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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if we get rid of feeder rights for OOB kids at elementary feeders for Deal, then the overcrowding is solved at BOTH schools. Kids who attend the feeders as OOB kids can attend the schools feeding to them IF there is space, and the rest of the empty seats after IB and OOB kids who went to Elementary feeders can be offered up via the lottery-I do not understand why this isn't the most obvious solution for everyone (save those who actually ARE OOB kids at elementary feeders for Deal!)[/quote]

Given that the last few years have seen few OOB slots available in the feeders to Deal, I'm not sure that is the case. Why is it that if the feeder schools are at capacity, the receiving school is overcrowded? Shouldn't those totals match?[/quote]

Ding! Ding! Ding!  We have a winner. "Shouldn't those totals match?"  In any sort of logical system, they would. But there is absolutely no connection between the capacity of the feeder schools and the capacity of the fed schools. DCPS doesn't have an office of planning, and there is absolutely no long-term planning being done. There is zero connection between facilities decisions and enrollment and demographic projections. So even while Deal has struggled with crowding, the Deal feeders have been relentlessly expanded over the past few years. The response has been to build an addition at Deal, with no thought as to how that might impact Wilson.

Facilities decisions are made on a building-by-building basis, largely based on the condition of the building. No sort of planning whatsoever.[/quote]

...and while this is totally true, the fact that the expansion of said feeders is greater than Deal has ability to accommodate, it would not impact Deal were it not for the fact that there are OOB feeder rights!
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