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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most HRCS have barriers to entry of one sort of another -- originally it was the individual lottery application process, now it's the siblings of those who got in initially -- that exclude the city's poor and disenfranchised.

Their absence makes everyone else feel better.  It's called "creaming".[/quote]

Exactly. Poaching the best students and wealthiest families from DCPS. [/quote]

This is pure bullshit and will continue to be bullshit no matter how many times you try and repeat it.  Every applicant to the lottery has an equal chance of getting into a charter.

Students SELF SELECT.   Charters do not get to pick and choose.[/quote]

This is nonsense.  You don't view the lottery itself as a barrier - especially to those with poor computer skills, no computer access, or non-English speakers?

You don't think that schools that are far from mass transit present a barrier to those parents that don't have the luxury of time or money to drive their kids across town?

You don't think that - just to give one example - Washington Latin providing a bus for students in NW DC but no bus for students in Wards 7 and 8 might have some kind of impact on whether those students attend Latin or not?[/quote]

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