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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boundary is too big and weirdly shaped. Most people within the boundary are closer to another school on the Hill, so they go there instead. Watkins then becomes a school for Ward 7 and 8.[/quote]

The boundary is idiotic, especially when you have split campus. Families that are walking distance to Peabody for ECE are super far from Watkins. A small number of families are equidistant for both, but the shape of the boundary means this is a tiny portion of the IB community.

Watkins' location is really convenient for people commuting into downtown from Wards 7 and 8. It's not convenient to a family that lives on the Hill near Peabody and wants their 2nd grader to be able to scooter or bike to school.

I think DCPS (and the parents on the Hill who advocated for that gerrymandering, though those parents are long gone) really painted themselves into a corner on this one. Boundaries should probably be reallocated on the Hill but that process will be a nightmare because there is huge variety in quality and desirability of Hill elementaries. You'd have to do the entire ward, and you'll wind up with families now zoned for L-T going to Miner, or now zoned for Payne going to Watkins, or now zoned for Watkins going to Brent. People would lose their minds about some of those shifts.[/quote]

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