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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]But why would you assume a new school in NW will be a good school, and a revitalized school EotP will be a bad school?  Whatever might make the new NW school good can surely be replicated at an EotP school, can't it?[/quote]
I wouldn't assume this. To the contrary, I think a new WotP school would be full of OOB kids and would be no different than a school EotP that offered the same programs and with same quality of staff.[/quote]
Don't get me wrong, Jeff.  I agree with you that a new school with strong DCPS backing is equally likely to be successful whether EotP or WotP.  I feel pretty strongly that revitalizing Roosevelt is the right answer for DCPS and the city.  But I get the sense some other people think geography is destiny, and I'm trying to understand why they feel that way.[/quote]

I can't speak for Jeff, but personally I'm skeptical about DCPS's ability to revitalize a school.  There are so many schools East of the Park that have been renovated, and failed to be revitalized:  Eastern, McKinley, Dunbar, Cardozo, HD Cooke...  But really, Eastern is the big one.  Getting and IB program was supposed to make it draw from all over the city and yet the higher SES parts of the Hill just aren't that into it.  So, to me the track record is not one of distinction.[/quote]

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