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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my kids started in DCPS, OOB was code for "black kids."  I can say with some certainty that the OOB white population at Hearst now outnumbers --or at least is equivalent to-- the OOB black population (that's why the school still has high OOB percentages but is now majority white).  What I find completely comical about this whole thing is that people, over the last few  years--at least on this forum-- have gone from OOB vs IB, to EOTP vs WOTP (given that it's not just the little brown kids crossing the park line anymore).

It's all very silly.  First of all, (and I can only speak of my experience at Hearst but I suspect that it may be reflective of other WOTP schools) the EOTP families have incomes and education levels on par with the WOTP families (and yes, this includes many of the African American families I know at Hearst). If you picked any two random white families at Hearst, you wouldn't be able to tell who was IB and who was OOB (Although the IB families--while lovable--aren't quite as cool  :lol: ).  And NO, if I have a choice --which in the District of Columbia, I do-- I am not sending my kids to our IB school. If you have a problem with that, talk to your council person or run for office and see if you can take that choice away from District parents...oh, and good luck with that.

Second, we all pay the SAME taxes.  There is no separate Ward 3 tax that I am aware of, so I wish people would stop with the tax argument already. Property taxes and housing costs are high all over the city now.

As for overcrowding...except for the current K class, the school isn't overcrowded.  However, I think that because of the current K class, the school is now on alert about the possibility of overcrowding. I think the attraction of our new buildings and the shift of some of Murch's boundaries to Hearst caused the IB enrollment to rise faster than the administration thought possible.

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Generally curious.  If, as you say, the IB and OOB kids are all equally prepared and motivated, why not just attend your IB EOTP school?  [/quote]

NP - because these prepared and motivated kids are spread across many different EOTP schools. Parents want them to attend school with a similarly engaged and serious cohort.

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So, only the prepared and motivated EOTP kids enter the lottery?  Or, do some of the less prepared EOTP kids slip through?  [/quote]

Generally speaking, yes, only kids with more prepared and motivated parents enter the lottery. Entering the lottery means thinking about the school year 9 months in the future, it means being able to navigate transportation options to get across the city, etc. So to the extent that kids' preparedness for school reflects their parents' abilities, yes, absolutely, kids who enter the lottery will look different from demographically similar kids who don't.[/quote]

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