Anonymous wrote:I completely disagree OOB parent. It is not your right to attend a school that is not in your neighborhood. If OOB students are chronically late, then perhaps they should attend a school that is closer to their home. If you want to show up late to a particular school, then move IB. And while I don't own the school, I say that the higher property taxes I pay gives me the right to attend and stay in my IB school, regardless of my child's promptness. Chalk that one up to "that's life."

I am sure you would have supported "Jim Crow", separate but equal laws as well. Go on with your F'ed up self.

Anonymous wrote:I completely disagree OOB parent. It is not your right to attend a school that is not in your neighborhood. If OOB students are chronically late, then perhaps they should attend a school that is closer to their home. If you want to show up late to a particular school, then move IB. And while I don't own the school, I say that the higher property taxes I pay gives me the right to attend and stay in my IB school, regardless of my child's promptness. Chalk that one up to "that's life."

Your DC property taxes are not separate Ana apart from the school. DC is not Mitchellville or Bethesda. In those cities, taxes are based on the school's locality. If you have not figured it out yet, the district is one city. Every school receives the same funding based on attendance.

Anonymous wrote:None--because it's their IB school. Therefore, they have a right to attend that school regardless of attendance issues.

Double standards does not work well in any situation. If the student legally applied through the lottery and is a DC resident, that student also has the right to attend that school.

my 20:10 comment was for the 14:22 Anonymous

I understand the reasonable logic of neighborhood schools. However, our only rights in terms of schooling come from the laws and regulations governing enrollment. Currently, those laws and regulations allow for guaranteed admission for in boundary and an OOB lottery otherwise. Your in boundary status only affects admission, not how your child is treated once admitted.

We all pay taxes and the amount isn't the basis of your right to attend you local school. If you paid less taxes you still have a right (under the law/regulations) to attend your neighborhood school. If I pay more taxes than you or other in boundary persons I don't have the right to better treatment for my student. I can't believe you would want that to be the way the public school works.

Anonymous wrote:I completely disagree OOB parent. It is not your right to attend a school that is not in your neighborhood. If OOB students are chronically late, then perhaps they should attend a school that is closer to their home. If you want to show up late to a particular school, then move IB. And while I don't own the school, I say that the higher property taxes I pay gives me the right to attend and stay in my IB school, regardless of my child's promptness. Chalk that one up to "that's life."

You have higher property taxes because your home is worth more (and you'd reap the benefits if/when you sell), you don't pay a higher percentage because you live in ward 3. I am IB in ward 3 and I agree that separate punishments for IB/OOB would be horrible!