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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for your hard work.  But the uncomfortable truth is that any “report” that does not at least include a discussion of ending OOB feeder rights is not worth the paper it is written on.  Between Hardy and Deal there are over 750 OOB students.  [b][i]A good portion of these OOB kids are white kids with privilege who could be transforming their neighborhood schools in tremendous ways[/i][/b].  Wilson could be right sized tomorrow morning with the stroke of a pen. At no cost to the tax DC taxpayers, most of which do not even have children.  But instead DCPS has sent you on a fools erand to find other ways which will take years to implement (if at all) and will do nothing but further exacerbate  Wilson overcrowding. It appears you did not disappoint them. [/quote]
I challenge your assertion that "a good portion of these OOB kids are [privileged] white kids."

Given that:
1) Wilson is about 60% IB
2) About 72% of ward 3 is white (can't find the #s on % white in bounds for Wilson, but ward 3 is a good estimate)
3) Wilson is 34% white

It would seem that based on these #s, there should be somewhere around 620 white kids at the schools based on IB percentages. Actual numbers are more like 790. So out of the OOB population, 78% are non-white.

So you see my issue with the idea that "a good portion" of OOB are privileged white kids. 12%?  I'd contend that the OOB opportunities are likely having the intended effect of bringing racial diversity to kids who would have otherwise gone to DCPS schools that still have a very real achievement gap.

For reference - detailed information about school IB% participation here: https://dme.dc.gov/node/1360396 and Wilson data here: http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/scorecard/Woodrow+Wilson+High+School[/quote]

NP. Even if your numbers are close, 12% is still rather impactful.[/quote]

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