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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long-term, isn't there supposed to be a new Shaw MS anyway???[/quote]

What would be your justification for adding a new middle school when Cardozo is under-enrolled?  The enrollment capacity is 1070, and there are plus/minus 780 kids.  If you want to lobby DC to open Shaw MS, you'll have to have a reason for them to do so.[/quote]

There isn't an enrollment justification right now.  The justification would be that it's a chance to go back to the drawing board and create a middle school that is appealing to high-income parents.  If that happened, the feeder schools would attract more students, and then the enrollment would grow to fill the school.[/quote]

Not going to happen.  Not with other schools that are slated for modernization and with Cardozo sitting half empty.  Why would DC plunk down millions to renovate Shaw MS (and skip over other priority renovations) on the chance that it may attract some families?  And if you believe that DCPS cares about appealing to high-income parents, I have news for you, they don't.[/quote]

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