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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS restricted lottery seats at Wells and Coolidge to manage overutilization...and Coolidge has 158 kids on the waiting list for 9th grade![/quote]

Wells and Coolidge is becoming more in-boundary so they need to restrict out of bounds seats more.  There is talk of adding capacity.  The first step is actually a cafeteria expansion that is already planned (the MS and HS is currently sharing at different times).  [/quote]

I would LOVE to see Wells become Upper NW's Stuart-Hobson or Hardy and become a first choice option for neighborhood families that prioritize proximity and continuity. As those neighborhoods start becoming more saturated with school aged kids (not just babies and toddlers), there is definitely more chatter about Whittier, Takoma, DH, etc. Even the nearby schools that don't feed into Wells (like Lewis) mean more neighborhood families staying in their neighborhood elementary schools and considering nearby middle school options.

Would say the same about MacFarland, but the immersion program there has the potential to create more of a school within a school dynamic. Higher SES, higher performing kids from Powell and Bruce Monroe would continue to the immersion program at MacFarland and you'd end up with a big difference in student demographics and performance between the monolingual and bilingual programs. Hypothetically speaking of course. Neither program seems capable of meeting the needs of that higher performing cohort yet.[/quote]

I think that is totally within your grasp at Wells. Focus like a laser on quality of academic instruction, behavior, and parent satisfaction. Personally I'm quite optimistic about it.[/quote]

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