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Committee questions weighted lotteries, statute for cooperative high schools in school-assignment policy
Summary
Committee members debated proposed language in Policy 4150 on lottery assignments after staff warned that statutory requirements for Cooperative Innovative High Schools limit how the district can change weighting. The committee moved an amended version to the full board but left the broader policy under committee review for further work.
The New Hanover County Schools Policy Committee examined proposed changes to Policy 4150, the district's lottery and school-assignment plan, including language barring weighted preferences and whether that prohibition should exclude Cooperative Innovative High Schools that state statute directs to "target" at-risk students.
The discussion matters because the district's lottery rules determine student access to magnet and year-round schools. Committee members debated fairness, statutory compliance and whether the district should use targeted…
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