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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With no public transit to a school located in a lily white, UMC enclave this should be a very diverse school. [/quote]

You are mistaking NW with the Mid-West US of the 1950s.[/quote]

Ward 3 is 80% white. 6% black.[/quote]

Not according to this site.

https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US11003-ward-3-dc/[/quote]

NP but come on that site says Ward 3 as a whole is 8% black.  I would guess that the area zoned for MacArthur is probably less than 8%, but even if it is that’s 8% black compared to a city that is 45% black and a school district that is 80% black at least.  That is pretty lily white.[/quote]

And the US is 12% black.  The stated concern was diversity.  Ward 3 is very diverse along a number of vectors.

If your concern is a population that reflects the demographics of DC proper, Ward 3 is not representative.  Neither is Ward 7 or 8.  Ward 4 is the only ward that reflects the racial make-up of DC as a whole.

You can have Macarthur relieve student numbers at J-R (which, itself, is fairly representative of the city), or you can prioritize a specific racial makeup.  The strategy for now is the former. 
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Except the mayor’s stated strategy is Deal for all; J/R for all, and thus, there should be a focus on how all students from all Wards will get there. They will have plenty of students from Ward 4. How will they get there?[/quote]

The Deal-for-All strategy is why J-R and Deal are so overcrowded.  Hence the need for Macarthur.  The goal is to take a chunk of students from J-R, not to create new spots.

And sure, it's important for the school to be accessible.  But right now it's not even accessible to in-boundary students, which is a fundamental requirement.[/quote]

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