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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was going to respond with the same. Also, Takoma doesn't feed to Deal. Plus many of the Shepherd Park, Crestwood, Bancroft kids that you are quoting are coming from Deal FEEDERS. That is the issue more than anything. [/quote]
First, I agree some are coming through feeders.  For example, the Shepherd Park kids are coming right through Shepherd Park Elementary.  If we remove that elementary school from the Deal feeder pattern, it essentially eliminates at least that many students from Deal, right?

Second, I'm not sure how you know how many kids from each area are coming from feeders versus coming from the Deal boundary that was mismatched to feeders.  If you have details, I'd be interested to read them.  Please post a link.

Third, the original point remains that Deal is overcrowded, and if we don't have some ability to physically increase the size of the school or shrink the kids to pint-size elves, the only way to relieve overcrowding is to reduce the number of kids.  The only way I see to reduce the number of kids is to shrink the boundaries.  Please let me know if you have a more effective idea.

I understand it sucks to fear you might lose your access rights to Deal.  If I lived in Shepherd Park or Crestwood, I'd sure want to preserve my kids' access to Deal too.  I'd likely make some of the same arguments those families are making, and I'd probably try to pull the same political strings with Mayor Bowser's team.  But speaking objectively as someone who is so completely and fully outside the Deal orbit that I simply have zero personal bias in this fight, I tell you it just doesn't make sense here.[/quote]

Where is Shepherd Park elementary? Is it a good school?[/quote]

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