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[quote=Anonymous]Bowser attended our neighborhood community meeting on Thursday night. It was her first public outreach mtg since her Tuesday night re-election.

On the recent scandals:

“This year has been tough for DCPS. We have learned a lot and Chancellor Alexander is taking steps to ensure the attendance and grading issues never happen again. It’s unacceptable. We have zero tolenace for this stuff and I am working close with her to put in safe guards.”

A father of a Wilson senior student asked about school crowding and lowering head count at Wilson. He complained that teachers are stuggling with large classes. He asked what Bowser is doing to create more options for Wilson-quality education.

Here are Bowser’s latest talking points:
“The quickest way I can reduce crowding and demand for Wilson is to get Banneker at Shaw opened as quickly as possible. 100% of Banneker kids go to college; these are some of the best kids in the District. If we move them to Shaw, I have 350 more seats we can fill; these are families who would otherwise be clamoring to get into Wilson or SWW.”

“We can also increase high quality middle school seats by taking the current Banneker space and creating a new, high quality middle school open to all District residents.”

Someone else mentioned that Duke Ellington is under capacity and that more general education kids should be housed the building:

“I think Duke Ellington needs to remain arts focused. We have the kids in the District to fill this space; the hardest part is identifying them and getting them prepared prior to high school for a rigorous arts education.”

However, she left open the possibility of adding another WOTP high school to relieve crowding at Wilson:

“Our decisions about the future will be driven by the population patterns. We know the Wilson feeders are reaching capacity as District parents return to DCPS. We thank them for choosing to remain and be involved; this is a great thing. I think we may need to consider opening another western high school - sorry, I mean another high school on the west side of town. But will be driven by the population patterns and demand.”

At that point, Bowser’s time was up. It left me with more questions than answers, but I think we may see in the medium term so progress on WOTP over crowding and perhaps more resources, especially if school age population booms.[/quote]

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