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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm not convinced the 100 students with the "worst attendance and disciplinary records' would necessarily be all poor and black kids.[/quote]

Ah, but PP said the 100 with the worst attendance and disciplinary records that are ALSO out of bounds students. That's gonna sweep up a majority Black/Latinx group. At any rate, it is dumb and racist idea and will never be implemented. [/quote]

[b]OK - for all kids who are OOB at any school (even originally IB and move OOB and stay at the school), enforce if they have more than X tardy days they need to go to their neighborhood school.   (what ever the established policy is that is not enforced) .   Tardy students are disruptive to the classroom.  I frequently see students coming off of Tenleytown metro at 8:40 with no sense of urgency to get to school. [/b] 
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Wilson already does this. [/quote]

This year DCPS changed their policy.  OOB kids can not be sent back to their IB school if they are late, even repeatedly.[/quote]

The policy still exists, although principals have some discretion on how to implement it. See page 33 http://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SY18-19%20DCPS%20Enrollment%20and%20Lottery%20Handbook_0.pdf

K-12 Out-of-Boundary Students

Students who attend schools outside of their boundary should be aware that the continued availability of the seat at that school for the following year is contingent upon attendance. This policy aims to reduce the rates of truancy for out-of-boundary students, and also provide principals with recourse for out-of-boundary students with the most severe attendance issues that do not respond to attendance improvement interventions.

[b]The DCPS Out-of-Boundary Attendance Policy states that K-12 out-of-boundary students with more than 10 unexcused absences or 20 unexcused tardies may be asked to return to their neighborhood schools at the end of the school year, provided the out-of-boundary school has implemented and documented all of the required DCPS attendance interventions. No student may be asked to transfer midyear, but students with chronic attendance issues can be prohibited from re-enrolling at the school for the following school year, if the student does not comply with the DCPS Out-of-Boundary Attendance Policy.[/b]

[b]School principals will have discretion in enforcing this policy. The principal will base her or his decision on whether the student’s attendance problem is due in significant part to the distance the student travels to school.[/b]
? Read the Out-of-Boundary Attendance Policy: http://dcps.dc.gov/page/dcps-policies
? For more information on DCPS attendance policies and protocol: http://dcps.dc.gov/attendance[/quote]

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