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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the basic answer is to set the boundaries for the schools closer to the schools and not allow out-of-boundary access for overly full schools.

I would be happy with the alternative of a fully lottery DCPS and PCS school system that would send Ward 3 kids to Ward 8 and Ward 8 kids to Ward 3 regardless of boundaries and proximity (relying only on transportation and commute pain as boundary-setters), but I'm more interested in dealing with real possibilities.

The rest of DC will benefit if motivated students cannot go to Ward 3 schools and they instead go to schools in their neighborhoods.

They would often instead go to charters if they cannot segregate themselves from their would-be peers.

But in many cases it would lead to increased integration across the city, and after several years, I absolutely believe it would break the patterns of ghetto-level race and class segregation that are happening in DCPS, which segregation has again and again been shown to be amazingly detrimental.  Increased integration of Ward 3 is not my goal. Integration of DC is.[/quote]

And while that is an idealistic goal, good luck finding parents who are willing to sacrifice their kid's education for a broader, better for DC goal.  No one is willing to do that.  [/quote]

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