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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]
I think it is harsh to cavalierly expect other families to be moved around like chess pieces on a board while not expecting the same for yourself. If you start with the goal that no boundary should be shifted to a lower performing school, you may not achieve that goal. But, you will come a lot closer than you will if you don't even try.
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So does this goal include ensuring that Southwest remains zoned for Wilson?
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I personally don't have the opinion that any address in the city should remained eternally zoned for any specific school. My position is that if an address is removed from the Wilson boundary, it should be placed inbounds for an equal or better option. I hold that position for Crestwood and I hold it for Southwest.
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I understand (and support) that sentiment, but what gives if something has to give? If {Deal, Wilson} is overcrowded and DCPS needs to remove students but the "equal or better option" does not yet exist, what should be done? Your position seems to be to do nothing in that case. Again, I understand your stance, but that denies the possibility that something [b][b][u]needs [/u][/b][/b]to be done. (This is mostly hypothetical, at this point.)[/quote]

[b]I believe that Deal and Wilson overcrowding can be managed for a sufficient length of time to allow for the development of suitable alternatives. [/b]There is also an expression along the lines of "there is nothing like necessity to focus the mind". It's likely that as we get closer to an actual crisis, solutions will become more apparent than they are now. There could also be a bit of self-balancing as families decide that alternatives are preferable to an overcrowded Deal or Wilson. [/quote]

Agreed - this is what I was trying to say at 14:39. It seems to me that the crowding is not ideal but nor is it a crisis that should lead to people being re-assigned to a struggling MS/HS.

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