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There are two types of lawsuits that I can imagine:

1) If DC govt decides to end all OOB feeder rights to the WOTP schools, in order to solve the crowding problem, the practical result might be de facto segregation. Deal/Wilson, and to a lesser extent Hardy, will be very white, while the schools EOTP will be very black. I could see some (black) EOTP parents trying for a civil rights/desegregation case. Request a desegregation order, demand that students be put on buses or demand to keep the OOB feeders etc.

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Look at the OOB percentage of Deal and Wilson, their racial makeups and their capacity. Ending OOB feeder rights would shrink Wilson by about 10% and Deal not at all. There would still be lots of OOB kids at both schools, they would just be different OOB kids than the ones who come in through feeders. You could argue they might be more diverse than the kids there today. Both schools are very diverse and would remain so even if feeder rights were eliminated. Reducing crowding is a compelling state interest and the impact would be negligible.[/quote]

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