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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Yeah, so add Capitol Hill then.  But also add Hardy among the schools that will benefit from relieving Deal/Wilson -- demonstrating the DME's problem was not just "overcrowding" albeit you've decided to narrowly define the topic that way.  Also add population growth across gentrifying areas, which gave rise to the promise of new schools to represent and serve the future of the growing city, including Unicorn.[/quote]

Can't add Capital Hill because the recommendations don't appear to resolve over-crowding issues there. I defined the topic as overcrowding because that is the issue that I was always told this was supposed to resolve. To your point about creating Deal@Unicorn, we were specifically told these recommendations were not about improving schools. But, if you want to create a topic about that, feel free.

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The main point is that you've decided to narrowly define the topic to be "current overcrowding," which is your right, but I believe the proposals were also designed to address "future overcrowding," which might be included in your thread order to create a fair understanding of the issue as you've worded it.  If you look at the problem as including "future overcrowding" especially in light of real student population growth in gentrifying areas, the DME review should have considered those areas as well, even if they are not "currently overcrowded."  Plus, there's the effect of changing ANY of the boundaries in order to address current overcrowding, which of course creates ripple effects throughout the city, which must fairly be considered anytime it's suggested that any change should be made:  if you recommend making any change, how does it affect everything else?  The ripples create the need for more changes.  So looking even looking at the problem just as "current overcrowding" doesn't explain very much unless you allow an expanded scope of analysis.[/quote]

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