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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Few in-boundary Ward 3 kids will switch to Douglas Macarthur High in the first few years.  They will stay in the current feeder pattern as long as they are grandfathered.  The property was too small even for the private GDS lower grades; it's hard to see how it supports a real high school.  And the transportation options from most Ward 3 neighborhoods that will feed to the new high school.  In the short to medium term MacArthur will create a lot of Ward 3 high school spots for kids outside of Upper Northwest.  It will be a great political win for the mayor and a number of council members who will benefit politically with their base.  It won't be so great for Ward 3.

The best solution would be for DCPS, which is taking over Ellington, to move Ellington to a more central location in the next 5 years.  Wisconsin Avenue is like the spine of Ward 3, so Western would be a lot easier to reach by bus than a school on Macarthur Bldv.  Then Western High School could be reconstituted, complete with its adjacent playing field a block away.[/quote]

Umm, no. None of what you say is likely. Obviously I cannot guarantee MacArthur will be a success for the Hardy feeder pattern, but I truly expect it to be a success, and a run-away one at that.

Transportation is currently a problem, but some people are making progress on that front as I type. Will it be enough quickly enough? I don't know. I hope so.

I actually agree that taking over Ellington is the best option. I pushed for it in 2014. It got nowhere then, and $225 million later, it will make even less forward progress now. If you don't understand what happened over the last 8 years, I could see why you'd think your insights are, well, insightful. [/quote]

Why take over Ellington rather than Hardy?[/quote]

[b]And Hardy would go where?[/b][/quote]

I wonder if Hardy could go back to where it used to be on Foxhall Road (which the LAB school now occupies). Then the old Gordon Junior High could become the reconstituted Western HS. [/quote]

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