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[quote=sondreal]It seems I have a fan calling me out by name!

In any event, I'm the originator of this thread and it deserves a bump because the Boundaries, Feeder Patterns and Student Assignment discussion with the Deputy Mayor is happening this Saturday at Cardozo.

And to my stalker (apologies to everybody else, please feel free to look away):  
I am a parent who advocates for Ward 2 schools and SWWF-S in particular, where my child attends.  When a school's existence is called out trollishly -- I mean, out the blue advocating to carve up Foggy Bottom and send the population to neighboring schools?? -- I am probably going to reply.

Although your %-in boundary numbers are inaccurate, our population projections come from the same source.  I don't call these projections radical. They are unprecedented (and I've heard city officials say as much).

Why shouldn't neighborhoods that ring downtown (Foggy Bottom, Dupont, Logan, Shaw, U Street, Bloomingdale, etc) and that are projecting strong growth in the number of school-aged children arm themselves with information and advocate for their schools?  Other parts of DC may be growing faster in absolute terms, and Wards 7 and 8 continue to have the plurality of DC's students, but the relative change in the clusters surrounding downtown is startling, and residents want the option of attending a school within walking distance.  Last year, they effectively fought to retain SWWF-S and Garrison.

I realize that neighborhood options have been taken away from many DC communities, but I won't apologize for fighting for my kid's school.   [/quote]

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