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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how such an impactful decision re: schools for Wards 2 and 3 means that dcps will have just one meeting with each impacted school, and that's it.

This tells me they've already made their decision and all this is wasted time for theatric purposes only.

My vote would be a second high school.  Preferably make current Hardy MS a high school since it's on Wisconsin Ave and easier bus access.  [/quote]

That would certainly make the most sense:  High Schools should be drawing from a wider community, and Wisconsin Avenue is the only artery that makes a practical case for transport access.  The lack of sports fields is a problem, but could be resolved by expanding Jelleff across the street.  However, if you put the new HS at Hardy, it sits literally right next to the giant, $250-million-dollar Taj Mahal of arts education, Duke Ellington.  Talk about a problem of optics:  two high schools right next to each other, Ellington always under-occupied and the new HS next to it soon to be bursting at the seams (unless they add more classroom space, somehow).  It would make just too much sense to combine the two campuses, but think about the squawks of outrage from the Duke community if that were under consideration.  If you put the Duke students at the new HS for academic classes, the whole Duke building could be used for arts and music.[/quote]

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