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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree Abigail Smith would be a good choice. I think she understands the scope of the problems facing DCPS and would listen to parents and teachers. She really does care and doesn't seem arrogant. [/quote]

If you recall, several years ago, she wanted to do away with elementary school boundaries in favor of a system like Boston's, where parents are only guaranteed a spot at one of several schools in a local cluster.  Our local cluster would have included a school with a DC-CAS proficiency pass rate of 80% and two in the 30s.  Parents buying million dollar houses so their children could attend school #1 were really shaken up.  She was the architect of the madness. Parents rose up in protest all over the city, and not just in upscale neighborhoods like Upper NW and Cap Hill. She squandered far too much political capital in the process to make an effective chancellor.  The woman clearly lacks common sense in a big way. No thanks.

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Are you discussing something different than the new boundary process? Because, my memory of that is that three tentative proposals were released -- one of which contained choice sets for elementary schools such as you describe. Then, based on community feedback, that proposal was eliminated. Smith's willingness to present a range of options and then respond to community preferences is one of the things I appreciated about her.
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