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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Solutions:

--Add additional space. 
--Get rid of PK classrooms.
--Shrink boundaries
--Open a new elementary school (or one devoted just to Early Education) in Ward 3 to take off some of the pressure.
--Leave as is and suffer through knowing that the bubble will pass. [/quote]

Office of planning doesn't think it's a bubble. They're projecting DC will exceed its all-time high population by 2030. Fifty years ago DCPS had almost 150,000 students.[/quote]

But vast majority of growth isn't projected to be in Ward 3.[/quote]

Ward 3 is projected to have solid growth in the number of students. You can see the OOP projections here for 2014-2020:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/2014%20Population%20Projections%20and%20Growth%20(between%202014%20to%202020).pdf

The six ward 3 clusters -- 10 through 15 -- are expected to grow 24%, compared to 28% for the whole city. Significant growth.

Keep in mind that, (1) significant portions of the catchment area for Deal, Hardy and Wilson are outside of Ward 3; and (2) the majority of kids who go to school in Ward 3 don't live in Ward 3.

In an environment where Ward 3 is growing by 24% and the city is growing by 28% there's no way the crowding pressures in Ward 3 are going to be eased.[/quote]

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