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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wilson is currently 38% OOB.  I wonder whether ending OOB might be more acceptable to people than zoning schools out.  OOB rights have only been in place since 2009, and DCPS has had increases in enrollment since then.  I'd be fine with OOB having a preference, but not a right, to attend feeder schools.  If there was significant grandfathering in place (e.g., 3-5 years), hopefully that would be palatable for most people.[/quote]

That's already happening. It was closer to 50% very recently. The OOB numbers at Wilson elementary and MS feeders is plummeting. It will just take a few years for that to hit Wilson. Curtailing OOB rights isn't a viable long term solution. (Of course, some of the OOB students are in special needs programs and self-contained classrooms that are not going away - so the number will never be zero).[/quote]

And DCPS auditors need to double down on ferreting out fraudster families who really live in Maryland but claim a DC address to send their kids to DC public and charter schools.  Some estimates are that at least 10 percent of Deal and Wilson students in fact live in Maryland.  If DC addresses residency fraud and removes fraudulently enrolled students, then it would relieve some overcrowding pressure and ensure that more actual DC residents can go to these schools.[/quote]

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