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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What you are not understanding is that there are lots of families in the most Western part of the city that would like to send their children to public schools (hugely increasing numbers) - but have even been out of the Deal district for years -- where those schools are IB for Hardy. For decades Hardy has not only been underperforming Deal but also the publicly outwardly stated position of the old principal was that it was for Ward 4 and 5 children to attend (this is on the record) - this is why it was controversial when he was removed and replaced with the Principal Pride. For decades, the farthest West kids parents either move or opt for private, but many many many would like a Deal-quality public option and then feed into Wilson.

The untenable part of the proposal to convert Roosevelt to a busing option for WOTP kids - is that the kids current served by Deal-Wilson are the closest to it - but they are entrenched in that boundary pattern & won't budget. So what you are proposing would impact the kids who are in the Western most part of the city -- ie the ones who have been closed out of Deal have basically gotten out of DCPS in the past but families who live in these areas now want to stay in the public system -- so this is the population that constitutes the big potential overflow to Wilson in the future (if Hardy improves & IB Wilson families stay in the system -- -- this would be where the major overload of kids who could be IB for Wilson but historically those families have opted out.) In any practical terms, your proposal is about sending all of the kids from the most western part of the city across town to Roosevelt after Hardy -- many driving past Wilson which would be half way for them - commuting through and past the neighborhoods of the kids who would live closer to Roosevelt but the families have traditionally been going to Wilson. This has been the entrenched pattern for decades (Janney, Murch, Lafayette, Eaton (got an exception to feed to Deal vs. Hardy) (and Oyster ends at 8 and feeds to Wilson currently) -- vs. Hyde-Addison, Key, Stoddert, Mann -- which go to Hardy.

The EOTP families seem to feel more entitled to having future options that the farthest WOTP families (Hardy-track) who are also want viable options for their children beyond ES.

You need a better understanding of the demographic patterns and boundaries of the city to understand why it is not tenable. [/quote]

What is stopping IB families from attending Hardy right now?  The school is under capacity.

If the answer is that they don't want to mix with the current students, wouldn't it be a good idea to give those OOB students another option that's closer to where they live?

Why would a Roosevelt High School need anyone coming from the western edge of the city, when there are so many more students right in Roosevelt's back yard who are currently going to Wilson??  If those EOTP families have a comparable alternative, is that not a solution to the overcrowding?

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