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[quote=Anonymous]Few in-boundary Ward 3 kids will switch to Douglas Macarthur High in the first few years.  They will stay in the current feeder pattern as long as they are grandfathered.  The property was too small even for the private GDS lower grades; it's hard to see how it supports a real high school.  And the transportation options from most Ward 3 neighborhoods that will feed to the new high school.  In the short to medium term MacArthur will create a lot of Ward 3 high school spots for kids outside of Upper Northwest.  It will be a great political win for the mayor and a number of council members who will benefit politically with their base.  It won't be so great for Ward 3.

The best solution would be for DCPS, which is taking over Ellington, to move Ellington to a more central location in the next 5 years.  Wisconsin Avenue is like the spine of Ward 3, so Western would be a lot easier to reach by bus than a school on Macarthur Bldv.  Then Western High School could be reconstituted, complete with its adjacent playing field a block away.[/quote]

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