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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's possible that 8 years from now Shepherd will still feed to Deal, but considering that Deal is currently pressing 1,500 students it seems likely some schools will need to be cut from the feeding system.  Shepherd is one of the more logical choices to eliminate.

MacFarland is the most logical possibility.  Considering Roosevelt is right next to MacFarland, there's no way it would be Coolidge (which is good, because Coolidge might as well be jail).[/quote]

I really don't think Shepherd is going to be removed from the Deal / Wilson feeder pattern.

However, it is only 2.2 miles to Coolidge -- which will be co-located with new North Middle School. MacFarland/Roosevelt are just over 3 miles away. DCPS rejected an IB program for MacFarland, so no logical reason why Shepherd would feed there over North Middle School.

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"We have an IB program for elementary school, so therefore we should feed Deal and therefore Wilson" (which is AP, btw not IB Diploma) isn't compelling as a programmatic argument.  And since the local privates that do IB are off the table, wouldn't Eastern make the most sense?[/quote]

No because it's 9 miles away. [/quote]

Obviously, Sherlock.  The point is that "Shepherd has IB!  So there!  Give us access!  Because of our IB status!" will sway only the parents at Shepherd... and exactly 0.0% of everyone else.[/quote]

[b]No one has ever said that's why Shepherd feeds to Deal [/b]-- although that is the only IB primary to middle years feed in DCPS. [/quote]

Obviously you weren't paying attention in 2014 when the school boundary "discussions" were had.  Were you stupid or are you that new?  Eaton got booted away from Deal into Hardy because EVERYONE knows Deal is full.  The fights over "who gets kicked out!" were legendary.  Oyster lost Deal as it's all-English MS, and now has Hardy instead (for those students who don't want Adams).

Yes, the IB program at Shepherd was indeed a flogging point (but we all know it was about the racial optics of kicking the blackest feeder out of the whitest middle school).  Considering OP's kid is only 2.5 y.o., her cohort at Shepherd is unlikely to offer significant racial diversity in DC's traditional sense.  This point will be moot within 5 years, while OP's kid is still learning her multiplication tables and how to read the most common irregular verbs.
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Actually Oyster-Adams has SWW @ FS, not Hardy. They did get to 'keep' Wilson.

Personally I think we should still Oyster so that Oyster + MacFarland can feed to a dual-language high school. [/quote]

FS is a step down from Hardy, but whatever.  It's like comparing anchovies to sardines - both stink.

In any event, be careful about raising that "we need a dual language HS!" flag - you might fight yourselves funneled into CHEC - which, at 1.4 miles is closer to Wilson by 1.1 miles.[/quote]

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