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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy 8th graders do not have the option of picking J-R.

Even now, and certainly in March, DCPS has limited information of how many Hardy students or in-bound-but-not-Hardy students will choose MacArthur.  They know how many 8th graders applied to selective schools or private schools, but that's all they know.

I thought the school capacity was like 800, or 200/grade.

That will be classic when MacArthur ends up way over-crowded from the get-go, when it's theoretical purpose was to relieve overcrowding at J-R.  So DCPS.  They can't help but trying to solve the challenges of education by trying to cram all students somewhere in NW.[/quote]

OP, and this is exactly my thoughts. It looks like for MacArthur 9th grade to not be overcapacity, less than 150 people out of 185 that were offered spots should accept, and then less than 50 out of Hardy 200 8th graders should go there. [/quote]

Maybe they're OK with the risk of slightly overenrolling the 9th grade class. The incoming 11th and 12th grade classes are smaller, so the overall building capacity will still be there.[/quote]

The building capacity is not there yet -- the construction of an addition will be completed in summer 2026.[/quote]

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