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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any instance in DCPS of a school that serves only grades 3-5? Pros, cons?[/quote]

The transportation impact is a lot greater than a traditional elementary school because you're pulling from a bigger area, so people are traveling further and fewer people are within walking distance. [/quote]

+1 this will be an additional hardship for those of us who will already be traveling quite a distance to get to Hardy. We will make it work if we have to, but are also considering a switch to a Deal feeder if this goes through. I wonder how much people like us will serve to work against the crowd alleviation. Deal & Wilson may just get MORE crowded as Hardy folks flock over there? [/quote]

I don't follow the logic here.  Anyone willing to travel a long distance to Hardy isn't going to have a problem sucking up the extra time to travel to a new HS/MS off MacArthur.  IMO, the main burden resulting from building a big school over at MacArthur is not on the parents/caregivers, but on the road itself (Reservoir), which is a one-laner each way.  And for anyone who might bring up M street as a main artery, don't even go there, you fool.

DCPS would do better giving the old GDS site to the City for affordable housing construction, and instead building a "New Western" over at the Jelleff property, IMO.[/quote]

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