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[quote=Anonymous]I agree the implications are potentially different for Hearst depending upon the way the lottery preferences are administered. In other words IF the at risk preference is awarded only up to a certain threshold above the 10% min set aside that could probably work - eg up to say 20%.... IF however the at risk presence applies all the way up to 100% of the OOB spots I think it could really change the dynamic of a school like Hearst which has a majority OOB population currently but not a large percentage of at risk kids

I agree with an at risk preference in concept but I think it needs to be implemented gradually and there should be a max % as well as a min. And I think that max should be less than 30%.  Anyone else hear that npr piece not too long ago about the studies on mixed achievement level groups and they found the optimal mix (ie the lower achievers performance was improved without negatively impacting the high or middle achievers ) was right about 20%

Obviously I don't believe at risk necessarily means Lower achieving in every case but as a rough proxy it is reasonable [/quote]

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