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[quote=Anonymous]So I've been thinking a bit about the potential Brent overcrowding-redistricting this year dilemma (we're on the waitlist at Brent), and I was trying to think of potential win-win changes that could be made if the redistricting process was flexible and allowed community input. One pie-in-the-sky idea I had was merging the Tyler and Brent catchments with both schools  being inbounds (getting in decided by lottery) and at the same time, shifting Tyler to all or mostly Spanish immersion (starting with the next class). I could see benefits of:

1) Keeping Brent diverse but still good
2) Having more language immersion slots on the Hill (it seemed that some of the Brent parents in the lottery put Tyler Spanish above Brent or not far below)
3) Improving Tyler's "desirability"

I could see downsides if the numbers didn't work out (too many/too few kids) or if there is a strong, historic Tyler community that would fiercely resent this. But since Tyler seems like it's largely out of bounds, perhaps this isn't a problem. I don't know.

Anyway, I turn to DC Urban Moms and Dads to blow holes in this idea and tell me I'm elitist/racist/simpleminded/etc.

And are there any other pie-in-the-sky ideas? Some sort of arrangement with Van Ness is bandied about, but I don't have a vision for it.[/quote]

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