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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The pro-Crestwood/16th street heights gerrymandering looks ridiculous, and is counter-productive to school crowding at Deal/Wilson; but the deal/wilson map was always ridiculous and overcrowding has always been a problem at those schools.  The Mayor's decision simply amounts to political pandering and/or payback, and could you really have expected a principled stance from Bowser, given her record of wind-vane politics?

Improving the city's schools has always been a "long game" and her decision simply delays progress (especially around the neighborhoods of Crestwood and 16th Street Heights) for a while longer.  But progress is being made, slowly.  I DO think the residents who lobbied the Mayor to extend grandfathering should be called out for throwing their neighbors under the bus; but I blame Bowser for that cop-out more than I do Crestwood and 16th Street heights.  Maybe we'll get a more forceful, creative Mayor next time who will push for better.

Also, perhaps we'll see more positive development out of the Charters industry, to relieve pressure on Deal/Wilson and provide another viable option east of 16th Street.[/quote]

I just don't see how it is throwing neighbors under the bus. Which neighbors, you mean Petworth? How does it affect them? Petworth was never IB for Deal, so it's not like Crestwood took something that Petworth previously had. I don't get your logic. If you meant that Crestwood did not show solidarity in working on the MacFarland project, I can see that, but that's not throwing someone under a bus. And actually the most vocal/visible Crestwood resident, owner of this site, has shown a lot of solidarity. I think you're way off base. 
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