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[quote=Anonymous]^  I'm way down the preschool waiting list yet, believe it or not, don't disagree.

The issue with shrinking the boundaries is that DCPS is really unlikely to approach the problem of Brent becoming over-crowded logically.  The logical blocks to go are not the southern blocks, no more than 1500 ft from the school & are separated from VanNess by major thoroughfares (I & Virginia) feeding into the highway.

The blocks that should go are the northern blocks, from Pennsylvania or Independence up, explaining why many parents in the northern section have been half expecting to be pushed into the Cluster for years now.  But, no, Peabody doesn't have room for all IB families applying &, apparently, nobody with the authority to shape boundary changes is talking about moving kindergarten from Peabody to Watkins, which is mostly OOB.  The obnoxious Cluster leadership is, yet again, receiving preferential treatment  from pols to go its own way, probably to Brent's detriment in the long-term.

I'm hoping that the boundary battle drags on long enough to see both Kaya Henderson & Wells out of it one way or the other (she wont last if Gray goes; he can't run for both mayor & DC City Council).  With a new Chancellor & Ward 8 CM involved, we might have  leaders willing to consider sensible Hill-wide solutions.  Nasty PPs can continue to slam every smart suggestion on DCUM without that changing anything.

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