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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read anything suggesting that current IB families be excluded.  They just weren't the ones to start the conversation.

Why conclude Brent will become terribly over-crowded?  So there's a bumper crop of 3 year olds this year.   Probably another next year.   But there won't necessarily be one every year from now on.  I'd bet against it.  Houses around Brent are generally small and expensive and good charters are opening all the time.   Some IB families want language immersion and/or Montessori.
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This assumption runs contrary to DCPS projections.  Given population trends this is only the begininning of a period of steady growth over the next 10 years.  Despite the school closings, DCPS has retained most of the buildings to deal with projected space needs over the next decade +.  The DCPS Consolidation Report released earlier this year &lt;http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/COMMUNITY/CR/Consolidation%20Plan.pdf&gt; projects a near doubling of the school age population in the next decade.  Some of those students will land in charters, but that still places upward pressure on DCPS.[/quote]

I have reviewed the Office of Planning projections but remain doubtful that the Brent district will grow in the manner predicted for the cluster as a whole.  The housing stock is finite and many properties will never revert to residential use..  By this I am generally referring to the influx of lobbying firms, properties owned or rented by Members of Congress, and group rentals for Hill staffers.  Gosh, ther have to be several hundred of these within the Brent confines alone.  Wee these row houses used as intended by families, Brent would have a real quandary.[/quote]

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