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[quote=Anonymous][quote] It’s not good to have middle schools with concentrated poverty. If this new admissions system incentivizes families to spread out more, good.[/quote] Because the admissions process isn’t necessarily leading to predictable results, and the downside is getting stuck at a low-achieving high school, it likely has exactly the opposite effect and encourages families to move to the top pyramids. Their kids still have a shot at TJ, even if not as great as before, but TJ isn’t as appealing as it used to be and they’ve hedged the downside of getting denied admission by having moved into a strong pyramid. Welcome to the laws of unintended consequences. It turns out people’s behavior often can’t be manipulated in the ways that School Board members would like. [/quote]
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