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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a fascinating posting on this forum showing the post-Brown 1950s boundaries for junior and high schools.  The reason why Wilson's boundaries are so extended into SW is that the old Western HS  boundaries (SW and the southern half of the WOTP area) was absorbed into Wilson.  The diagrams make a very compelling and clear case for re-opening Western HS, which would certainly take some of the pressure off Wilson.[/quote]
It is a simple fact that some families/neighborhoods need to be zoned out of Wilson, to relieve overcrowding.  There's lots of debate about which neighborhoods that should be.  I personally think that no matter how the ultimate plan is structured, it should be families/neighborhoods farther away from Wilson (such as SW, 16th St Heights, Petworth, Shepard Park) because of the significance of geography.  If those families will support an EotP school, then something like Roosevelt or Cardozo makes sense because of it's central location.  If those zoned-out families will refuse to support any EotP school, then I agree Western makes a lot of sense.[/quote]

Given that Wilson is almost half OOB you could argue that it's not a boundary problem at all, it's an OOB problem. Why should anyone be zoned out so that someone who once won a lottery for pre-K can continue to have rights 14 years later?

And therein lies the rub: there just isn't a compelling argument for who stays and who goes.[/quote]

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