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I'm one of the posters that is interested in seeing MacFarland succeed for my kids, and I think Bowser did exactly the right thing for MacFarland.  Especially by putting a date on paper.  I'm still cautiously not-quite-optimistic about DCPS having the ability to pull off the rest, but this is a good start.[/quote]

I am afraid you are wrong. Past experience suggest that it is much easier to embrace a new school with a new and enhanced programming and curriculum than recover a school which had been abandoned by higher SES IB families (who will be attending Deal in the case of MacFarland).

See the experience of Basis on the one hand, and of Hardy on the other: Basis took off immediately as a new school; Hardy is still deserted by most of the IB community due to the bad "ghetto" reputation it gained in years before 2012 (when the new highly effective Principal was appointed) , and despite the evidence of a new advanced programming, stellar Principal and teachers and honors rolls. By 2022, MacFarland will be half-empty, populated by low SES IB students and OBs from more disadvantaged wards, seeking for a safer neighborhood. No high SES family will consider sending their kids there.

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I think there's something magical about "new charter school" that people tend to flock to.  I don't know if the same applies to "new DCPS school".  I'm watching the new Brookland Middle School closely to see how their roll out goes.  I think we have a better shot over here due to the relative successes of our feeder elementary schools.[/quote]

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