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[quote=Anonymous]I just find it sobering. Good to know the story, but not sure where that gets us. We could vote out Charles Allen, and vote somebody else in, without that changing a thing where SH goes. The Ward 6 city council member can't move mountains without buy-in from Antwan Wilson and co.  There isn't any - the gentrifiers aren't a big enough slice of the electoral pie in DC.

I don't get why OP wants to look back 10 or 15 years for answers. The story isn't complicated. The Cluster was created in the 80s, with a seriously gerrymandered looking boundary, to keep more upper middle class on the Hill (the thinking was, without disastrous DCPS Central Office running things, the quality of the education would stand out in a deeply troubled system).  It worked to some extent, then SWS and Cap Hill Montessori moved out of the Cluster 7-10 years ago, and strong competition from charters on both sides of the river gradually stole their thunder. The recent renovations at Watkins and SH have breathed new life into a hackneyed set-up, but most Hill parents still seem to want to jettison the Cluster.  Their views are irrelevant, so the Cluster stays.

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