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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]EH becomes the default feeder middle school for all the elementary schools with the International Baccalaureate Program that dovetails with Eastern High School.

Stuart Hobson becomes a city-wide museum magnet middle school that partners with the Smithsonian Institute

Jefferson becomes a city-wide fine arts/performing arts magnet middle school capitalizing on its proximity to the National Mall, Arena Stage and river access to the Kennedy Center:)

There, solved.[/quote]
Except without closing a school, and eliminating excess capacity, all you have done is add costs and disrupted the city's third best middle school for the promise of a brighter future - which DCPS or most other urban school systems have yet to demonstrate is a likely outcome.[/quote]

It would be interesting to know what percentage of out city's middle-school students have gone to charter schools: KIPP, DC PREP, 2 Rivers, Howard Math and Science, Cap City, EL Haynes etc. and if attractive, well-run magnet programs in DCPS could bring some back and fill that capacity.

For sure disrupting Stuart Hobson which is a godsend for many students and families should not be taken lightly. perhaps they would continue to use SH as a magnet school even if it wasn't part of the cluster.[/quote]

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