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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also don’t think they’d close Thomson when it’s unclear what truly post-pandemic working conditions will be like. Feds are trying to force more folks back by the week & if Republicans get back into the WH, it could definitely happen. If Thomson doesn’t grow before the *next* boundary survey it may have a problem, but not yet…[/quote]

In addition to all of the reasons stated above, I do not think they are going to close any school downtown. Regardless of number of workers coming back in person, there are a lot of conversations about how to reuse and redevelop downtown, including bringing more residents. https://www.reimaginedowntowndc.com/ They are going to want to keep capacity in case more residents move nearby. Also they just redid Franklin Park, does the school use that space at all?

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Yes, but even if DC goes full-bore into making downtown more residential, it will be decades before there's any meaningful change. A whole lot of people think we can just snap our fingers and turn unused office buildings into residential. It doesn't quite work like that.[/quote]

I realize it will be a while before there is any change, and I know there is a lot of work and planning that has to go into converting space to residential. I also know that it is hard to acquire buildings for schools, so I think that the planners in the education side of things are not going to close a building in that central level location regardless if it is not fully enrolled at this point. I am also on the boundary review committee and while I definitely can't say exactly what will come of all of it, closing any school entirely has not been part of the conversation at all.[/quote]

Thank you for responding! Feeling relieved!! [/quote]

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