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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have children in the school system yet, but the question for me is having walkable schools. Elementary students should be in boundary at schools that are blocks from their homes. It seems to me that a discussion of new boundaries should start with this consideration.

For example, a simple formula, such as if you live less than four blocks or half a mile from an elementary school in the city you are in boundary makes sense.

There is a compelling argument for walkability in the neighborhood schools petition. 
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/dc-residents-in-support-of-neighborhood-schools/signatures.html

"• Requiring many D.C. students and their families to have long commutes to school rather than allowing them to walk to their neighborhood public school, in some cases, just a block or two away (this will result in additional traffic congestion in a city that already has horrible traffic congestion, as well as create logistical nightmares for many single-parent and dual-working parent families). In the interest of creating a more sustainable city, the walkability of neighborhood schools should be maintained and considered if boundary lines are redrawn;"

While I completely agree with this as a nice goal , one of the challenges we face is we are not starting from scratch and in the particular cases of Janney, Murch and Lafayette these schools' boundaries extend to the northern edge of DC which is significantly more than 4 blocks away. There would no way to achieve the goal you suggest without building at least one additional ES in Ward 3. Given the desperate needs across the system - eg no MS at all in Ward 4 - it is not realistic.

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