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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we are dealing with both Deal and Wilson being overcrowded, why not make Deal for 6th and 7th grade only, and Hardy for 8th and 9th grade?  Make it one big pool of students with the current feeders and make better use of Hardy.[/quote]
How does that reduce overcrowding?  I guess it shifts some of the excess students from Deal to soak up space at Hardy, but it doesn't do anything for Wilson, does it?[/quote]
Sure it does - 9th would not be at Wilson. So about 25% fewer students in the building. [/quote]
Ahh, I missed that - sorry.  Is Hardy big enough to absorb Wilson's entire 9th grade class?  Because Deal is already overcrowded.

Also, what about the future OOB students who will be displaced from Hardy under that plan?  Hardy is currently a big access point for OOB students.  If one of the rules is that we cannot block any OOB students, then this plan will face headwinds.[/quote]

You are right, it is a temporary fix at best.  The onlu real solution is to draw students to other high schools.  Not sure how to do that, but it will probably be expensive.  That is the bottom line here.  All solutions are politically difficult or expensive.  The expensive one (spending on quality at other schools) would get the best results, but where does the money come from?[/quote]

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