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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Indeed. Another Ward 5 resident here (and I don't have any aunties that are in-bound for Deal). Bacchus was a crummy middle school and underutilitized. But we'll never be able to get it back because now it belongs to UDC.  There are a lot of middle school-aged students in Ward 5 now and there were even before Bernie Bacchus closed. They just didn't go there, because it was crummy. Get it?  And, there is a huge baby boom in Ward 5 now -- largely in the 5 and under set -- so we'll be screaming in 5-8 years when all those kids are ready for middle school! [/quote]

Reading the posts from those that are inbound for Deal, Deal was also a crummy school and many parents did not send their children to Deal.  The city invested in Deal by providing a great leader for the school and dollars for a state of the art facility.  Parents inbound for Deal became interested.  That option was never afforded to parents of Ward 5.  Instead, one night we were told to go frack ourselves.  Many elementary schools were closed.  Taft Jr High was given to a charter, Brown Jr. High was closed, Bacchus was closed and a fourth (name escapes me now) closed.  The remainding elementary schools were renamed education campuses and changed to PS to 8.  This was all done without proper redistricting.  It was done without providing foreign languages or science labs in old elementary school facilities.  Many of the schools did not offer middle school math classes, for they did not have the proper personnel.  How does a child without algebra ! or who has never dissected a frog, basic things, compete for a slot at Banneker or Walls.  It's a joke and that is why the vast majority of ward 5 children are in charter schools or parochial schools.  There was an effort by Ward 5 residents to ge tthe mayor and his chancellor to convert one of the larger closed ES in Ward 5 into a middle school.  The effort went no where.  Probably because that particular school is located right next to a metro station in was slated for developers.  The effort will be revised under the mayor-elect.  We shall see if the person makes a difference.  [/quote]

DC native here. The middle school was Bertie Backus not Bernie Bacchus!  [/quote]

NP here.  The misspelling of Backus hardly invalidates the PP's point.  Anyone whose read Roman mythology could easily make the same trivial mistake.

The larger one is to assume that somehow the parents of Ward 3 organized themselves a great middle school.  The PP is right: Deal was crappy just like all the other DC MS options and it got desperately needed renovations (which no-one else except Hardy got) and a good principal.  It actually remains to be seen what the ultimately quality of the school really is.  It manages to get outperformed by some charters despite all its wealth, which is pretty sad.  But the inequity is quite clear: no other middle schools got what Deal got.  So if someone from Ward 5 or 6 or 7 or anything else as long as its in DC "sneaks" their way into Deal I will not care.  And I'll call you out for being an asshole if you do.[/quote]

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