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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds like Strong John Thomson Elementary, and what with downtown emptying out, I'm guessing they are losing some Out of Boundary Students. It's a solid school though.[/quote]

Totally sounds like Thomson (city, good middle school, lots of room for OOB). I really doubt they will close it.

A decade ago, the city planned to close Garrison due to low enrollment, and send the kids to Seaton instead .Neighbors got together and advocated to keep it open, and now the school really seems to be thriving and growing in enrollment every year (as is Seaton). So there is room to advocate after they make an announcement.[/quote]

The data's a little old at this point, but basically you can look here and see how much unused capacity each school has.
https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Appendix%20A%20-%20DCPS%20SY2021-22%20Enrollment%20Utilization%20Plans%20MFP%202022%20Supp_Final_0.xlsx

So just to look at schools near Thomson, Amidon-Bowen is 84% full (reno may add capacity?) Ross is 92% full and had to cut PK3.  Garrison is 75% full and growing. SWW@FS is 100% full. Seaton is 68% full (reno may add capacity?). Only Walker-Jones isn't very full at 55%. Because DCPS needs to plan for the long term, it would be foolish to close schools that are adjacent to schools that are mostly full. It might make sense to re-zone a few blocks from SWW@FS to Thomson-- probably the best option to relieve overcrowding there. But they're not going to close a school that's doing pretty well, in a desirable location, adjacent to mostly-full schools, and over 60% full. It has to be way worse than that to actually close a school.[/quote]

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