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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Okay, time for next steps.

I believe we have two important tasks.

1) Write up "The Roosevelt (and/or Cardozo) Proposal" in a one page document. Something that we can PDF and email, tweet, etc to DME, Council, candidates, media, whomever.

2) Get the William F. Buckleys of DC (those standing athwart history yelling, "Stop!") out of their panic and onto this plan as an alternative. "Predictability" is a bad word here. If the current or future DME is willing to keep the boundary discussion open, we can shape it to get the middle school configuration and the plus curriculum that future Roosevelt needs.  If DME goes cowering back into its corner, this is dead, maybe forever.  This is a priority because both candidate's current positions would actually prevent this plan from coming to fruition.

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My primary concern at this point is to get input from current Roosevelt stakeholders. I emailed the principal, but have heard nothing back. I've also been in contact with the ForWard 4 group. Everyone may be tied up with Spring Break and/or Easter at this point. But, I think we would take a huge risk by presenting a document to the DME that blindsides the current stakeholders. That could understandably be understood as a takeover attempt by outsiders and create resistance and opposition that is not desired.

It is also possible that there are other initiatives involving Roosevelt about which we are uninformed. If so, it would be better for us to coordinate with those as much as possible. So, until we have more feedback from Roosevelt insiders, we probably need to relax a bit.
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