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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

I know what you mean, but you are likely understating the value of a good Head Start program (PK3-4) and overstating the importance of genetics.


+100! That is the reason public preK was started, to addres this gap.

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Anonymous wrote:I've had 3 kids start in Janney PK (and then K) in recent years and I've never come across any classmates who did PK at another NWDC public school. Everyone goes to St Columba's or Communikids or one of the Jewish preschools or a downtown daycare or any number of other private (pay) schools.

I do know one family (out of 100) that did the PS3 year at Appletree and then (inbounds) Janney PK.
I honestly don't think OP's post is a widespread "problem" at all.

jeez, THANK you. I am a PP who called bullshit on the alleged problem of children living "JKLM" -- which I'll remind everyone is AU Park, Chevy Chase DC, Wesley Hts, Cleveland Park, Palisades, Forest Hills and Friendship Heights -- running all over the city and snatching up spots in ps3.

This isn't happening.

Excellent. Since it doesn't happen, Ward 3 families will not mind at all to having no OOB feeder rights at PK3 and PK4. Everyone is agreed then...

Thankfully, this is legally impossible as long as Ward 3 families pay taxes that help fund your school as well. Would you like to have Ward 3 break apart from the District so you don't have to share resources? Let's see how well that would pan out financially for the rest of the city.

Actually, it may come as a shock to you that the city already discriminates against different parts of the city. You might have notices that Ward 3 schools have no PK3 and all of the rest of the city does. You might also be aware that now some parts of the city have a right to enroll -- no lottery -- for PK3 and PK4. I don't think what is being proposed is legally impossible at all.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

The school is "worse off" because when they leave they are replaced by OOB kids who did not attend PK and are not ready for K in the same way as the rest of the cohort.

The point is that that argument is flawed.

+100. The anti-OOB sentiment displayed by some of these PPs is astounding.

+1. I really hope they are in the minority, because we WILL be at an EOTP school for Pre-K coming from Ward 3. The less hostility we sense from the other parents, the more we will be inclined to get involved and invested.

Where does your child attend school now, and why don't you want them to stay, may I ask?

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

The school is "worse off" because when they leave they are replaced by OOB kids who did not attend PK and are not ready for K in the same way as the rest of the cohort.

The point is that that argument is flawed.

+100. The anti-OOB sentiment displayed by some of these PPs is astounding.

+1. I really hope they are in the minority, because we WILL be at an EOTP school for Pre-K coming from Ward 3. The less hostility we sense from the other parents, the more we will be inclined to get involved and invested.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

The school is "worse off" because when they leave they are replaced by OOB kids who did not attend PK and are not ready for K in the same way as the rest of the cohort.

The point is that that argument is flawed.

+100. The anti-OOB sentiment displayed by some of these PPs is astounding.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

The school is "worse off" because when they leave they are replaced by OOB kids who did not attend PK and are not ready for K in the same way as the rest of the cohort.

The point is that that argument is flawed.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

The school is "worse off" because when they leave they are replaced by OOB kids who did not attend PK and are not ready for K in the same way as the rest of the cohort.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

+1. The number 1 reason a school is good is because the students are well-prepared. And not well-prepared by some PreK program, well-prepared by their parents (and their genes). So more high SES kids even for just a year or two in a preK program will be good for that program. It is too bad for the school if they don't stay, but the school isn't any worse off for them having been there. As for the "ill-prepared" kids that might replace them for K, see above: having attended PreK at that school could have only mitigated that so much. It's not a matter of "saving" or "killing" the school. So as PP above said, OP needs to lobby for more high-SES IB parents to choose her school, THAT really is her problem.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

Let's get really radical. How about everyone in DC pays at least a minimum of, say, $5,000 in DC income tax? Schools get more resources, parents truly buy in, and free riders and whiners go elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

If you swapped the Janney student body with one from a failing school, Janneys test scores would plummet. Just one reason of a million why filling NW schools with OOB kids won't help those kids and why a city wide lottery means failure for all kids.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have it both ways. Everyone who pays DC taxes can play the lottery regardless of their zip code.

Let's get radical here. How about everyone who pays DC taxes has equal access to all DC schools. Crickets from Ward 3...

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Anonymous wrote:I think OP is making a fair point. As well as the PP who mentioned families that bail after 2nd or 3rd grade.

However, I think the overall trend is that more and more families are sticking with DCPS and doing the work to improve the schools.

OP's point might have been fair if she had just asked Ward 3 families who do get into EOTP Pre-K to get involved in the school while they are there. There is nothing fair about just asking them to stay off what isn't really her lawn.