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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]The point is that it was political pandering. Will there be a real article in the Post questioning this policy? Are the parents of Deal and Wilson going to just sit back and watch the schools become more overcrowded??[/quote]

I don't think anyone has denies that Mayor Bowser has done a favor for her constituents. If you remember, during the DME process Bowser was the Ward 4 Council Member. Crestwood and 16th Street Heights are in Ward 4. Surely you are not suggesting that we should not prevail upon our elected official? The difference between "pandering" and "constituent service" in this case is pretty gray. [b]Other neighborhoods were able to have their concerns addressed at other stages of the process. [/b]Should the Post be writing about that as well?

Also, I was a pretty vocal supporter of Bowser's opponent. One of my main criticisms of her was that she didn't seem to stand for anything. [u]However, I believe that this issue of the park not being a boundary is something that she felt strongly about. I wouldn't discount her own principles having an important role in these changes.[/u] [/quote]

Expanding on this point in bold, there was a small area that was reassigned from Janney that was reinstated after a lobbying effort. Oyster was reassigned from Wilson but then back to Wilson after a lobbying effort. There were other changes made between the two main DME committee drafts, due in large part to neighborhood lobbying. Plus, this Kelly Miller issue that was addressed by Bowser. I do not understand this obsession with Crestwood.

And as for the statement underlined, yes, Bowser also believes that the river should not be a boundary, hence the Miller/Eastern decision. I think this stance of the park/river not being a boundary is a respectable one, and shared by others too, including members of the DME committee. It was obvious in their final draft. Some DCUM posters like to argue that the Deal boundary looks gerrymandered, but it's obvious what's behind it: a belief that the city's best by-right middle school should be shared across the park and by a racially and economically diverse set of families. 
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