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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow this article is so clueless.  [/quote]

how so?[/quote]

Because [b]parents will never accept pure lottery[/b], and it is not logistically feasible for people even if they liked it philosophically.  The tide is turning against it as San Francisco's experience has shown.

Because someone with a clue would know that DCPS numbers are guesses at best and lies at worst.  Not just the enrollment projections, but the capacity stats, are really questionable.

Because if you compare these numbers with the enrollment projections in the SY 19-20 budgets, they don't match up well.

Because DCPS can and does add capacity, e.v. Van Ness, Bard, Brookland Middle, Wells Middle.  And opening new middle and high schools can result in capacity increases in other grade levels.[/quote]

Per the article - DC might be particularly ripe for an all-lottery system because its neighborhood-based system isn’t particularly strong – already three quarters of the public school students attend schools they were assigned to by lottery, either charters or DCPS out-of-boundary. For them, DC already doesn’t have a neighborhood-based school system.

You may be the lucky 1 in 4 that is not dependent on the lottery, but it will not be a huge switch in culture/expectations for 75%.[/quote]

An all lottery school wide system will send UMC families to the burbs likes its the 1990s. I was here then and I remember.   DCPS needs to get rid of all feeder rights for OOB kids.  A kid who gets into Janney OOB has to play lottery again for OOB placement into Deal. Bancroft and Oyster feed to MacFarland.  Create a true test in academy at Brookland which is less than 50% capacity, to lure more UMC families from around NW to attend. But DCPS will never learn. You have to offer real rigor, tracked classes at most middle schools or the best parents won't bother. [/quote]

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