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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only reason there is any talk of "wanting out of bounds kids out of the schools" is because even with just IB kids, the schools are overcrowded, so basically, Janney parents are argument against overcrowded schools, not against, your kids. [/quote]

I have heard long term that the demographic turnover of older owners to families will result in over a thousand at Janney within the next 10 years.  I do think for better or worse this redistricting will have to think through long term trends beyond our short term interests in Deal or Wilson.  It seems a bit inevitable that their boundaries will have to be redrawn to spread those kids through the Deal/Wilson feeding pattern.  I am not sure if there is any school slated to grow more than Janney, but the long term trends are really the issue. [/quote]

Actually, the DC Office of Planning believes that Cluster 11, which includes Janney, will grow from 1,230 ages 3-11 in 2012 to 1,645 in 2022.  And the Metropolitan Council of Governments more conservative estimate shows population in that cluster at that age range declining over that period.

There are many areas of the City that will have more dramatic growth both in absolute and relative terms according to long term trends.   For example, Clusters 1, 2, 18, 25, and 26, east of the Park and on the Hill are all expected to grow by thousands in elementary age children.  Please see the 2013 Master Facilities Plan at pages 55 and 56.

I understand that Janney is expected to grow, but your cited cause of inbound growth seems underwhelming in light of actual projections by professional planners rather than "I have heard" and "I am not sure, . . . but" sourcing circumlocutions.

Would you care to revise and extend your remarks?[/quote]

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