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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A BIG part of the reason why they did the boundary work with DME Smith a couple years ago, frankly, was that Wilson was overcrowded and building another WOTP HS was going to be a ridiculous admission that the rest of the city's DCPS had failed to attract families. Because the truth is that they can't just build another floor on top, and the natural ways to have the school work are (1)[b] citywide lottery, which has policy advantages that are real[/b], but DCUM dismisses, and (2) tightening geographic boundaries to cut off the eastward flank.  A Ward 3 high school that's only for Ward 3 would likely suit Ward 3 demand long term. One that is open to its current enrollment pattern is not sustainable.

The response is not to kidnap Ellington and turn it into Wilson II and force them into Shaw JHS, build a second WOTP high school, or something similar, the correct response is bar admissions from east of Rock Creek Park and make everyone build up the schools in their neighborhoods.

That's the outcome I want. I don't want my kids to go to Wilson. I want them to thrive at Roosevelt or Coolidge in our Ward or beat your kids out for SWW or Banneker. Please, go ahead and talk about MCPS or private, but that's my plan and my policy preference.

I'll tell you this. If a Mayor or a Ward 4 CM tells me that they support a second high school in Ward 3, I am going to go all-out to tear that policy choice down or throw that person out of office. That is not a solution for our school system and just throwing more money at delaying a solution.[/quote]

Just what are the policy advantages of a "citywide lottery," pray tell?  I assume (perhaps incorrectly?) that any of these said "policy advantages" are based on a premise that the same capable students who currently inhabit a middle school like Deal are going to enter a city-wide high school lottery.  I think the likelihood of that premise being correct is close to nil.  Please tell me how the outcome could be otherwise, given the evidence that already exists over the decades in this city [hint: parents either move away, or move away if they don't get into a decent Charter]?  Or, if you agree that the likelihood of the most capable students at Deal entering a lottery for HS is near zero, what would be the advantages of a citywide lottery?  [/quote]

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