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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"fixing overcrowding" by jamming two new schools within a block of each other with no viable public transportation both will create a traffic nightmare in an area that is already bad and also create a white enclave set of schools that fails the equity test in a huge way.

I can see why people who chose to live on the island known as Palisades would prefer that solution.

Why not call it what it is?[/quote]

Do you know how hard it is to find spaces to build new schools in this city? What are our other options? It's taken years to get this plan finalized, and walking it back now would be absurd.

If we overhaul the trolley trail and bus service to the area, the transportation issue can be fixed. The plan already sets aside 500 seats for out of boundary students at the high school.

Strangely, the people who live in the areas around the schools seem to oppose them the most. Still, it looks like the groups rallying against Tricia Duncan are made up of senior citizens or parents with children in private schools who don't care about making DCPS better. They believe that their neighborhoods need "defending" from increased traffic and out of boundary students, which is more important to them than allowing DCPS to try and fix overcrowding issues. [/quote]

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