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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Easy solution. Build the new middle in ward 5 and get rid of OOB. If the demographics have indeed changed then the kids will flourish with their new school. You can't force ward 3 demographics I.e. Educated parents, higher income, involved parents on ward 5.[/quote]

This is idiotic. Don't worry, most Ward 5 middle class parents aren't sending their children to your precious Ward 3 schools. For one thing, it's just a very far commute. For another, we have lots of good choices-- non-DCPS choices-- closer to home. We are sending children to close by charters and to the very affordable Catholic privates near here. Would you abolish school choice entirely so all children have no choice but to attend their local public schools?

I'm agnostic as to whether Ward 3 needs a new middle school or not. What I do know is that simply building a Ward 5 middle school won't solve the underlying issues of middle class people opting out of DCPS. If it was a magnet or had some stellar offerings, maybe. But my personal opinion is that changes need to happen at the elementary level. Then if people are comfortable with a public school at the younger grades, and there was a good cohort heading to a middle school, they'd be more likely to stay in the system. [/quote]

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