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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

[b]If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.[/b] [/quote]

What does this even mean? Whether it is placed in the DCC or not, it will not be an "overflow" school. It will primarily serve the student population living within 2 miles of its location. It is not that big. It is not going to be able to take tons of out of cluster DCC kids.

My crystal ball says it will be part of the DCC with some sort of magnet. It will be like other popular DCC schools where most students are within its boundaries or part of the magnet program. There won't be a lot of room for choice kids in its non-magnet program.[/quote]

The thing is, filling it up with kids that already like their school is a risky proposition. Sure Einstein parents might be all about it but that’s it.

Most like the use a scalpel to relieve overcrowding and not a hatchet. That would leave plenty of capacity for a few special programs and DCC lottery space for all the parents who “love silver spring” but resent having to send their kids to their IB schools. Woodward will most likely become the #1 lottery choice which tells you all you really need to know about the current options.  [/quote]

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