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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
I can see the appeal of the Roosevelt idea, and it's certainly better than recreating Western at Ellington.  I'm curious though (sorry if this was answered, but I don't recall seeing it), what does Roosevelt have to offer over Cardozo except that it's currently undergoing renovation (and now the city needs to justify overspending on a shrinking population, especially as it is underspending on growing ones)?  The amount of money being spent on renovating Roosevelt is staggering, as is that which was spent on Dunbar and Cardozo.  Taxpayers are justifiably ticked off at the extravagance, because it doesn't attract new students the way it was supposed to (e.g. Eastern, not to mention Brookland MS, which will delay opening in the hopes that families will care and enroll their children).

Having spent a lot of time in the two neighborhoods (Roosevelt and Cardozo), Cardozo has more to offer (central location, amazing view of the city, metro accessibility, etc.).  Perhaps there's hope that Roosevelt would draw from Ward 3, but as has been discussed above ad nauseum, barring an even more extravagant outlay of expenses nobody is going to drive past Wilson on their way to Roosevelt and consider that anything other a slap in the face.

If there's a serious attempt to placate other parts of the city, then Cardozo could be discussed as an alternative to Roosevelt.  Again, curious why we're not going down that road instead. [/quote]

The only reason this thread is focused on Roosevelt is that I started the thread and Roosevelt is very close to where I live. But, just about everything discussed here is equally valid for Cardozo. Maybe a second thread should be started to explore the possibility of further developing programs at Cardozo?
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