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Yes, THere's no question that DCPS boundaries, neglected or manipulated for many years, need to be attended to.  The concern is if the boundaries issue is being used to manipulate families against their best interests.
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Actually, I would say there is question. The vast majority of kids in DC do not attend an in-boundary school. There is only one high school -- Wilson -- and one middle school -- Deal -- that don't take every kid from anywhere in the city who wants to attend. Changing the attendance boundaries of those schools without either changing their feeder schools or feeder policies will have zero impact on the enrollment of those schools. Boundary reform is a solution in search of a problem.  The reason Deal and Wilson are crowded is not because their boundaries are too big, but because there are no comparable options.

I'll go further and say that goes double for changing assignment policies. There's nothing wrong with DCPS's current assignment policies, other than the fact that there just aren't enough spots at desirable schools. The current policies actually do a very good job of making sure that there is 100% utilization of the most desirable schools, in a more-or-less fair way.

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And I remember well the IFF report - the first time I heard (and cringed at) the concept of "performing seats."[/quote]

You again?  For the last time, "seat" in this context doesn't mean what you think it means. It's not referring to a person. It's referring to the physical capacity of a school. [/quote]

me again - a "seat" without a modifier would refer to only to capacity. [/quote]

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