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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are people bending the rules to give their kids an advantage in schools everywhere. Redshirting in Virginia, tutors and test prep for magnet programs in Maryland, address "issues" in DC. For every parent that gets upset about it, there's another parent that does the same thing the following year. It doesn't seem worth fussing over something that just is what it is. [/quote]

At what point does cheating become so rampant they have to actually attempt to fix the system though?

For point of reference, I live in Ward 5 and have zero intention of sending my kid to a Ward 3 school, nor does anyone I know who lives in Wards 5 or 6. Some people must game the system, but I've never met anyone who would own up to it. Instead, it's just a world with four major categories of families and kids:

1: Weak IB school, no lottery luck, stuck in weak IB school
2: Weak IB school, lottery luck, charter
3: Good IB school, lottery luck somewhat irrelevant, attends good IB
4: Good IB school, lottery luck, attends HRCS

If people in Group 1 cheat, I say more power to them -- do what you need to do. If people in Groups 3 or 4 cheat, I get mad. I think the system is basically designed to encourage 1s to cheat, because if you keep striking out on the lottery, you have to move anyway. But how many 3s and 4s cheating would it take before the system broke? Also, the more 3s and 4s cheat, the harder it is for all the 1s who play by the rules. How many 1s are we going to screw over before we stop and say "wait, this is wrong"?[/quote]

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