Anonymous wrote:What's rational about DC public schools, with almost half the students in charters, feeder school rights on a par with in-boundary rights since Michelle Rhee, no formal GT programs, criminally weak special ed, Taj Mahal renovations of mostly empty MS and HS buildings, Deal built for 1,000 with 1,800 students etc. etc.

No wonder so many parents still bail for the burbs and interest in DC public schools has tapered off since the pandemic began.

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

It actually advantages housing unstable children that may be moving multiple times a year, every year. If those kids can have one less disruption acts destabilizing event in their lives, then the policy is accomplishing it’s goal. It’s a right instead of principal discretion so that administrators can’t push out the higher needs kids in schools very far away from Ward 3.

You could easily link the policy to at-risk eligibility to account for these situations. But thinking things through is beyond the abilities of DCPS central office.

What about domestic violence situations, etc? What message are you sending when other families know Larlo must be poor because HE got to stay when the family moved? It is more equitable policy to establish universal policies that don’t draw lines between different groups. DC implemented the policy knowing it would be utilized by some higher SES families, but made a cost-benefit analysis in favor of protecting at-risk families. You can criticize if you want, but I like living in a city that puts social welfare first. It’s a good policy and can make a meaningful difference in the lives of kids who really need it. And frankly, also helps level the playing field a little when your child’s education comes down to the luck of a lottery draw.

Level the playing field how? By gaming the system?

Anonymous wrote:a lot of dc families live in rental housing (genuinely live there not just to game the system). a lot of families get divorced etc. a lot of families move from a smaller home to a larger home or down the street to lower cost rental building etc. the policy provides a measure of flexibility/school choice (you can go to the new in-boundary school or stay at the old one). its not an overall bad policy simply because a (small) minority might “game” the system as proposed by op.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

It actually advantages housing unstable children that may be moving multiple times a year, every year. If those kids can have one less disruption acts destabilizing event in their lives, then the policy is accomplishing it’s goal. It’s a right instead of principal discretion so that administrators can’t push out the higher needs kids in schools very far away from Ward 3.

You could easily link the policy to at-risk eligibility to account for these situations. But thinking things through is beyond the abilities of DCPS central office.

What about domestic violence situations, etc? What message are you sending when other families know Larlo must be poor because HE got to stay when the family moved? It is more equitable policy to establish universal policies that don’t draw lines between different groups. DC implemented the policy knowing it would be utilized by some higher SES families, but made a cost-benefit analysis in favor of protecting at-risk families. You can criticize if you want, but I like living in a city that puts social welfare first. It’s a good policy and can make a meaningful difference in the lives of kids who really need it. And frankly, also helps level the playing field a little when your child’s education comes down to the luck of a lottery draw.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

It actually advantages housing unstable children that may be moving multiple times a year, every year. If those kids can have one less disruption acts destabilizing event in their lives, then the policy is accomplishing it’s goal. It’s a right instead of principal discretion so that administrators can’t push out the higher needs kids in schools very far away from Ward 3.

You could easily link the policy to at-risk eligibility to account for these situations. But thinking things through is beyond the abilities of DCPS central office.

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Anonymous wrote:the policy is not stupid. it for example lets kids who move 2 boundaries over in the 4th grade stay at their same school.

The way it works everywhere else in the country is, you move, you switch schools. This is much more rational than you move during K, you stay at the school through 5th.

You should go somewhere else in the country and follow their rules then. My kids are enjoying their Ward 3 school that they attend under the rules here.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

It actually advantages housing unstable children that may be moving multiple times a year, every year. If those kids can have one less disruption acts destabilizing event in their lives, then the policy is accomplishing it’s goal. It’s a right instead of principal discretion so that administrators can’t push out the higher needs kids in schools very far away from Ward 3.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

It actually advantages housing unstable children that may be moving multiple times a year, every year. If those kids can have one less disruption acts destabilizing event in their lives, then the policy is accomplishing it’s goal. It’s a right instead of principal discretion so that administrators can’t push out the higher needs kids in schools very far away from Ward 3.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s the policy and it is stupid. But that’s CO for you.

Bonus that it advantages people with more money.

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Anonymous wrote:the policy is not stupid. it for example lets kids who move 2 boundaries over in the 4th grade stay at their same school.

The way it works everywhere else in the country is, you move, you switch schools. This is much more rational than you move during K, you stay at the school through 5th.