“We need to preserve diversity and mitigate the projected whitening of the feeder pattern”

[Anonymous]

On the one hand, DCPS criticizes white "segregation" as a problem, but on the other, City planners hate "gentrification" into historically non-white neighborhoods. There doesn't seem to be a way to NOT offend, these days. Maybe that's the way it's gotta be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On the one hand, DCPS criticizes white "segregation" as a problem, but on the other, City planners hate "gentrification" into historically non-white neighborhoods. There doesn't seem to be a way to NOT offend, these days. Maybe that's the way it's gotta be.

Well, there is one obvious fix that neither upholds white segregation nor moves white people into historically non-white neighborhoods, which is to build more (actually) affordable housing in historically white neighborhoods. Maybe THAT's the way it's gotta be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the one hand, DCPS criticizes white "segregation" as a problem, but on the other, City planners hate "gentrification" into historically non-white neighborhoods. There doesn't seem to be a way to NOT offend, these days. Maybe that's the way it's gotta be.

Well, there is one obvious fix that neither upholds white segregation nor moves white people into historically non-white neighborhoods, which is to build more (actually) affordable housing in historically white neighborhoods. Maybe THAT's the way it's gotta be.

From the perspective of the politicos, this will take too long. Further, if you build more multi family housing west of the park, you just drive up the cost of land in that area making it even more exclusive & wealthier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the one hand, DCPS criticizes white "segregation" as a problem, but on the other, City planners hate "gentrification" into historically non-white neighborhoods. There doesn't seem to be a way to NOT offend, these days. Maybe that's the way it's gotta be.

Well, there is one obvious fix that neither upholds white segregation nor moves white people into historically non-white neighborhoods, which is to build more (actually) affordable housing in historically white neighborhoods. Maybe THAT's the way it's gotta be.

From the perspective of the politicos, this will take too long. Further, if you build more multi family housing west of the park, you just drive up the cost of land in that area making it even more exclusive & wealthier.

Building more multifamily housing in Ward 3 would not make housing cost more in Ward 3. Also, if that’s your concern, easy solution: build public housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the one hand, DCPS criticizes white "segregation" as a problem, but on the other, City planners hate "gentrification" into historically non-white neighborhoods. There doesn't seem to be a way to NOT offend, these days. Maybe that's the way it's gotta be.

Well, there is one obvious fix that neither upholds white segregation nor moves white people into historically non-white neighborhoods, which is to build more (actually) affordable housing in historically white neighborhoods. Maybe THAT's the way it's gotta be.

From the perspective of the politicos, this will take too long. Further, if you build more multi family housing west of the park, you just drive up the cost of land in that area making it even more exclusive & wealthier.

This is backwards.

The proposal is: Convert a ton of SFH to 4-6 unit buildings. The $1.5M SFH becomes a $3-4M building, yes. But each unit ranges from $500k up. And as this happens 20,000 times in Ward 3, the prices fall even more.

[Anonymous]

Re: the PowerPoint — agree the language is clumsy.

You don’t “mitigate” “whitening”. You “promote diversity by encouraging students of all races and SES levels.” The latter framing focuses on the positive goals: bringing lots of kids together.

But worse than that— there are 5 scenarios and none of them achieves diversity goals and also reduces Wilson crowding. Are none of these real options? Is the mayor just going to yell “gentrification” and pit two populations against each other again like she did with Shaw Middle and Banneker?

[Anonymous]

I like the language and appreciate the working group telling it like it is. WOTP schools are too white, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
But worse than that— there are 5 scenarios and none of them achieves diversity goals and also reduces Wilson crowding. Are none of these real options? Is the mayor just going to yell “gentrification” and pit two populations against each other again like she did with Shaw Middle and Banneker?

DCPS is projecting Wilson to have an enrollment of 2800 in seven years if nothing is done. That growth is coming from WOTP. The pool of students who have the right to attend Wilson is "whitening." Even if you didn't address crowding you wouldn't achieve the diversity goals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really DCPS? You actually wrote this in a presentation you prepared for parents?

This is the parent/DCPS working group on changes to the Foxhall Elementary and MacArthur feeder pattern. To literally say this....just, wow. Our kid will be attending these schools.

I need a shower.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19cvisc6heSYwz295mUyQoeSYNzxoEKWV/view?usp=drivesdk

Very illiberal. Viewing everything through racial lens is a recipe for disaster.

[Anonymous]

Refusing to do so is generally a denial of reality. Some attempt to foster diversity in schools after a racial/income sorting in housing is to be applauded. But why is it a goal only in Ward 3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the language and appreciate the working group telling it like it is. WOTP schools are too white, period.

Too white?

[Anonymous]

Many of you are commenting and have not even read the slides. It is about promoting diversity by creating seats for low income students to decrease the segregation in the feeder school. If you have an issue with your child going to a school with more children of color then move! I am sick and tired of parents on these posts using coded language and sometimes just inflammatory language to describe low income children of color. The system is created for the results it receives. If we want true equity and diversity in our schools then DCPS will have to put an aggressive plan in place. If you think it’s “hostile” then you are viewing in through a lens of white privilege and if you don’t think this is about race then I don’t know what country you are living in because you are truly delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the language and appreciate the working group telling it like it is. WOTP schools are too white, period.

Yes you are speaking the truth!

[Anonymous]

I agree with that statement OP. We have a problem with resource hogging in this city.

[Anonymous]

White people don’t like it when people say ‘too white’.

But they have no problem saying ‘too Black’ or ‘too Asian’.