And the majority feared that even allowing some charters to adopt a voluntary neighborhood preference could shut disadvantaged students out of high - performing schools. (dceduphile.org)
The task force recommended against neighborhood preference, in part because its members wanted to guard against that possibility. (dceduphile.org)
Those outside the neighborhood could still gain admission, especially if the school applied neighborhood preference to only a percentage of its seats. (dceduphile.org)