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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS just spent millions making the WOTP schools as large as they physically could. Most have no more physical room to expand or even put trailers without completely removing play space and athletic fields. To push the schools beyond the current size would be a policy decision to move upper income families out of the District, and to strain the system at the expense of student grades and healthy child development.

[b]Ask the schools that had a period of extreme crowding how morale, behavior, and grades were during the strained years compared to the years before and after. Ask the PTAs what happened to fund raising and big donors during those years (they left). Crowding takes a real toll on social, emotional and academic development. If DCPS is serious about social/emotional support, they will have to adopt policies to eliminate the stress of crowding[/b].[/quote]

What schools in DC have had extreme crowding? I had kids at an oft referenced in demand at capacity WOTP ES both before the school was expanded and after and completely missed the toll it took on their social, emotional and academic development.  In fact my kids are thriving as are all of their peers several years after leaving this supposed hell hole you reference.

Do you have any references you can cite about the stress of crowding and can you provide examples of which schools in DC meet those standards?[/quote]

Looking at the enrollment projections upthread, would you say that there is a likelihood a number of schools will be over capacity in the next five to ten years?  Would you say that is a good, bad or neutral situation for the students in those schools?  Is it unavoidable?  Is there anything that can be done over the next five to ten years to alleviate it?[/quote]

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