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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't we shut half of Deal down and simply force 400 students to attend Hardy?  Moving students is like moving chess pieces, right?[/quote]

The situation is fundamentally different from the quoted hypothetical in that - as I understand the original post - DCPS is looking at a significant facilities investment into S-H for much needed renovations, while a brand-new building is sitting, quite literally, half empty just a few blocks away. I'm not saying it may be a bad idea for other reasons but that aspect of the hypothetically proposed solution I find worth thinking about, especially in the current budget crunch where facilities $$ may just be taken out of instruction. The question for me is, what would be the result were that a convenient way to provide S-H students with a brand-new building: Would it yield positive side-effects by creating a bigger and better school than either of those are? Would it's net effect be neutral? Or would upset something that's working with a net negative effect on everyone, current and future S-H parents migrating further west and E-H parents and teachers unnecessarily shaken and unhappy about yet another merger?
I don't know the answer. What I do know (totally second-hand) is that S-H does not have the same rosy reputation Deal or Hardy has/had. So there is at least a chance that the proposed solution would yield a positive net effect. But I'm also weary looking at sending my child, in just a couple of years, to an E-H in turmoil and merger mode.[/quote]

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