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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at the "Fact Sheet" here: https://dme.dc.gov/node/1198445 (appendix 4) Deal is currently listed as being at 85% of capacity. ...[/quote]
Read the footnotes.  That's "programmatic capacity," defined as how many students the school can hold based largely on the number of teachers assigned there and the class sizes.  It's far different from the building capacity, which is much lower.  I suppose if we stuff classrooms in playground trailers, gyms, cafeterias, and every coat closet, we could truly maximize "programmatic capacity."  :roll:[/quote]

PP here, and that's kind of the point I was trying to make. "Official" capacity numbers essentially have no basis in reality.[/quote]

True. don't forget what they did to Murch two years ago: in spite of 50% of class space outside the main building, DCPS forced a huge number of OOB spaces because they counted office space as "capacity." Even when they were told they messed up, DCPS refused to back down.[/quote]

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