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[quote=Anonymous]Having attended one of the community listening sessions, I’m pretty convinced they are going to go with the 9th grade academy idea, despite widespread opposition. It’s the easiest for DCPS to implement.

I agree that a new HS is the right answer. The problem is transportation. Wilson is on top of a metro station and served by a bunch of nearby bus lines. Most kids within the Wilson boundary can get there pretty easily, and those outside the boundary at least have a public transportation path. The Foxhall and (to a lesser extent) Hardy sites are far less accessible by public transportation, and DCPS has said clearly that they are not going to provide transportation. Considering how many students at the new HS would be out of boundary, how will DCPS make this work?

The 9th grade academy will also be a transportation shitshow, but they can say, “well, it’s just for one year,” and Hardy is a little more accessible than Foxhall. And it’s the solution that their data says helps most with crowding at Wilson. And that will be that.

I have a kid who will be a freshman at Wilson in the 2022-23 school year, so I am really bummed; that year will be such a mess as they figure out how to manage the school across two campuses...but my older kid made it through freshman year at Wilson fully remote, so I guess it could be worse.[/quote]

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