tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7567937633899217101..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-59929051848287539232012-12-03T21:04:17.652-08:002012-12-03T21:04:17.652-08:00I am sure transportation 'costs' are the s...I am sure transportation 'costs' are the sole driver for the distance tiebreaker. <br /><br />My kids are 'lucky' recipients of the 2012/13 school time change, all in the name of money. What they didn't tell the parents is the buses would consistently run late as we're the third route on an unrealistic driver schedule.<br /><br />Disgruntled in the NEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-67332330401506517672012-12-03T20:31:26.814-08:002012-12-03T20:31:26.814-08:00Jan,
With a distance tiebreaker, if enrollment ser...Jan,<br />With a distance tiebreaker, if enrollment services is down to it's last open space for a particular grade, and there are two (or more) students who live the exact same distance from the school and have applied for that space, lottery gets used.<br />Remember the twins who got assigned to different schools for kindergarten a few years ago? BLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5773349707195862222012-12-03T20:21:02.354-08:002012-12-03T20:21:02.354-08:00I think the distance tiebreaker stinks, and I'...I think the distance tiebreaker stinks, and I'm very curious to find out what the anticipated problem is that the distance tiebreaker (for one year) would solve. BLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25108397769616096422012-12-03T17:47:50.553-08:002012-12-03T17:47:50.553-08:00Besides not being able to figure out how it works,...Besides not being able to figure out how it works, I also agree with Charlie. It is a bad idea. It is the policy that caused so much trouble in the old system -- because kids who lived a great distance from anywhere were consistently at a detriment. <br /><br />Boy -- have we ever come a long way from 10% option seats at every school!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923777229601243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30722637764665131092012-12-03T09:43:06.325-08:002012-12-03T09:43:06.325-08:00Jan, I don't know. I think it gets put in as a...Jan, I don't know. I think it gets put in as a "just in case." <br /><br />Charlie, have a chat with Tracy about why this is coming back. I never liked distance either.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4662664119397569022012-12-03T04:47:01.745-08:002012-12-03T04:47:01.745-08:00Distance should not return as a tiebreaker. That i...Distance should not return as a tiebreaker. That is an extraordinarily bad idea.<br /><br />One of the best elements of the NSAP was the removal of distance as a tie-breaker. It was an important element of how the District was going to provide more equitable access to schools and programs.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5907065369395509572012-12-02T22:22:03.506-08:002012-12-02T22:22:03.506-08:00Melissa: I can't believe I don't know thi...Melissa: I can't believe I don't know this -- I have read reams of stuff about NSAP over the years. But I am having trouble visualizing how the distance and lottery tiebreakers work. For example, your list states:<br /><br />1. for attendance areas elementaries, distance will now be number two (sandwiched between number one, sibling, and number three, lottery.<br /><br />By definition, the only folks who care about this are kids who aren't already in the attendance district. So, let's assume I am a third grader. I want to go to John Stanford. I do not have a sibling there, so #1 doesn't help me. If distance from the school is the next tiebreaker, doesn't that trump the lottery completely? Wouldn't the school just plot the distance each non-attendance/non-sibling applicant lived from the school -- and fill the class (and rank the wait list) accordingly? Where would the lottery come in if distance trumps it?<br /><br />Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923777229601243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-75010738245714131222012-12-02T15:24:31.544-08:002012-12-02T15:24:31.544-08:00I hope (assume!) this is applied AFTER the default...I hope (assume!) this is applied AFTER the default north/south geographic boundary split. Can you imagine the trouble if that line fluctuated every year based on the number of students at each school?<br /><br />Sounds ridiculous, but I know of other districts where similar stuff has happened.<br /><br />(stupid captcha, more problems posting, I may just give up)dwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48840664111108023532012-12-02T14:01:09.592-08:002012-12-02T14:01:09.592-08:00Ah, of course. Thanks Melissa. Ah, of course. Thanks Melissa. TraceySnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-37725846649709546402012-12-02T13:46:34.292-08:002012-12-02T13:46:34.292-08:00I think that is to be used to determine not if you...I think that is to be used to determine not if you get in but which school you will be attending.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89635678039915349722012-12-02T13:17:07.877-08:002012-12-02T13:17:07.877-08:00Tiebreaker for APP? I thought APP was guaranteed a...Tiebreaker for APP? I thought APP was guaranteed admission?TraceySnoreply@blogger.com