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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the PP to whom you're responding, but a Bancroft parent. I hope that Bancroft and Shepherd parents can make the effort to be polite and empathetic throughout these difficult policy discussions. We definitely need to be active and engaged on these issues, but we also need to seek to understand where other people are coming from, whether in person or (always more difficult) on an anonymous forum. The bottom line is that every neighborhood in DC deserves a good middle school and high school option.

That said, to the PP who wants persuasive arguments why Bancroft and Shepherd should continue as Deal feeders, those arguments have been provided in this thread and elsewhere over the last several months. It's up to you whether or not you want to engage with those arguments. [/quote]
I'm the PP you quoted. I appreciate your more measured tone.  Maybe we can have a meaningful exchange.  I completely agree with everything in your first paragraph.  As for your second paragraph, can you please summarize the arguments you consider persuasive?  Here is what I've seen:

1. Shepard Park absolutely cannot lose access to Wilson because Shepard Park has had access via some feeder argument for the past few years.
2. Shepard Park absolutely cannot lose access to Wilson because Shepard Park is racially diverse.
3. Bancroft absolutely cannot lose access to Wilson because Wilson is a better high school than Bancroft would have otherwise.

I don't consider any of these arguments particularly persuasive.  Many other neighborhoods could make the exact same arguments.  Also, these arguments seem more focused on retaining benefits for the particular neighborhoods of the people making the argument, rather than on the interests of DCPS as a whole.  But I'm sure there are other arguments I've missed.  I'd appreciate you highlighting them for me.

Don't get me wrong.  I've got nothing against the Shepard Park or Bancroft neighborhoods.  I want them to have great schools.  And (unfortunately) I'm not in any neighborhood that benefits from any of these boundary changes, so I've got no personal stake in the outcome.  But I get frustrated when I see people (like some PPs) making strident demands, and hurling insults at anyone who dares to disagree, while failing to present any logical support for their positions.  Maybe you can provide the logical support that some other PPs have omitted?[/quote]

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