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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 needs a new middle school.  Half the ward no longer has access to Deal and few ward residents consider Hardy an option because of the significant quality gap with Deal.  [/quote]

I know that folks keep raising this.  DC is *never* going to build a new middle school just because you don't like the perfectly good middle school that you already have.  It is ridiculous to suggest it.  Now overcrowding is another story.  The argument for another high school is stronger.  Though folks can rightfully point out that DC has lots of high schools with extra capacity, they are in parts of the city that are much farther away.[/quote]

That's the issue.  Most Ward 3 parents don't consider Hardy 'perfectly good" at all, as evidenced by the fact that few IB families send their kids to Hardy.  They tend to view Hardy as being clearly inferior to the middle school located in the ward, which is Deal.  However, most of Hardy's existing student families presumably consider Hardy to be a perfectly good alternative to the inferior middle schools in their OOB neighborhoods.[/quote]

Yes, and DCPS is not going to build a school when one is available but the IB families simply won't use it.  The problem is not a lack of a building.[/quote]

Ward 3 needs another elementary building. Too many schools pushing 700 students.[/quote]

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