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I'm not sure if this is true?  I thought the OOB problem goes something like this example:

1) Number of IB students exceed the number of spots available, let's say for PK4.

2) There is a plan to open a new PK4 class.  However, since the exact # of IB students that will enroll isn't known, there is some guesswork here.

3) During initial lottery, PK4 is 90% IB.

4) A few IB families change their minds and decide to keep their kids in daycare another year, or get off the waitlist at a more preferred school.

5) PK4 ends up being 75% IB, with several OOB spots open.

6) Additional IB families decide to join in Kindergarten, which leads to some overcrowding.

What am I missing?[/quote]

Well, how about when DCPS tells an elementary school to go over-capacity so they can accept 50-70 more OOBs? Then those dozens of extra students not only crowd the elementary, but also Wilson down the road.[/quote]

DCPS doesn't care.  They are out of answers.  The charters skim off the cream of the crop EOTP.  Their only solution is to try and pack as many kids into Deal and Wilson until the IB parents leave or revolt.  To date they have not revolted.  I sense that may change in a few years. It won't be pretty, but DCPS should have made the difficult decisions in 2014 instead of kicking the can down the road.  [/quote]

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