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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ummm, they're not opening a new school at all. They're talking about Stuart Hobson. Try to keep up.[/quote]
This is the inherent problem with SH - it does not have the capacity for all Hill schools and so people start talking about excluding.  To some it means simply changing the character of SH (Hill residents only = affluence), to others it means getting rid of an option (excluding econ-disadvantaged).  That is why Eliot Hine is a better option because it raises everyone up, not just the affluent ones.  Assemble all middle class families there, and still have room for disadvantaged families.

I get the whole idea of wanting a good school for your kids, but the message absolutely sucks if you try to do something like make SH a fortress of affluence in a sea of poverty . . .[/quote]

It would have capacity if they closed LT and made it part of the SH campus.  Kills two birds because that would reduce the overcapacity in elementary seats on Capitol Hill. [/quote]
Think about creating even more middle school seats after this round of school closings.  Think about Ward Six having two large middle schools (EH & Jefferson) each with about 300 of their 900 seats filled.

It's okay to wish, but ideas like carving out even more middle class seats to assuage middle class families is a non-starter and actually sets back the cause.[/quote]

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