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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know you can't force people to attend their in-bound school, but I wish you could - maybe the city could give some kind of tax credit for attending your neighborhood school if it is currently less than a certain percentage in bounds and meets other criteria and possibly give them a weighted better chance of OOB lottery if the whole experiment fails and they end up re-imposing OOB lottery. [/quote]

A better concept is "encourage" or "incentivize," with options that are actually attractive.   With so many people clamoring for good neighborhood options, you'd think DCPS would be working on doing this.  e.g. -- get neighborhood families to sign up by offering enrichment programs, increased police protection, after-school programs, better playgrounds, whatever.

Keep in mind if you switched all the kids from a JKLM to a closed, previously failing school in ward 8, that school would suddenly be as successful as the kids' previous school -- with a few points taken off for the long commute everyday and a lack of neighborhood camaraderie.

This is what your neighborhood school would be like if a critical mass of neighbors sent their kids to it.  Plain and simple.  THere's no other way to do it. It takes DCPS and parents to make it happen.

Is there enough trust and commitment to make this happen?[/quote]

I agree with you. I'm about to be zoned out of Deal for our kid (we're in the weird section EOTP that is West Elem, but has access to Deal) but I also think that I could likely do more good if I am forced to make West - MacFarland - Roosevelt work. My kid will get a good education any place because I have the ability to supplement, but that isn't the case for all kids. And honestly, our neighborhood is changing so quickly (for the better) that maybe by the time our little kids get to middle school age, these schools could be comparable to Deal & Wilson. But I think the reason that the schools on the other side of the park are so successful is that the parents are there to force the issue. I'm willing to do the groundwork - I knew this might be a factor if I wanted to stay in the city and not flee to the burbs - but I also know I can't do it alone, and would need other parents to work with me on this. Would I rather the lines stay how they are so my kid can attend Deal? Of course. But if that's not going to be the reality, then I'm going to have to make it the reality on this side of the park, or move. [/quote]

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