to at-risk eligibility to account for these situations. But thinking things through is beyond the abilities of DCPS central office. [/quote]

What about domestic violence situations, etc? What message are you sending when other families know Larlo must be poor because HE got to stay when the family moved? It is more equitable policy to establish universal policies that don’t draw lines between different groups. DC implemented the policy knowing it would be utilized by some higher SES families, but made a cost-benefit analysis in favor of protecting at-risk families. You can criticize if you want, but I like living in a city that puts social welfare first. It’s a good policy and can make a meaningful difference in the lives of kids who really need it. And frankly, also helps level the playing field a little when your child’s education comes down to the luck of a lottery draw.[/quote]

Level the playing field how? By gaming the system?[/quote]

It’s a written policy. It’s not gaming anything even if you say it over again.[/quote]

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