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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tyler's capacity is about 500 students.  It's hard to imagine that there is sufficient demand for an in bounds spanish immersion program to fill the school.  Most language immersion programs only admit new students through K (or 1st?) grade.

Brent's building capacity is 325 (although there are around 350 students now).  While I am sure there are some parents in bounds for Brent who would prefer Tyler's SI, I don't imagine there are sufficient numbers to solve Brent's overcrowding problem even if no additional catchement area was included.

From DCPS's standpoint, wouldn't it make more sense to shift the boundaries a block or two to solve overcrowding as opposed to this proposal which might give the impression that DCPS is favoring some over-entitled parents on Capitol Hill.  A win-win solution needs to work for Brent, Tyler and DCPS more broadly to have any chance.[/quote]

Why is is "over-entitled" to expect decent public schools in our neighborhood, paid for by our taxes?[/quote]

It's overentitled because you don't even feign interest in having decent public schools in [i]all [/i]neighborhoods.[/quote]

Nice straw man.  No one is arguing that all DC residents are not entitled to decent public schools.  Unfortunately, DCPS has perpetuated a system of have and have not neighborhhod schools whereby educational opportunities for many are dictated by the results of a lottery in the majority of instances.  Schools like Brent have the luxury of being able to afford to fill in some of the gaps left by DCPS and our political "leaders."  Other schools, not so much.  Brent parents donate big dollars to the PTA because they see this as an investment that bears tangible beneifts for mostly neighborhood students, whether they be IB or OOB.  This model cannot be sustained by clustering schools that serve different populations.  No amount of standardized testing or grants from the Walton Foundation can change this.[/quote]

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