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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858[/quote]

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do[/quote]

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.[/quote]

Yup

For Black Males its just

20.7% with a 4+ ELA  17.7% Math

For At-Risk its just

21.1% and 15%[/quote]

So unfair. I think SWW should do a lottery. Wilson's honors classes also should use a lottery system. And Havard, of course. I think Harvard should just put all our children's names in a big bag and invite a celebrity to do the draw. It should be on YouTube so we would know for sure it was fair. I would pray a lot and then my DC would finally be a [b]WINNER[/b]! [/quote]

We should do that to everything else in our lives. Lottery for fancy homes! Lottery for good jobs! Since I am lucky, I will be a doctor, living in a Kalorama mansion, with a handsome hubby that I got on a YouTube lottery. Who needs to make effort, study hard, have talent? No, we will live in a FAIR world so we don't need that.  [/quote]

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