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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]BTW, the fact that there was 100% avoidance of Powell (and I believe West) among Crestwood residents for at least 15 years is pretty good empirical evidence of the neighborhood's ability to avoid schools that aren't liked.[/quote]
Yes, they avoided those schools because they had an easy choice to simply drive across the park and attend other schools they like better.  I don't see how dynamic changes if they continue to have the option.  Maybe if Deal gets so terribly overcrowded that it starts to sink in quality, then perhaps people will consider other options.  But in the meantime, I don't see how many families are going to choose MacFarland, even after a shiny renovation.  I'm all for the renovation, and for the wooing you suggest.  But once the renovated school is complete, I'd eliminate the Deal option.  Otherwise, that fancy renovated school will sit half-empty.[/quote]

Bowser sank MacFarland for a bunch of votes.[/quote]

... And discriminated in favor of her constituency against other parts of the city (the SW large area which had also been cut out of Wilson).

I can only imagine what other distortive and discriminatory favors she's planning to do in favor of those who supported her campaign, think about the lobbyists of the building/construction firms...

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