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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe if this happened resources would be spread more evenly and result in real equity.  More diversity would exist racially and economically.  Families with greater political influence would advocate and all students would benefit. Children and families within walking distance would build relationships. 
Think of the potential!! [/quote]

Oh OP, I haven't had such a good laugh in quite a while.  You made my day.  You want to know what would happen? Take a guess what year charter schools and OOB lotteries started becoming widely available:

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NP. I am not sure what you mean by “widely available.” Are you referring to the centralized lottery system, which started in 2014? Or something else? DC has had charter schools since the 1990s.

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2008 was the beginning of the modern era in terms of OOB. It wasn't a big deal up to then, DCPS didn't have crowded schools and principals were given discretion to let in whoever they wanted, which was pretty much everyone. Then, suddenly in 2008, Deal wasn't able to admit everyone who wanted to go there. A year earlier Deal had been actively recruiting OOB students. In response, feeder OOB rights were created out of thin air, and all of a sudden the lottery started having real meaning.

Now, I would argue that causality flowed the other way -- enrollment didn't grow because of the lottery, the lottery was necessary because enrollment started growing. [/quote]

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