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According to a report of a meeting between Smith and ANC 3C this week (which represents Woodley and Cleveland Park and Cathedral Heights) all Smith would say is that she "could see" Hardy continuing to feed to Wilson if all the puzzle pieces fall into place.  Seems like that's a promise (together with your DC tax refund) that you can take to the bank![/quote]

I heard a different first-hand different report on that meeting, with Smith saying that she was not in position to confirm it at that moment, but their projections suggested that Hardy will feed into Wilson.

Anyway, whatever she said, I can live with the idea that Hardy will feed into a new HS which will be build nearby. Both my sons (4th and 5th grade) will have gone through Hardy and will be at Wilson at that time...(this won't happen before 6-8 years!).[/quote]

[b]She sounded very tentative to me and it was one of the times when she seemed to get into vague corporate-speak[b].[/quote]

IMO believing that a new high school will be built nearby (i.e., west of Rock Creek Park) is very wishful thinking.

(1) There are few suitable sites owned by the DC government.  Ellington, the old Western HS site, supposedly is planned for renovation.  Although logically a new Ellington should be located more centrally, closer to Metro and ideally adjacent to a major performing arts venue, many at Ellington apparently suspicious of any suggestion that the school no longer be in Georgetown.  Another possibility, the old Hardy school site on Resevoir Rd., is mostly controlled by DPR and is probably too small for a high school site.

(2) Politically, building a new high school WOTP will be a challenge.  The irony is that some of the same folks demanding access to Wilson from EOTP, even if it means kicking out Hardy, are categorically opposed to any new school construction WOTP.

The bottom line is that if Hardy is moved out of the Wilson feeder plan, it will be to a to-be-determined high school that by definition is "new to Hardy" and likely not nearby.  This is why Smith is speaking tentatively and in "vague corporate -speak."

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