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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve often wondered why those clamoring for reducing car traffic on Connecticut, Wisconsin, and 16th street didn’t first begin their advocacy with getting rid of the OOB school system. Everyday there a literally thousands of car trips of speeding parents shuttling their kids all over town.  I know many of them and none use transit or bikes.   Requiring kids to attend their neighborhood schools would have major safety and environmental benefits overnight. At zero cost.  Worth a conversation?[/quote]

Charters and OOB are what enable parents to live in neighborhoods with not good schools instead of moving away. Eliminating that would in fact be very high cost. OOB DCPS students are just a small fraction of kids who are going to a school that's not within walking distance - the much bigger issue is charters and, no, no one is getting rid of those so you can have better traffic. But the traditional answer to this is school buses, which you are free to advocate for. [/quote]

Is it true that OOB DCPS are a small fraction? I’ve often wondered why the lottery isn’t charter only. (And we’re a family OOB at a DCPS.)[/quote]

Half the kids in DC are in charters! And the lottery for DCPS schools is to fill empty spots and for schools that are not by-right. [b]Ending feeder pattern rights may make sense -- but I think they are doing that?[/b][/quote]

Where have you heard that they’re ending OOB feeder rights?[/quote]

Here! So it's entirely possible it was wrong or I'm remembering incorrectly. [/quote]

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