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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fact remains if we didn't have "choice" - we and many of our neighbors would probably be in good schools within walking distance of home. Instead we are in good schools that require a commute. [/quote]

If we didn't have "choice," none of us would be in DC.  [/quote]

But some would stay with reluctance - that would probably be us. Because let's face it: if our neighborhood schools looked like our neighborhoods we'd probably be going to them.
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Brookland schools would be as good as Maury and Brent if the neighborhood students attended. So many of the neighborhood kids are chauffeured o their charters, mine included. So, I truly understand what you are saying PP.  [/quote]

I can't speak for Maury but Brent would have been closed  for lack of attendance if kids hadn't been allowed to attend OOB.  so the OOB process probably saved it.  And the reason it has Pre K 3 is because neighbors pointed out to DCPS that 2 Rivers had preK 3 so if DCPS wanted to compete it needed to provide the same.  DCPS listened and started providing it and neighbors started to enroll.  Now the school is predominately IB, but again, if it hadn't been for OOB process it would have closed for lack of students.  The Brent boundary is so small and the few kids in the boundary were attending St Peters or Capitol Hill Day School.  Arguably both OOB process and charter schools helped make Brent the successful neighborhood school it is today.

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