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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: the PowerPoint — agree the language is clumsy.

You don’t “mitigate” “whitening”.  You “promote diversity by encouraging students of all races and SES levels.”  The latter framing focuses on the positive goals: bringing  lots of kids together.

But worse than that— there are 5 scenarios and none of them achieves diversity goals and also reduces Wilson crowding.  [b]Are none of these real options?  [/b]Is the mayor just going to yell “gentrification” and pit two populations against each other again like she did with Shaw Middle and Banneker?[/quote]

*ding*ding*ding*

I don’t think any of these are real options for addressing Wilson. But I think the Mayor/DME/OSSE will use this as cover to end by-right high schools - “Oh you can’t meet equity and diversity goals, therefore we need to end by-right secondary education.”

I think the options are legit for changing the feeders for Foxhall Elementary and figuring out what to do with Hardy MS.

FYI - DCPS puts these slides together, based on feedback from the parents and previous discussion. He who holds the pen controls the framing.

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