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Children from soon-to-close Oakland schools: where they might land - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

Children from soon-to-close Oakland schools: where they might land - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools:


Children from soon-to-close Oakland schools: where they might land

Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 5:27 pm in school closures1 Comment
You can say what you like about the Oakland school district’s policies and tactics — say, its decision to close schools — but when it comes to putting out granular data in user-friendly maps and charts, you’ve got to hand it to them.
Below is a series of five maps that show where the children from Lakeview, *Lazear, Marshall, Maxwell Park and Santa Fe were placed for the 2012-13 school year. At the bottom of each one, you’ll find the percentage of children, by grade, that got their family’s first, second, third and fourth choices.
Student placements after school closure
*Of course, the data for Lazear could well be moot. Parents at that school have a charter application pending,