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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has the network of parents supporting ward 3 schools publicly voiced an opinion on these decisions?[/quote]

I do not believe there is a coherent organizing voice.

The fact of the matter is that WOTP DC needs a new by-right HS. First and foremost. That alone will take pressure off of Deal and Wilson.

We live right by Hardy MS and our baby will attend there 10 years from now. My hope is that MacArthur becomes a new HS.

The problem I see is that Wilson is a crown jewel in DCPS. The Mayor has made a "keeping access to Wilson" a big priority when speaking to her base in Wards 5-8 on the topic of education. Further, Hardy MS is the biggest by-right OOB feeder to Wilson. Hardy hoovers up the large OOB contingents at Hyde and Eaton and guarantees them a pathway to Wilson.

My guess is that Hardy MS becomes a 9th grade satellite campus for Wilson and the MacArthur location becomes a new MS that feeds to Wilson. The Mayor is cramming in all of these changes right before her 2022 re-election bid. It's pretty easy to read the tea leaves and figure out her messaging - "Mayor opens up more seats for OOB students in the city's wealthiest neighborhoods!"

Of course, they are just kicking the can down the road when it comes to Wilson overcrowding. But the Mayor isn't thinking much past her re-election bid and appealing to the base.[/quote]

Yeah; as another family in the Hardy/Wilson area; it is clear that not much thought has gone into the actual logistics of anything other than checking boxes. For example, breaking up Stoddert to send kids a couple miles away, when it'd be both cheaper and better to just expand the school (which was the original plan).

Nobody disagrees there needs to be a new high school. But DCPS/Bowser haven't really thought through many of the implication. (I'm also in the camp that we need use the Foxhall site for Western HS)

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