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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you think will actually happen when these large classes of kids hit Wilson?  I have a 6th grader at Deal and the grade is about 575 kids.  The classes below this at all the feeder elementary schools are even larger.  So let's say that Deal hits 650/grade in a few years--totally reasonable and probably conservative projection.  
And there isn't room in the area privates (at least the ones in DC) to absorb any kids.  We tried applying my kid last year to a big 3 and they didn't take any kids from our JKLM.  None.  They took 10 kids overall and the public school kids they took (a whopping 5) were almost all (but 1) from Montgomery County. 
So what really happens?  Boundary change isn't going to happen within 3-5 years.  Does Wilson just get trailers?  How are they going to manage absolutely giant grades?  Any realistic thoughts on this?[/quote]

My guess is nothing is going to happen. If parents don't like having such a crowded school there will be plenty of room for their kids at Cardozo and Coolidge and Roosevelt and basically all the other high schools. But since most parents prefer a crowded Wilson to an uncrowded alternative, DCPS won't feel like it needs to do anything.

In the longer term, yes I think things will change with redistricting and by expanding Banneker and with the rising profile of McKinley Tech. I could see a few more middle-class families trying out Eastern and Roosevelt (for the IB and bilingual programs) and think Coolidge and Cardozo have some promise of attracting more IB families too if their middle school feeders could get some more support. [/quote]

I really don't think doing nothing is an option.

When Wilson has a Freshman class of 800 DCPS is going to have to do something.  And this could be a year away.

Wilson cannot accommodate 3200 students.[/quote]

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