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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your best responses to an idea are "it's not going to happen" and "instead you should do a completely ludicrous thing" you have probably realized that the idea could be compelling to decisionmakers.

You don't have to like it--most people who've been zoned out of Wilson didn't like that--but not everyone can go to Wilson, and it makes sense for the schools furthest from Wilson to go to schools that are closer.

In addition to Oyster and Bancroft going to Roosevelt, DCPS should also end the rule that OOB kids can continue along the feeder pattern past the terminal grade of the school they lotteried into. Those two changes alone would solve overcrowding--and allow for OOB spots at Wilson to be distributed through the lottery, so OA families would still have a chance at attending. [/quote]

Dear PP, why are you so defensive?

I don't find the Deal --?Eastern idea ludicrous at all.

Please take the time to consider it, and to respond with arguments. If not, I'm afraid you have none and this is the kind of masterstroke that brave DC policy makers could well embrace.

Having Deal feed into Eastern would, at the same time:
-- alleviate Wilson's overcrowding for decades to come
-- give Eastern a chance to succeed, to become a great city-wide high school
-- help end decades if not centuries of segregation
-- teach Deal students very important socio-emotional skills
-- open up capacity in Wilson for a lottery offering spots to kids impacted by the opioid crisis

I know there are some arguments against, but frankly they are pretty petty compared to the awesome vision right above.[/quote]

NP with no skin in the game (okay, maybe some--zoned for Deal/Wilson, but no kids in public right now although may opt back in later).  I think the idea is ludicrous due to the potential impact on cross-town traffic and the environment.  I still like the idea of zoned schools relatively close to one's neighborhood, and I suspect most others do too, even if they opt out for one reason or another.[/quote]

We have the most amazing metro system, the envy of a hundred other cities.

And we have thousands of students trekking south to north, every single day.

Isn't it time to foster north-to-south educational experiences?

I say Wilson should welcome every kid in the city who lives within half mile of any stop along the red line.[/quote]

And, to make that possible and to alleviate all the problems listed above, Deal should feed into Eastern High.

It's quite obvious once you think of it.[/quote]

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