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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One other important reason why Deal and Wilson (and all other DC schools) should remain neighborhood based: From WMATA at 8:05am:
 
“Red Line: Delays now up to 30 minutes due to track problem. Trains are single tracking btwn Dupont Circle & Van Ness.”

Obviously, some kids successfully use METRO everyday, but to do away with neighborhood preferences would require a robust and reliable public transportation system able to accomodate thousands of ADDITIONAL riders each day at the beginning of morning rush hours.  Not going to happen, unfortunately.[/quote]

I agree. Shuttling everyone willy nilly would be a nightmare. I love that my DC can walk to school.[/quote]

You're using the wrong tense. Your DC is very much the exception.

Currently there are about 82,500 kids who go to public school in DC. About 21,000 of them attend an in-boundary DCPS school, just about a quarter. There are 26,500 who go out-of-boundary to DCPS schools and 35,000 in charters. [b]So over 60,000 kids each day are leaving their neighborhoods to attend school[/b]. [/quote]

I find this statistic incredibly depressing. It is a statistic that reveals the deep dysfunction of DCPS.[/quote]

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