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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right, they'd have to go to Hearst, and Janney moms would chew their own arms off before letting their snowflakes go to Hearst.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re-district part of Janney now. Simple, obvious, reasonable, and right.[/quote]

Well, not so obvious.  First, there's no point in rezoning to other schools that are also overcrowded, like Lafayette or Murch.  So that leaves rezoning to Hearst or Mann.  What is the current capacity of those buildings and IB %?[/quote][/quote]

Hearst has the most infinitesimally small zone in the District.  Look at the map -- it includes campuses for Fannie Mae, UDC, National Presbyterian, Sidwell, Howard Law, Hillwood Estate, not to mention a chunk of Rock Creek Park.    It only skews out of boundary because it's too damn small a catchment to fill with the neighborhood kids who don't attend private school, which I'm willing to bet is no greater a percentage than in the Murch boundary.  If the boundaries were right sized it would better serve as a neighborhood school and maybe there'd be less howling over a rezone.

DCPS kept Shepard and Bancroft in the Deal feed to rightly maintain diversity.  The primary OOB draw to a place like Hearst is the Deal feed.  If DCPS plans to open 10% of seats to at risk OOB kids there should be more balance with the needs of the neighborhood schools, some of which are overstuffed and some underutilized by IB.  The only other potential space saving measure would may be eliminating all PK in Upper NW and useable outdoor space in favor of pods.
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