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Reply to "Revised Boundary Recommendations to be released on or about June 13"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Since my own neighborhood ranks at number 2 on the Top Ten priority clusters, I'm not joining the ranks of protesters. I may not be all that excited by the some of the policies that have been floated thus far, but I'd be MUCH angrier to be stuck with status quo.[/quote] This is my position exactly. While I acknowledge that the DME screwed up by allowing stink bombs like city wide lotteries to be put on the table, I don't have much patience for people who want to shut the whole process down and even less for people like Catania who knows better but is using the hysteria as a political strategy.[/quote] It sounds more like your families aren't directly hurt by any other this, so while you acknowledge that other families are, you're not going to put yourselves out for them. If the luck of the draw had not come down in your favor, you'd be joining the ranks of protestors.[/quote] [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Since my own neighborhood ranks at number 2 on the Top Ten priority clusters, I'm not joining the ranks of protesters. I may not be all that excited by the some of the policies that have been floated thus far, but I'd be MUCH angrier to be stuck with status quo.[/quote] This is my position exactly. While I acknowledge that the DME screwed up by allowing stink bombs like city wide lotteries to be put on the table, I don't have much patience for people who want to shut the whole process down and even less for people like Catania who knows better but is using the hysteria as a political strategy.[/quote] It sounds more like your families aren't directly hurt by any other this, so while you acknowledge that other families are, you're not going to put yourselves out for them. If the luck of the draw had not come down in your favor, you'd be joining the ranks of protestors.[/quote] There's no luck of any draw here. I don't think you understand what Top Ten priority status means. We are among the clusters of [u]greatest need for change.[/u]. Not merely because there is a high number of schools that have been closed in my cluster (#18 - Brightwood Park, Crestwood, Petworth), nor because it is one of the most diverse clusters, but because its projected growth of school aged children is among the highest in the city over the next decade. As it's been over the [i]last[/i] decade, this high number of kids will go to school in their own neighborhoods, or in yours. Which do you prefer? I'm glad Jeff posted the DME research report that started this whole process, because I hadn't heard of it nor read it. http://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/IFF_Final_Report.pdf Too long? Skip to page 42 with the recommendations. This is an issue of demand for quality education grossly out-pacing supply. If you think the DME has ulterior motives, you're right! Skim through the subtitles to see what they are.[/quote] I took the time to read the report. Unfortunately, it has the same problems as the DME's proposed non-solutions. There is little to no analysis of what makes a high-performing school perform well. This is a document to find reasons to close under-performing schools with no ideas about how to encourage better-performing schools.[/quote] Actually, we do know what works: refurbished facilities + large numbers of high SES families. Sadly, we can't easily replicate the second ingredient of the formula.[/quote]
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