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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to see some of the overcrowded monolingual WoTP schools pair up with schools EoTP with high ELL populations. The western school in each pair could offer single-language education and feed to Hardy or Deal, while the eastern school would be bilingual and feed to MacFarland and Roosevelt. Parents in-bounds for each school would be able to rank their preference, so those who wanted a shorter commute or dual language or a better feeder could prioritize that, but there would not be a guarantee except that you got one of the two schools. OOB kids would be admitted only to the extent that there was space. This would free up more space in the Wilson-feeding schools, give more kids the opportunity for bilingual education, and create more socioeconomic integration.

Some folks will hate this (and will couch it in the need for "neighborhood schools" when they really mean "I spent a million dollars for my house and that entitles me to a school where most of the other kids are rich too") but it's more likely to pass muster with DCPS than any other plan to deal with crowding in Ward 3 schools.

Possible pairs: Lafayette-Brightwood, Murch-West (or do Lafayette-Murch-Brightwood as a 3-school choice set since West doesn't have that many ELL kids), Hearst-Powell, Eaton-Bancroft (and move Bancroft from Deal to MacFarland, which I know people would hate but oh well, this is my idea).  I'd also suggest shifting Adams so it feeds Roosevelt along with the other immersion elementaries in the District (which either have a programmatic or geographic feeder to MacFarland and then to Roosevelt). [/quote]

Ha ha!  No.  :roll: [/quote]

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