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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone help me understand?  In this new scenario will all schools end up with 30% at-risk enrollment?

There's a big difference between 2 homeless kids in a class of 20 and 6 homeless kids in a class of 20.  Did anyone express concern over that number in the meeting?[/quote]

No, the way it will work is, schools that are less than 30% at risk must accept 10% OOB. And at-risk students get preference in the lottery. Their preference is below IB, siblings and preference but above non-at-risk OOB.

So no, the well-regarded schools that are under 30% at risk will never be more than 10% at risk, because IB parents and siblings will take all the spots that are not reserved for at-risk.

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Actually, everyone must have a minimum of 10% OOB, not just the schools that have at-risk students under 30%. And with the end of principal discretion to keep formerly in-boundary students who are now OOB, there are probably going to be more OOB spots at some of those WOTP schools.[b] Over time, the policy will ensure that all OOB students are at risk.[/b][/quote]

Ok, maybe I am not understanding the proposal, but I read in the proposal that at-risk students will have lottery preference below OOB siblings and below OOB proximity. So how could this statement in bold be true? I think what you mean to say is that there will no longer be very many OOB spots at the most desirable schools for people who are none of: sibling, proximity? But there will still be lots of OOB spots available at good schools with less IB interest (Murch, Hearst, Eaton), and there will still be a lot of OOB students who are not at-risk, no?
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