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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that this would kill any chance of improving Hearst.[/quote]

Whoever wrote this knows nothing about the Hearst community, let alone percentages and school choice.

If the plan to set aside 10% of seats for OOB students with an advantage going to high risk students actually goes through, then our 10% is no different than any other school. At risk students would go through the lottery and list their top choices like everyone else.  Unless they all pick Hearst as a first choice (which is highly unlikely), we wouldn't receive a higher percentage of "at risk" students than any other school.  Hearst has a growing IB population and continues to be a popular OOB school for mid-high SES families who live EOTP--both AA and White.  Those families will continue to select Hearst as a first choice lottery option. At risk kids will have an advantage over these families IF they list Hearst as their "first choice" school.  DCPS isn't going to place at risk kids at schools arbitrarily.  Not every family wants their kid to trek across the city and if DCPS just put kids in any open seat, that would go against a family's right to choose what they view as best for their child. 
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