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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a bad idea.  Although I could personally benefit, from a policy perspective, it is just a terrible idea.

Worse still, the idea seems to be to booster living in DC by offering a "prize" to those families who go through DCPS for the upper grades.  Here's a radical idea -- how about fixing what is wrong with this city so that people actually WANT to stay here rather than bribing people to stay.

Here's my fixes:
1. Eliminate the city income tax.  Why drive away high earning people who would otherwise stay and spend money.

[b]2. We already have a public university - University of the District of Columbia.   What's wrong with it?  If it can be fixed, then model it after the great universities and make it a place where kids from other areas compete to gain admission to.  If it can't be fixed, then close it.  There's plenty of other universities out there, and not many city government are in the university-running business.[/b]

3. Eliminate height restrictions and simplify the process to get a building permits.  The city needs more affordable housing, why make it difficult to build. [/quote]

UDC has open enrollment and a 12% graduation rate.  You can't change a place like that into a competitive university. [/quote]

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