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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]For one thing, the moving issues you are talking about don't affect as many students. [b]DC has a much higher home ownership rate than NYC. 65% of NYCers rent while only 54% of DCers do. In addition, many more of the renters will be in the higher income brackets[/b] (we can see that by looking at the average rents in both places. NYC's average is more than $3400 while DCs is $2000. While there is a COL difference, is isn't 150% different.) So you have more higher income people, who are more likely to vie for the coveted schools, renting. I can see how the moving issue is a real problem for NYC-- but in DC is simply is not.

You need to understand that the priorities of the residents in the cities are based on the needs of each city. [b]In DC there is a real value put on neighborhood schools because our neighborhoods are 1) far apart (see density issue below and 2) are small cohesive areas that are often more akin to suburbs than to Park Slope.[/b] (And yes, I lived there for 10 years.) Travelling to another school isn't going to be easy because our density is so much less that the next Moving students to the closest school that does have space probably means sending them clear across the city, not 3 blocks away. NYC has a density of 27,016 per square mile. DC has a density of 9,800 people per square mile. I can understand why NYC wants to keep kids who move in their original schools- because so many more people move and because the solution (attend the school 3 blocks away) doesn't have major implications for the neighborhood or cause undue hardship on students. It does in DC. [/quote]

Not the poster you're responding to, but I have to wonder if this owner vs. renter thing is at the crux of the issue.  More than half of people rent in DC but they don't and shouldn't really be considered part of the "small, cohesive" neighborhoods where they live until they own there.

Let's face it, with the overcrowding that keeps getting cited, it's now pretty much impossible to get into desirable schools OOB.  And it's renters who are most likely causing that overcrowding.

Above, I cited Powell as one school that experienced a shake up this year.  Homes in the current boundary are either very expensive at $750K to $1.3 million or pretty low rent.  So if you're a family with a second grader who's been there since pre-K and you decide to move out of rental to accommodate family growth, you're forced to either stay in your tiny apartment or move to a school where homes are more affordable.  If were a principal and knew that kid was about to score well on upcoming tests, I'd want him to stay put.  [/quote]

And if that kid were likely to score poorly on upcoming tests, what would prevent the principal from deciding to not let the child stay. Or only allow good students to stay. I think this is a slippery slope.[/quote]

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