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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the only clear beneficiaries in this would be the private schools. Bring on the expansion! We will happily take all your dezoned kids for the low price of $45,000/year![/quote]

They aren't offering more seats in private schools than they do now, and[b] hundreds of kids get shut out every year. Good luck![/b][/quote]

+1.  Unless private schools expand massively, an influx of applications would mean statistically a lower likelihood of acceptance.  
 
Also, not every family has $40K per child per year within the Lafayette boundary.  A few will go private or charter, some will move in the early years of redistricting, and some will begrudgingly try it out.  My crystal ball: The proportion of the latter will slowly grow year over year until a decade out, when Wells etc. is finally seen as an acceptable option.[/quote]

seriously.  Do you know how difficult it is to get into private for middle school in DC?  The popular schools take about 5-10 kids a year for 6th grade.  They leave hundreds on their waitlists.  They're not going to simply absorb 100's of Lafayette kids.  
It always makes me laugh when people say "we'll just go private".  Right.  Have you actually been through that application process and realized that your NW DC child is identical to dozens of others vying for 5 seats?[/quote]

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