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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nick, you mean well, but overcrowing is a WOTP issue and I don't think overhauling the whole system for everyone is going to be acceptable EOTP and EOTR.  If you think people in Ward 3 will accept a lottery assignment at Ballou, think again.

The answer IMO is to strengthen the existing schools so that people want to attend, and to consider reopening or expanding spaces that are available, as needed. If Wilson-zoned parents cared more about quality elsewhere, it could happen.  But you seem to assume Ward 3 conditions of overcrowing and no more spaces apply everywhere.  That just isn't true.[/quote]

Nick here.

Today DCPS has 13,000 empty seats so you could argue that any crowding is a policy issue not a facilities issue. But if the projections hold, in eight years those empty seats are going to be gone. This will be a new historic era for DCPS. There may be policy challenges, but there are going to be real facilities issues-- and not just WOTP.

I believe in neighborhood-based schools, for a lot of reasons. But right now nobody at any level of city government is doing the things that will need to be done to keep them a viable option.[/quote]

Nick, you are trying to force a Ward 3 mindset on the rest of the city.  Your own map shows that there is plenty of capacity in many areas.  They will figure it out when the time comes, and re-opening a closed building that DCPS owns is not that difficult, it does not require a 10-year advance plan.

I would encourage you to stick to Ward 3 and not assume an understanding of other areas that you don't actually possess.[/quote]

Why do you think they will figure it out when they have not yet? It takes years to get on the modernization list and once you are on it, you will be on it for 5 years before you step foot in a new building. Not to mention it is clear that the mayor is not really interested in DCPS school based on the funding levels.

Ward 3 is already a problem and other Wards will be joining them soon.[/quote]

Because it just is not that complicated a thing to do.  The politics are complicated.  Construction and freshening up a building are really not.  Modernizing an operating school is harder because it requires more planning and a swing space.  Cleaning up an empty building is much easier.[/quote]

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