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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
But in the meantime, we want to go to Deal and, more important than our own family's preferences, there are broader moral, political and legal issues with which to contend, which I explained above. 
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[b]I am surprised at how often "broader moral, political and legal issues" coincide with our own family's preferences. [/b]An amazing number of DCUM posters are strongly committed to a host of ethical principles which -- purely coincidentally, mind you -- support their personal preferences. I'm not claiming to be completely innocent of this myself and I'll concede that opposing red lining is an easier sell than touting the purchase of expensive real estate as a justification. But, regardless of the justice of your cause, this is simply one more fight over pieces of the same pie.

The idea of adding a Ward 2 or 3 high school is at least an attempt to increase the size of the pie. My issue with it is that it may not be the optimal method of achieving that goal. My preference is to look at expanding EotP opportunities. I can foresee a day when high-performing, ethnically and socio-economicly diverse EotP schools are considered preferable to homogeneous WotP schools. That day is not tomorrow and certainly communities cannot be abandoned during the transition, but the day may not be that far off either.
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This is a fair point. But at least, like you, and unlike many DCUM parents, I openly disclose my own biases and my own stake in the matter when I post here. Others are then free to decide what they think of the merits of the red-lining issue, taking into account my own self-interest. I really wonder where a lot of these posters live, who are talking about "over-crowding" and offering purportedly well-meaning proposals of new MSs and HSs for those of us living in wards other than 3. I suspect many live in Ward 3, and thus would never be required to attend these brave new schools that they are proposing. But I can't know, because they don't disclose it.

Regarding EOTP vs WOTP for the location of a new MS or HS, honestly, why couldn't it be both. There seems to be so much money sloshing around at DC govt and DCPS.

One issue that seems taken for granted in all of these discussions on DCUM is the urgency of crowding at Deal and Wilson. This issue of crowding does appear to be an emerging issue but it seems over-stated to me. Many of us probably attended a school or two that was a little over capacity - I know I did, and we didn't suffer from it at all. I have heard the Deal principal publicly address this question and, although I recognize that he has to be careful, he seemed to downplay the issue. It seems that some parents are more concerned about it, or at least, see it as more urgent. I admit I don't have direct knowledge on this point but I do question the way some on this forum present it as if it's reached the breaking point for both Deal and Wilson.

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