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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your point is that upscale GDS apartments will draw African-Americans in a way that the current housing stock does not?  That makes no sense.

The issue is not who lives in the neighborhood -- it is how many people.  Why crowd the neighborhood public school in order to give GDS room that the zoning rules don't anticipate?

And your point about Janney demographics is fair and an issue for the City to consider -- but it is odd if it is coming from someone outside the neighborhood or the Janney community.  i would imagine that many GDS families live in neighborhoods with far less diverse schools than Janney.  
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My kids aren't there FWIW, mostly amused by the crazed postings on this thread.  And we live in a neighborhood that's more diverse than in-bound Janney.  
Does seem like the pushback against apartments is designed to keep kids out who don't belong. It's not just about overcrowding because, if the school gets too crowded, DC can always redraw the boundaries to even things out. Or parents there could join the rest of DC and enter charter school lotteries.
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