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I disagree that SWS never had a SH feeder - it was a part of the cluster. So families that opted to stay with SWS rather than go to Peabody now no longer have a SH feed, unless they are otherwise in boundary for SH.  Is that right? And are the SH boundaries anything other than the Cluster boundaries? I think the reason that it matters is that it is a school that still pulls predominately from Capitol Hill families - even though it is citywide I think there are more CH families than in many of the other schools that feed to SH (certainly more than LT or JO Wilson).[/quote]

SH boundaries are NOT the same as the Cluster.  Cluster boundary is much larger and drawn along dramatically different geographic areas  with small overlap--  See for yourself.  Rising Watkins, JO Wilson, and LT 5th graders gain SH seats by right, plus anyone who lives in the smallish SH boundary (not that it's impossible to gain OOB fwiw)

MS
http://www.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/SCHOOLS/Boundary%20Maps%20-%202009/DCPS-Attendance-Zones-Middle-Schools-September-2009.pdf

ES
http://dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/SCHOOLS/Boundary%20Maps%20-%202009/DCPS-Attendance-Zones-Elementary-Grades-September-2009.pdf

As for the feeder -- it's only relevant if you attend 5th grade.  Attend Cluster from PS through 4th and try your hand at a charter for 5th grade?  If you want to jump back to a neighborhood school you don't regain that feeder right and need to live IB or lottery OOB.

Since SWS has never reached 5th grade (let alone 3rd), it has never needed an MS feeder and has rightfully never had one.  It had an ES feeder of Watkins.  In principle it should never need or get a feeder as a city wide school  that's fine for many SWS parents, who will probably have to choose between charters for 5th or private/moving for 6th.[/quote]

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