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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the more exclusionary Ward 3 parents become, and the more they wage war on OOB families (who earned their spots at WotP school through established policies and enabled those schools to maximize their budgets) will push the Chancellor towards a solution of no boundaries. Turning "OOB" into a dirty word will necessitate getting rid of it altogether. [/quote]

I think you are misinterpreting how IB parents see the OOB issue. Basically, it is an issue of capacity. What are we supposed to do when the school is full? Rather than continuing to shoehorn more and more students into a few schools, DCPS needs to make more schools acceptable to DCPS parents. If I were an OOB parent, I would resent the hell out of the fact that I had to drive across town to make sure my DC had a good education. Instead, people feel lucky that they made it into a good school. Demand quality in your own neighborhood. Demand that DCPS do its job. [/quote]

That's a great argument ("demand quality in your own neighborhood")....for maybe 5-10 years from now. The point you're missing is the children who earned OOB spots at WotP elementary schools are for all intents and purposes considered "in-boundary" for middle and high school. There is and should be no distinction. That is the system and policy that DCPS has established and is essentially the "promise" they have given those families (trust me, I have printed and saved several references to this). DCPS has preached about pathways for educating those children that ensure continuity. Deal doesn't accept any "OOB" children anymore. If they accepted any last year, it was very few. Of course in your mind, Deal does because they allow those children who attended a feeder elementary as an OOB in. But that's how it should be. [/quote]

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