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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Murch should have allowed boundary changes. [/quote]

Hearst parent here.  That might be true, but it isn't really relevant to the current question.  Had larger boundary change been made, this year and over the next couple of years, Murch would have slightly smaller IB pressure.  Great.  But it would still be a large school.  It would still be in desperate need of renovation.  It would still have a big challenge of where to swing while the needed renovation took place.  Boundary changes would have essentially zero impact on all of that.[/quote]

Thank you, Hearst parent.

And to clarify: No proposed boundary change would have reduced Murch's projected headcount. It was just a matter of which way the boundary swung. Murch's perceived resistance to a boundary change that would send more kids to Hearst would not have resulted in any fewer kids at Murch than we got with the boundary change in the other direction.

DCPS refuses to contend with the size of Murch, Janney, Lafayette, and other mega-schools. You can't blame parents for that--Arlington has lots of loud parents, but APS has the guts and smarts to force through boundary changes to accommodate population changes. A huge failure on the part of DCPS, forcing the construction of a school that's way too big for Murch's small lot. [/quote]

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