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Very helpful.

It does point out the question of whether Murch is too big (and will be permanently built too big) for its space.  And it's nutty to have at least 10% of the school be OOB when it's (a) so overcrowded and (b) even when rebuilt, will be very constrained on the site.

OOB aside, the reality is that DC owns little land WOTP for school expansion and swing space.  An exception is the building and land around the Second District police station on Idaho Ave. near McLean Gardens.  The station is outmoded.  Large, fortress-like police stations are so "Hill St. Blues" - 1970s era, and in modern policing have been replaced by small, community-oriented substations.  It would make a great school site, close to Wisconsin & Mass. Avenues, with lots of potential open space around it.  The only problem is that it's kind of in the wrong spot today --  in a part of Ward 3 where the local population doesn't even fill the neighborhood schools.  Eaton is about 60% OOB and Hearst is 75%+ OOB.  Too bad that there isn't similar space closer to Murch, Janney and Lafayette.[/quote]

There is also the former Hardy Elementary School on Foxhall Road. While not particularly close to Murch, it is the only DCPS-owned parcel WOTP that is not currently a public school. It's on a five-plus acre site, bigger than some high schools. [/quote]

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