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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the  goal is to increase diversity at Deal, the only way that is going to happen is via zoning.  We need housing policy changes to add cheaper housing and make it possible for non-wealthy people to live there.
In particular we need to upzone the area, remove the single family housing restriction, and allow apartment buildings and other sorts of dense market rate housing.[/quote]

I posted this on the integration thread, but it backs up your point.

The new racial and economic intergration report that came out yesterday also found that an equal number of white families in Ward 3 are opting out of public schools entirely, as are opting in. For the purposes of Wilson and its feeders and overcrowding, that's probably a good thing, but it also significantly limits the amount of racial or economic balance we can hope to achieve (just 10% of the entire DC public and charter school student population is white).

The data also showed that in 16-17 Wilson was the most integrated racially, but not an all integrated economically but from the student newspaper and the principal's comments, the number of minority students has dropped significantly in the last 2 years.

The most integrated schools are (in order) below. It seems fair to conclude that housing patterns in DC prevent most DCPS neighborhood schools from being integrated racially unless a school has a history of accepting OOB students (Hyde, Murch, Eaton) or there is some sort of gerrymandering (e.g. the Gold Coast / Bancroft and longer ago having some parts of SW feed Wilson).

Wilson 
Yu Ying 
Mundo Verde 
Basis 
Seaton 
EW Stokes 
DCI 
Hearst 
EL Haynes Elementary 
Breakthrough Montessori 
SWW high school 
CMI 
Washington Latin MS 
Hyde Addison 
Inspired Teaching 
Ross 
Shining Stars 
Deal 
LAMB 
Eaton 
Cap City Lower 
Cap City Middle 
Center City Petworth 
EL Haynes HS 
Barnard 
Van Ness 
EL Haynes MS 
SWW @ FS 
Appletree Lincoln Park 
Center City Brightwood 
Washington Latin HS 
Appletree CH 
Thomson 
LaSalle Backus 
Bridges 
Garrison 
Tubman 
West 
Hardy 
Roosevelt 
Cap City HS 
Cardozo 
Maury 
Center City Shaw 
Peabody 
Ludlow Taylor 
Cooke 
Two Rivers 
Murch 
Takoma 
Oyster Adams 
CHML 
Cleveland [/quote]

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