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I don't care if it leans to the Hill or not.  Wherever the school is located, it is a positive thing in my mind to give immediate neighbors the option to go to the school, especially with the history and culture of sws.  For me this holds true whoever lives nearby. [/quote]

Should they also give proximity preference to the Montessori school at Logan? [/quote]

Really wish they would. Yes a positive thing.  If a neighborhood is "good" a school generally will be good.  Make a point of giving some low-income kids access if socio-economic diversity is lacking.  Schools, particularly elementary schools, tend to suffer without a strong neighborhood buy-in if they aren't part of a national franchise, like KIPP.

We're leaving a Brookland immersion charter after this year partly because parental involvement is relatively weak compared to our IB school, Maury.  Parents, many from the Hill, want to be committed, but the school is too far from most of their homes to get a big turnout at PTA meetings.  Maury might get 75 parents at a meeting while the charter would draw far fewer.  PPs often have a rosy view of what a city-wide draw really means.

I hope Tommy Wells runs for mayor, meaning that his Ward 6 seat will open.  If he were strong on education, we'd have hope of seeing more than two and a half neighborhood schools middle-class families are excited about  here on the Hill (Brent, Maury and Tyler SI).

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