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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol!  The above suggestion wouldn't make much of a difference.  Shepherd Park is a very low density neighborhood, so sending a few blocks to another school would reduce the number headed to Deal by what, 5 kids?

Currently, I believe about 40 kids head from Shepherd to Deal every year.  Even if that increased to say, 50-60 in 10 years, eliminating those students would be a drop in the bucket towards solving Deal's overcrowding.

And there's also the question of what to do about crowding at the WOTP Deal feeders.  I think boundaries for those schools also need to be readjusted so that some kids can be shifted to Hardy.  I think this would be more impactful than simply cutting one school that contributes very little to Deal's numbers.[/quote]

The problem with Hardy is that it's a very small site. It's already built out to the max. They could cannibalize the tennis courts and maybe add 4 trailers, but that doesn't get you any meaningful breathing room.

The fact of the matter is that WOTP needs another by-right middle school and by-right high school. But that doesn't jive with Bowser equity-driven plan. So, instead, Bowser will make WOTP schools so over-crowded that families either drop out to go private (less and less likely given that privates have not increased seats) or flee to charters in far-flung parts of the city. Still, all the empty schools in Wards 6, 7, 8 will remain empty; no one is driving their kids from AU Park to Ward 7 for a school with a decent student-teacher ratio.[/quote]

Hardy will have a bit more room to grow when Fillmore Arts is finally moved out of the building. It will likely happen in the next 3-5 years. [/quote]

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