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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][b]what if Roosevelt were reopened with the guarantee of 15 AP classes available, no matter how small the cohort[/b]? Eliminate the minimum 8 or whatever registrants to hold a class? And provide buses similar to the Wilson bus?[/quote]
I have previously suggested exactly that idea. I believe this is the type of thinking needed to revitalize schools like Roosevelt. It would require ending the per-pupil funding mechanism and turning to a program-oriented funding strategy. Currently, DCPS takes a "built it and they will come" attitude toward building renovations. That thinking needs to be extended to programs and staff. [/quote]
Different poster.  I agree with this line of thinking.  The families who will be most tempted to attend a revitalized school like Roosevelt (most likely those in the nearby neighborhoods, but perhaps others too) should be thinking about what they'd want to see at Roosevelt.  Dream big.  Maybe even sell it to DCPS as a "laboratory" for new school ideas: guaranteed AP classes, extra per-pupil funding, language immersion, an IB program, mini-academies within the school, an on-site professional whose whole job is to dream up new programs and lobby DCPS, etc.  If you can get these things in Roosevelt, and have a lot of parents ready and excited to attend Roosevelt, then DCPS can more easily handle the messy boundary fights.

Jeff, you were reaching out to Roosevelt's principal and others, weren't you?  Any success?[/quote]

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