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One thing that really hurts schools that are trying to retain students is the policy that once you're in OOB you can go to the destination middle school.  People are therefore willing to play the lottery and leave an elementary they're fairly happy with in hopes of getting into one that feeds a better middle school.   I am really disappointed that the DME's plan didn't address this issue, because I think it might be one of the major hurdles to improving schools (and probably one of the few hurdles DME is actually able to address--things like childhood poverty and low parental literacy are much greater issues but outside of her control).[/quote]

That is a really good point about the feeder rights. I had not thought about that and wished I had put it in my feedback to the DME. Did you provide such feedback? [/quote]

Yes, I did, on several occasions.  I even talked to Abigail Smith about it at a meeting at Dunbar as well as one in my neighborhood.  Her challenge is that for every person saying what I said, there was someone who got their kid into Hearst OOB at age 3 who was basically telling her "over my dead body will you take away my kid and her siblings' right to Deal and Wilson."  And she chose that second group over the people who thought like I did.  This is one area I hope will change in the final plan, and if it doesn't I will try really hard to lobby for whoever the mayor is to change it before implementation.  I know the deadline has passed for submitting comments on the draft, but if folks write to Abby Smith about it I'm sure someone will still read it.  Folks who care could also talk to the mayoral candidates...
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I raised this issue too at a Dunbar meeting. I think it's a tough issue politically because those who have something to lose by changing feeder rights are naturally going to be more engaged than those who have something to gain. That is just the nature of interest group politics unfortunately.[/quote]

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