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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shutting  down Capitol Hill schools that are hugely OOB would probably help the remaining schools turn into neighborhood schools faster. This would accelerate the flip, which, as a person IB for a CH school that is very very far from such a flip, I would be happy. [/quote]

You're forgetting one hugely important point, namely that most of the OOB that you potentially vilify with this statement are actually your neighbors. Take Watkins: It has a considerable OOB population simply because for years, decades in fact, few found Maury good enough or even Brent good enough. They enrolled their kids and siblings at Watkins. Tyler has a large OOB population from all over Capitol Hill because some place a heavy emphasis on Spanish. So you want to close those because they're popular options drawing from the Hill catchment? How absurd!
If you feel so strongly that people's enrollment desires should somehow be steered towards certain options, then "controlled choice" is a much better way to do that than heavy handed and contentious school closures. As stated previously, "controls" (i.e. weights) can be added for any number of things such as proximity, siblings, language, etc.[/quote]

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