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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Yes. Entitled.

School boundaries and locations are not fixed. They change.

You have a right to public education. You do not have a right to public education in the facility of your choice [/quote]

We do have a right to public feedback and discussion involving the affected school communities *before* dramatic decisions and major reversals in course are made, no?  Big meetings are held over much much less.  [/quote]

+1000. In addition, the community has been patiently waiting year after year while our elected officials have been telling us Shaw MS will be coming soon.  They knew all along that was not so but kept lying to us.  This was just handled poorly all around and everyone got screwed, the Shaw MS supporters, Banneker supporters, the community.  No one is a winner here folks.[/quote]

I completely agree with this sentiment. However, and this is honest, I wonder what the right course of action is.  What do we as parents and citizens do next?

Do you throw up your hands and give up? Do you accept the decision of Banneker getting the space, and move on to advocate for the next space? Do you focus your energies on reversing the Banneker decision? Do you focus on improving the current Middle school feeder pathway?  Do you move out of DC completely?

We all only have so much energy and time.  And there are multiple choices here for each of us to follow. We can all agree that the decision making process was completely flawed... but what do we do next. And what will have the greatest impact on the most people.

And my problem with these Cardozo Feeder meetings is that, at least from my perspective, everyone is working a different one of these angles.  So if all of our goals are different (even if we all ultimately just want good Middle School options for DC kids), how do we ever make any progress?[/quote]

It would be extremely helpful if the Banneker supporters joined forces with Shaw MS supporters to demand a plan that would be beneficial to both communities. Unlikely, I know.  I totally get it that Banneker is getting the renovated facility that they justly deserve, so why would they rock the boat?  I'm not dumping on Banneker. But it saddens me that everyone is playing to Bowser's plans and the divide and conquer strategy was intentional, make no mistake about it. And it worked! As we continue to yawn and shrug, she'll keep on pulling this crap on other communities. [/quote]

Yes this is a good idea.  Banneker folks via their silly twitter feed are all about them selves and sound very entitled to something that they we just given 5 minutes ago, and something they never asked for it seems.  And the Save Shaw people just want to derail the whole Banneker move whatever the cost.

I hope that DCPS and the DME realized that those people are a vocal few. [/quote]

I don't agree that the Save Shaw people "just want to derail the whole Banneker move".  I've been to several meetings and suggestions for co-locating at the current Shaw MS site with shared space for both have been rejected outright.[/quote]

This Save Shaw person truly wants co-location.  Just like SWW and McKinley Middle/Tech.  I think it is a really great model that can operate efficiently and I would love to have Banneker in the neighborhood.  It's just that we must also stand up for our middle school or they will continue to treat it like crap.[/quote] Fully agree. Not clear why the loudest voices demand a stand alone MS on the Shaw site and nothing else. It’s self defeating. [/quote]

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