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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the pairing issue, one idea is to cluster schools, so in the example of Lafayette/Shepherd make one PK3-1 and the other grades 2-5 or something. Lafayette gets PK3. the main issue is transportation and managing the schedule when kids in the same family go to both schools. The capitol hill cluster has addressed these issues with some but not complete success.

I would also like to see pairings of DCPS WOTP schools and the EoTP bilingual schools. Some WoTP parents should be willing to send their kids to Marie Reed, Powell, etc. if there is a core of high-performing students. Peeling off Bancroft and Oyster and sending them along with other bilingual schools to MacFarland would be painful but the best thing for Deal and Wilson and MacFarland and Roosevelt. That would also enable Adams to be repurposed, potentially for more early childhood seats  [/quote]

The math doesn't work though. Right now at Lafayette alone, the PK-1st population is around 350, which already exceeds the number of kids at Shepherd currently. Even if you did PK3-K it would be tight. So then you're looking at expansion...[/quote]

What if Shepherd became the ECE center and Lafayette K-5 -- That actually has tons of appeal in my mind (Lafayette mom here). It would also address what is sure to be overcrowding at Lafayette which will be at capacity next year (12 months after the building renovation...)[/quote]

I love this. It will also bring some much needed diversity to both Lafayette and Shepherd. Shepherd is IB so either they'd need to drop it or Lafayette would have to adopt.[/quote]

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