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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, so ranked choice…

You realize (even more) people who can afford it will flee to private schools, right? And what happens then? I don’t think you’ll get the outcomes you’re hoping for.

People keep saying that being around well-resourced kids has a positive effect on the rest of the student body. What happens when they all leave?[/quote]

First of all, not all of them will leave. It's not like the system would put individual wealthy kids in Randolph's current demographic mix. There would be a lot more schools in the middle demographically speaking (similar to some of our option school demographics), still doing quite well. Meanwhile, the boost in diversity and resources to Drew and Barcroft etc. start raising those schools' profiles and they become less "lethal" to send your kid to. I don't think the absence of the ones who flee will make as significant a difference as you think it would.

Second of all, people shouldn't expect instant perfection in the results. It's a process. The problem - and most likely cause for failure - would be APS pulling out of the decision too soon. If APS is willing to tolerate the decline in educational quality they've been propogating these past several years, they should be willing to stick out some challenges as they establish more balance across the district. [/quote]

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