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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most embarrassing is HB Woodlawn at 12%. There’s no reason for that to be lower than the county average. [/quote] Here we go again with the HB bashing. We get it. Your kid didn’t get in and you’re jealous. I’ll bet your kid doesn’t qualify for reduced price meals either. [/quote] DP. I agree with the PPP. Option programs should be balanced. They can be controlled with admissions policies requiring it. But they won't do it.[/quote] HB’s program was not designed to serve an economically diverse population per se. Its program is [b]designed for students with a certain learning style[/b], and it’s self selecting. The selection process already attempts to arrive at socioeconomic diversity by allocating slots among the various elementary schools fairly and equitably, but it can’t force poor kids to apply. [/quote] The admissions policy doesn't actually do anything to ensure students of that "certain learning style" - whatever that is - are actually accepted and enrolled. So if it doesn't even strive to serve the students it was designed for, there's no reason it can't do more to enroll more socioeconomically diverse students. Yes, the policy does attempt to spread out enrollment across the system by allotting certain # of seats from each elementary school. But there isn't any element of the system for directing students who would most benefit academically from the program and, as you say, it's self-selection into the lottery. Lower income students from certain parts of the county are unlikely to accept a seat even if selected. Look at Carlin Springs -- they typically have sent zero students.[/quote]
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