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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
But in the meantime, we want to go to Deal and, more important than our own family's preferences, there are broader moral, political and legal issues with which to contend, which I explained above. 
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I am surprised at how often "broader moral, political and legal issues" coincide with our own family's preferences. An amazing number of DCUM posters are strongly committed to a host of ethical principles which -- purely coincidentally, mind you -- support their personal preferences. I'm not claiming to be completely innocent of this myself and I'll concede that opposing red lining is an easier sell than touting the purchase of expensive real estate as a justification. But, regardless of the justice of your cause, this is simply one more fight over pieces of the same pie.

The idea of adding a Ward 2 or 3 high school is at least an attempt to increase the size of the pie. My issue with it is that it may not be the optimal method of achieving that goal. My preference is to look at expanding EotP opportunities. I can foresee a day when high-performing, ethnically and socio-economicly diverse EotP schools are considered preferable to homogeneous WotP schools. That day is not tomorrow and certainly communities cannot be abandoned during the transition, but the day may not be that far off either.
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The corollary is how often it just happens to coincide with a poster's family preference when a claim is made that a certain change would be politically impossible, political suicide, DOA, touching the third rail, illegal, violating the Constitution, violating the Home Rule Charter or all of the above.[/quote]

My family is totally and completely unaffected by any of the outcomes, which makes it easier to apply an unbiased eye.

It looks like there are two chokepoints, Deal and Wilson.  The feeders need to be adjusted for both.

First, Eaton and Oyster need to be eliminated from Deal.  Eaton is closer to Hardy, so that's easy.  Oyster has Adams, so that's easy.  For those at Oyster that don't want SI, they can go to Hardy, which is much closer.

Next, the eastern borders of the Deal catchment need to be rationalized so that they don't zig-zag through different elementaries.  Keep Shepherd, there's no other MS for that school, it has always been a good combination of IB and diversity.  Divest Bancroft.  It's an SI school, those students have other SI options EotP.  Send them to Adams or Chec and let Adams feed Chec as well.  Whatever portions of Powell are IB for Deal should also be divested.  Same as Bancroft: Adams or Chec.

Next, can the rationalized Deal and Hardy both fit into Wilson?   If yes, no problem.  However, the unholy marriage of Francis Stevens to SWW (or whatever that hot mess is supposed to be) doesn't.  That ego driven institution needs to be removed from the mix.  Eastern or Cardozo are the logical choices.  The previously mentioned Adams is east of the park and logically goes to Chec or Cardozo.

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