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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Will a new HS need all the bells and whistles that are currently planned for Duke's renovation? No. Duke will stay put and their isn't gonna be a new HS built. Boundaries need to be shortened/tightened for Wilson, [b]done[/b].[/quote]

No. Not done. First, create equal or better alternatives to Wilson which attract, rather than forcibly remove, students from Wilson.

It astonishes me how many fail to see that the "dig a moat around my school and call it a day" approach is self-defeating. It's the strongest argument for choice sets and lotteries that can be made.
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Yes, attract not forcibly remove. To do this DCPS should stop sabotaging SWW and build new magnet schools with quality programming. The city is hungry for quality in their neighborhoods.[/quote]

I agree with PP and Jeff's comments here.  We need to stop acting as if Ward 2/3 is the only area needing new options.

Relieving Wilson's overcrowding relies on giving OOB students some place else to go, not creating a different cross-town trip. Leave Ellington alone and maintain Hardy's feed to Wilson. Roosevelt's renovation is already under way and the proposal for new programming is promising.

http://dgs.dc.gov/page/dgs-roosevelt-high-school-modernization-project

It's centrally-located in an area of high population growth and the international focus is fitting to DC.  I'm especially encouraged by programmatic planning based on labor market data.  It makes sense to create career tracks for high demand, high wage jobs.  I, for one, like the idea of "immersion" that goes beyond language. Getting low-income and minority kids thinking and learning beyond DC's borders makes sense.  Investment from and partnership with local business, non-profits and academia makes even more sense.

I agree there needs to be a magnet/GT and/or IB component, but it's easier to create an academy within an existing school than start from scratch with a new school on the western edge of town.[/quote]

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