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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the mom upthread saying "don't say it's remote or there are no kids, we live here" isn't thinking about how child-dense Georgetown is compared to the rest of the city and where it is compared to the rest of the city.

It's relatively transit-inaccessible. Clearly not central. Not central to current Hardy enrollment, not central to current Wilson enrollment. The neighborhood is single family homes and the occasional rowhouse. Few homes have more than 2 kids, half the houses are empty nests. Many local children are in private school systems.

This is not student rich on relative terms. It is not accessible on relative terms. I'm not saying you can't have your school. Just own the facts, don't try to distort them.[/quote]

Geez - misplaced anger. DCPS has made it's decisions and has already sunk the cost into buying GDS. That won't change. No it's not a central location. Obviously. Does that also meant there aren't lots of kids in the area too. Calling anything in a city "remote" in city is a little much.

The only other property after all these years they are looking to invest in is the Hardy Park, Foxhall debacle. No neighborhoods in Ward 2 + 3 want the congestion of traffic of a new school and DCPS has not been willing to rock any boats or take on real fights with boundary changes or pushing for properties. (Moving Eaton to Hardy was the most contentious thing they did after 3-4 years of review panels and boundary planning etc). The DC Council yields to developers on nearly all maters, which also means central or good options get further limited.

They have been dealing with years of trying to figure out how to serve a city where there's really one super top high school option. Moving Eaton to Hardy basically made Hardy like a Deal II (Deal for All!) [/quote]

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