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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So thanks to Nick for writing this story. I don't know him but I have tracked these issues for years and this all makes sense to me. The truth is there is no easy solution and it is not just a WOTP issue. [b]He mentioned Capitol Hill elementary schools and he is right (as the Miner post confirms). A little further south, look at the growth in the Navy Yard and SW in the last 5 years and there are still cranes for additional apartment buildings. [/b]

This is a once in a generation (or a few) challenge and I'm glad it is at least being discussed. [/quote]

And Eastern has plenty of capacity, assuming IB families take advantage of it. And if they don't, application school slots are plentiful and growing. [/quote]

But the elementary schools are packed, which is still an issue.[/quote]

But there is still capacity to the east and south (EOTR). Lines will need to be redrawn. [/quote]

But to Nick's point, they would have to be re-drawn to the extent that if you lived on top of a school building, you would be assigned to another one miles away. You are kidding yourself if you think that will work.[/quote]

Forget the capacity east and south, think about the capacity in the middle. This is where something can be done, where the high density is and the metro and many bus stops are. And where there are enough middle class families so that schools don't have to look like they are failing from the get go.  But still, any middles school that has a feed to Deal or Wilson is going to scream and cry and carry on. Because at the end of the day if your kid is on a track that you like you don't care so much about improving the 'system' if it is currently working for you. [/quote]

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