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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The city can be roughly divided into three zones -- East of the Anacostia, West of Rock Creek, and between the River and the Creek. I realize it's not impossible to cross a body of water to go to school but they do create geographical barriers which shape the city.

East of the Anacostia:
Number of schools:  24
Projected Capacity, 2027:10,642
Projected Enrollment, 2027:   9,407
Seat surplus/(deficity):  1,235
Number of schools with a deficit: 6

West of Rock Creek:

Number of schools: 10
Projected Capacity, 2027: 5,176
Projected Enrollment, 2027:  6,298
Seat surplus/(deficit): (1,122)
Number of schools with a deficit:	10

Between the River and the Creek:

Number of schools: 31	 
Projected Capacity, 2027: 14,406
Projected Enrollment, 2027:  15,405 	 
Seat surplus/(deficit): (999)
Number of schools with a deficit: 20

Grand Total	
Number of schools: 65	 
Projected Capacity, 2027: 30,224 	 
Projected Enrollment, 2027: 31,110 	 
Seat surplus/(deficit): (886)
Number of schools with a deficit:	36
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this is a helpful set of data. Thank you.[/quote]

What this tells me is that the 2022 redrawing of boundaries is going to be very different from the last time it was done, in 2012. That time they nibbled around the edges and mostly left things the same. By 2022, if 36 schools need to shed students, the other 29 are going to have to add them, and every school in the city is going to be affected. When you consider that before 2012 the last time boundaries were looked at in a comprehensive manner was in 1972 you're really looking at an event unprecedented in the city's history.

I really worry that redrawing all of the boundaries is going to be beyond the abilities of DCPS and they're going to throw their hands up and go all-lottery. [/quote]

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