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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2106.7 	The Chancellor may designate a given school, program, or academy, including an early childhood school or program, as a specialized school, program, or academy due to the unique academic character of the school, program, or academy and the importance of matching children's needs and strengths to the mission of a school, program, or academy. When applicable, the Chancellor shall determine admission criteria for any approved specialized school, program, or academy for adoption by the Board.

This and more about proximity and out-of-boundary at:
http://www.dcregs.org/Gateway/FinalAdoptionHome.aspx?RuleVersionID=3879338[/quote]

Interesting document.

This section is followed by the following one:

Students applying to specialized schools, programs, or academies must meet the specific criteria established for the schools, programs, or academies to which they are applying. Eligibility requirements and selection criteria shall be published and made available upon request to parents. When there are more students than there are available vacancies, students who are ranked equally on the selection criteria shall be selected by lottery.

As a lawyer, what I would point to is that this refers to "specialized schools, programs, or academies" for which students "must meet specific criteria established for the schools, programs, or academies to which they are applying."  I would interpret this as schools that have entrance tests, language fluency tests, artistic performance auditions, etc.  None of these apply to SWS, which is, right now, a strict lottery school and not actually a specialty school with special entrance requirements.

Again, the outcome of a lawsuit is not clear, but if this is the section of the law that DCPS were to try to use in a court case, there is plenty of legal maneuvering room here.  [/quote]

I'd forgotten how much power was granted to the Chancellor. [/quote]

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