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The plan seems to prioritize proximity, choice, and stability over achievement. How does this plan prevent low-achieving schools in high poverty neighborhoods?
The plan has two central mechanisms in place to avoid the clustering of large numbers of low-performing students in a single school: (1) the locations of magnet programs and their seat allocations, and (2) a selection priority for students from historically low-performing neighborhoods who select regional school choices, which include schools with a history of high student achievement growth. However, since the plan is largely driven by the choices that families make, the composition of individual schools will depend to some degree on how those choices are made.