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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Van Ness' boundary excludes Syphax Gardens, James Creek, and Greenleaf Gardens and includes the Capitol Quarter site (which is about 2:1 market/workforce housing to section 8/subsidized units) and a whole bunch of new market-rate apartments, I think some current or potential Amidon parents will want to give it a try.  Agree with them or not, there are families that won't consider a school if its FARMS rate is very high.

Also, families might prefer a school where all the kids are tiny instead of one with 5th graders (who can be teenagers by the time they graduate, if they are old for their year or get held back) in there.  The same reason folks complain about DCPS creating campuses for grades 6-12.  [/quote]

If Van Ness's boundaries exclude Greenleaf and Syphax I bet a lot of the families in those apartments will still send their kids to Van Ness OOB, if they think Van Ness is a better option.

I know families are concerned about putting their three and four year olds in the same building as much bigger kids. But generally the children are kept apart. Also I've rarely observed any bullying or aggression between older students and preschool aged students. [/quote]

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