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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a resident of Ward 3, I would much prefer for the district to re-zone every 5 years to flex to the current demands...

A zone can be called "Elementary School Flex" so people know that if they buy in that area, they may be moved to 'right size' schools.

This would be a much less expensive option than building schools to bubbles and than having schols that are under capacity.  [/quote]

OP yet again.  Not bad, PP.  The southern zone of the Brent District looks ripe for your creative ES Flex label.  If Van Ness comes on-line for SY 2015-2016, and gets off to a good start with a mostly high-SES student body and strong leadership, why not have families from around E to I Streets SE in the Brent District head there?  Trailers and 30 kids per class at Brent long-term may not be worth fighting for.

Your system only works if you aren't also pushing high-SES parents to struggling programs, like Tyler Traditional next to Brent.  Within a few years, Brent's DC-CAS scores will be above 80 while Tyler Traditional's are unlikely to have broken out of the 30s, the 40s at best.  In this case, it doesn't matter if you try push upper-middle-class families every 50 years or every 5; they aren't going.

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