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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, let's just get it over with.Of course nobody wants change --especially any family at one of the good schools in DC. But something needs to be done about the overcrowding and illogical boundaries.  I think they've made herculean efforts to listen to parents and do this thoughtfully. It would be a shame to have all this work be for nothing.  [/quote]

Do you work for Abby or 21st Century?[/quote]

Let's get this straight.  This process started last November.  The DME engaged a couple of educational reform outfits to massage some data before convening several focus groups.  This led to a hodge-podge of half-baked ideas being released on April 5, which include changing feeder patters for a few schools (e.g., Eaton, which alrwady feeds to Hardy), building new middle schools and/or WotP HS at locations which have yet to be determined, choice sets including unidentified charter schools, set asides for students at low-performing schools, etc.  The DME is now in the midst of hosting a few more Focus group meetings.  DC has a lame duck Mayor, a Chancellor who has distanced herself from this process, and a mayoral candidate who is on record as having said he will not implement any of this.[/quote]

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