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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 5 parent here. Moving forward, more schools in Ward 5 will close. We do not have the enrollment to support the schools we have - - because so many Ward 5 families choose other options (including Ward 6). At the elementary level, less than 60% of DCPS Ward 5  families attend Ward 5 schools. At middle school grades, it's even lower (50% I think). And this doesn't include those who choose charters, privates, homeschooling, moving out of the District etc.

Many people have been making noise to create a middle school. But we used to have a middle school and it was a failure. Right now a lot of Ward 5 parents take their kids to Ward 6 schools. While recognizing that there's not a 1 for 1 line between schools and wards, i think it might make sense for there to be a large school serving many of  the elementary schools in Ward 6 and Ward 5 (once they close some and the rest revert to elementaries). I am thinking this might provide the greatest chance for there to be the numbers of proficient students (inboundary for Ward 5 and 6 residents) within a big middle school with a rich academic and extracurricular offering.

Agree with PP that Metro access would be great. [/quote]
How far is the trek from Ward 5 schools to Eliot Hine?  Would Ward 5 really be interested in Eliot Hine?  Despite the reported failure of middle school in Ward 5, will Ward 5 be angry with any solution short of a new middle school program in Ward 5?[/quote]

A dedicated bus from Brookland metro to EH would help.  Similar to the 16th St bus to Deal.  The trek using metrorail going through Metro Center is too much for my soon to be 6th grader.  [/quote]

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