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Reply to "How many kids in Crestwood are going into middle school next year? How about the year after that?"
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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not understand the point and counterpoint here. It will affect home values, which is a concern I have (probably bought after pp so it matters to me). We bought in Crestwood with the expectation that Deal would be available to us (which, if the new MS is built, it will not be available to us). Also, because the number of students is so small, it makes no sense to take away feeder rights for Crestwood students. These are feeder rights that have existed as long as long time Crestwood residents can remember, based on my informal research. Cutting out this small population of students will absolutely not impact the overcrowding issue. [/quote] But then you end up with Crestwood elementary school zones that don't line up with the middle and high school zones, right? Isn't that one problem this change is supposed to fix? [/quote] Right, it's the move to strong feeder relationships that resulted in us being in this situation. But, being overly anal retentive about it will likely backfire. As everyone knows, you can't force families with means to attend schools they don't want to attend. I know there is a desire for Crestwood to contribute to rebuilding MacFarland and Roosevelt. But, the way this is being handled will more likely result in the neighborhood avoiding DCPS altogether. Until those schools are shown to be at least minimally acceptable -- one doesn't even exist -- families interested in DCPS won't move into the neighborhood and those that are here will leave or find alternatives to DCPS. That shouldn't surprise anyone. [/quote]
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