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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The overall DME proposal may go nowhere but you are right to be concerned that boundaries will be redone. The new proposal talks about walkability so keep fighting changes that would turn walkers into drivers. DC is pushing a car reduction plan

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/in-the-district-a-transportation-planthat-boosts-transit-and-discourages-driving/2014/06/03/c7721ac8-eb17-11e3-b98c-72cef4a00499_story.html

so it is an embarrassment if a new school policy would undercut this. Make that known. The left hand and the right hand should coordinate for city planning.

In the same vein, while it is good that the proposal focuses on at-risk kids, realistically how are going to move people around town? How are you really going to get families who are already dealing with all the stuff that makes them "at risk" in the first place to get it together every morning to get a kid to another neighborhood for school? Have they thought this through? Or is this proposal just lip service and they really don't see at-risk kids moving to different schools? [/quote]

Good point.  Children who are homeless tend to also be carless.  How are they supposed to get to school?  It's not like any of the upper NW schools are walkable from a homeless shelter.[/quote]

Sorry to say but everything isn't always about you, meaning Ward 3.  The proposal is mostly about low-hanging fruit like Brent, Maury, Peabody and soon-to-be-reopened Van Ness, all of which are more readily accessible from Wards 7 and 8, and which still (or will) have sizable OOB populations.  Fortress NW is secure.[/quote]

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