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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So thanks to Nick for writing this story. I don't know him but I have tracked these issues for years and this all makes sense to me. The truth is there is no easy solution and it is not just a WOTP issue. [b]He mentioned Capitol Hill elementary schools and he is right (as the Miner post confirms). A little further south, look at the growth in the Navy Yard and SW in the last 5 years and there are still cranes for additional apartment buildings. [/b]

This is a once in a generation (or a few) challenge and I'm glad it is at least being discussed. [/quote]

And Eastern has plenty of capacity, assuming IB families take advantage of it. And if they don't, application school slots are plentiful and growing. [/quote]

But the elementary schools are packed, which is still an issue.[/quote]

But there is still capacity to the east and south (EOTR). Lines will need to be redrawn. [/quote]

But to Nick's point, they would have to be re-drawn to the extent that if you lived on top of a school building, you would be assigned to another one miles away. You are kidding yourself if you think that will work.[/quote]

Well, a school-wide lottery won't work, and [b]neither will parents consent to redistricting if they perceive it sends their child to a "bad" school.[/b] So I think this is much ado about nothing -- schools will be packed and class sizes will be large and there will be trailers.  The End.

One thing that DCSP/DGA will likely change is making schools bigger when they modernize (they refused to add an additional story to Maury to preserve outdoor space - but they'll have to move off that stance when it comes to capacity, obviously).  [/quote]

What?

DCPS has absolutely redrawn boundaries and sent families to schools they perceived as 'bad' (see Eaton feed shifting to hardy). The parents have options -- lottery for a city-wide DCPS or a charter, enroll in a private school, or move. But DCPS has a right to shift boundaries as they see fit. [/quote]

This.  Putting people into a worse school is exactly what happened.  e.g. Bloomingdale lost rights to Seaton amd was sent to Langley.  It happens and people will fuss but it is definitely possible.[/quote]

... and now people on DCUM really like Langley, so that's exactly what happens!  Parents realize their fears of the unknown are overblown, and that there are huge benefits to their neighborhood school. [/quote]

Well to be fair, at the same time Langley got a new principal who is great, and a special SEL program.  It really is a better school now than it was before [/quote]

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