I think parents need to mobilize and form a strong political voting group.

Anonymous wrote:I guess I am just wondering because there is a lot of talk about it, but I have no idea how serious that is. (Or if they will really go even further and do a city-wide lottery for elementary schools).

I confess that if they do either controlled choice or city-wide, we'll just move out of DC because I really don't want to deal with lengthy commute, and/or school uncertainty, and/or lack of neighborhood cohort for DD. I just wish I knew what they were going to do so I could plan accordingly.

At elementary level, they would definitely not do city-wide. It would be a choice set all within a mile or so of your house.

Many, many people will move if they do this.

That would terribly hurt these schools which use tremendous community donations to make up for neglect from DCPS. Take away certainty (and continuity between children) and you may end up turning off the spigot.

And for Junior High, you could end up at either Deal or Hardy under controlled choice. Not the worse thing, but I will likely leave the city, too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the latest scenarios in the DME papers it looks like all of them contain a geographical component.

For example, will a family living in Ward 3 enter the lottery for all of Ward 3 schools? Not me, but if I lived a block away from Murch I could end up at Janney?

I don't know. The OP asked about elementsry becoming city wide. That doesn't seem to be where they are going AT THIS POINT. Of course that could all change.

"For example, will a family living in Ward 3 enter the lottery for all of Ward 3 schools? Not me, but if I lived a block away from Murch I could end up at Janney?"

Yes. Under 2 of the 3 options (controlled choice, and city wide lottery for p-k through 12), you could end up not at Murch.

This is the OP here. People are welcome to say good riddance to us, PP - but if I don't have the school I want for our kids, and can afford to move, why on earth would I stay? Childfree people will then move to our house and be happy enough there and everything will balance itself out. I like walking everywhere and being close to work, but not enough to send any of my children to a school I don't care for.

To the PP who mentioned geographical component - I saw that but the problem is we live on the Hill where our inbound school is good (Brent) but any of the other neighboring ones, not so much, so any school choice that has a decent chance of landing my DD at e.g. Tyler Traditional (or sending half of Tyler Traditional students to Brent) is not really great.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the latest scenarios in the DME papers it looks like all of them contain a geographical component.

For example, will a family living in Ward 3 enter the lottery for all of Ward 3 schools? Not me, but if I lived a block away from Murch I could end up at Janney?

That is the idea. Or Lafayette or Hearst, etc.

Anonymous wrote:From the latest scenarios in the DME papers it looks like all of them contain a geographical component.

For example, will a family living in Ward 3 enter the lottery for all of Ward 3 schools? Not me, but if I lived a block away from Murch I could end up at Janney?

I wish this was all done before the lottery.

In terms of the process so far, most people involved have been against neighborhood schools. To the extent, I've been told, that it was a hard won fight to keep neighborhood schools as one of the three options presented tomorrow.

Now in terms of what will happen politically once the community, council members, and mayoral candidates get involved in the discussion, I can't say how things will turn out, but obviously those in support of neighborhood schools will have a greater opportunity to be heard.

From the latest scenarios in the DME papers it looks like all of them contain a geographical component.

+1 we will too.

I know people will say good riddance and there will be lots of gay couple' looking to but a 4 bedroom house.

I guess I am just wondering because there is a lot of talk about it, but I have no idea how serious that is. (Or if they will really go even further and do a city-wide lottery for elementary schools).

I confess that if they do either controlled choice or city-wide, we'll just move out of DC because I really don't want to deal with lengthy commute, and/or school uncertainty, and/or lack of neighborhood cohort for DD. I just wish I knew what they were going to do so I could plan accordingly.