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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it makes more sense in theory for the special language programs like Oyster-Adams to be city-wide magnets. But where do you put all the in-boundary kids who no longer have a guaranteed school? The middle school, at least in the early years, was working kind of as a magnet because a lot of the affluent, English-dominant kids from the neighborhood would leave; the families didn't want to take a risk on the unproven middle school program. For years, the middle school had a much larger proportion of out-of-boundary kids than the early grades. Most of those kids who bailed on the middle school ended up in Deal. By now there's probably a higher portion of in-boundary students in middle school that would lose their right to go there. [b] Where are they going to go other than Deal/Hardy? Why would you carve out a few neighborhoods that are solidly in Ward 3 and very close to the school and force them out of the ward?[/b]

It's also not educationally-sound to force dual-language middle and high schools on a few select neighborhoods. Dual language programs are not for every kid and some cannot stay in it long term. There has to be a conventional, single language option available as of right.

It's complicated ...[/quote]

They'd go to MacFarland and Roosevelt just like all the other kids at bilingual DCPS elementary schools.

Bancroft is in Ward 1. It is 3.3 miles from Deal and 1.4 miles from MacFarland.

Adams is also closer to MacFarland than to Deal, and it's 3.6 miles from Wilson and 2.2 miles from Roosevelt. [/quote]

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