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[quote=Anonymous][quote]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[b] it may not be the optimal method of achieving that goal. [/b]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. [/quote]

I agree with increasing the size of the pie, but a Ward 2 or 3 high school is not optimal because it would still be drawing students from EOTP. One could say it would [i]have to[/i] draw from EOTP because there aren't enough school aged kids in Ward 2 and the southern portion of Ward 3 choosing DCPS over private (isn't this the reason Hardy is mostly OOB?).

So then we're back to the same problem of EOTP students going to WOTP schools and leaving their own neighborhood schools struggling.  Why would we recreate the problem we're dealing with now??

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