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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bowser's idea to create a new "Western" high school isn't a bad one.  It would relieve the existing pressure on Wilson immediately (with room to grow), and maybe send the Hardy and SWW-FS kids to the new Western.  Don't know of an existing building big enough to house it, though.[/quote]

I'm the OP of this thread. The way Bowser talked about it seems like it would be more of a medium-term possibility (5-10 years from now). She seems to be driven to make Banneker @ Shaw a tangible reality that is accomplished during her 2nd term in office.

If I had to guess, a new WOTP high school would probably be something that's open to all DC residents. Therefore, that leaves us with either a charter or a magnet school.  And it would probably only be in the initial planning phase by the time Bowser leaves office. Bowser seems to be very focused on expanding/building schools that are open to all DC residents. She also seemed to hint that the "population pattern" wasn't quite there yet for a new WOTP high school. I think she wants to see demand increase, for capacity WOTP to be more constrained than relative to today. [/quote]

How silly.  Kids would still have to trek across town to go to a decent school.  For what a new school would cost, DCPS could afford to invest massively in one feeder group (Coolidge or Eastern?), actually fix some problems and remediate academically from Kindergarten on, and then there would be an adequate high school EOTP.  [/quote]

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