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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is violence throughout the city. Not just around McA.[/quote]

Sure but where MA is located, you don’t expect violence in that neighborhood.  So if there is now when MA opened, then that is a direct correlation.[/quote]

Neighbors are claiming that it is from students who have stashed weapons in yards; they've beaten up a neighbor; been smoking weed on bus. I don't live in-bounds, but with my kid on the waitlist this is awfully alarming. It doesn't seem to be just "the NIMBYs," but those who have witnessed and have reported actual, real-life crimes.

I know that the PTO is very active. Any current parents -- or neighbors -- know what's really happening? [/quote]

You think the other DC high schools will be different? [/quote]

Yes. I live near a high school that nobody on DCUM would touch with a 10 foot pole and our neighborhood doesn’t have these issues. [/quote]

dp: One thing distinctive about MacArthur is that there is nowhere around for students to be -- just the small site of the school and then neighboring properties.  There is no commercial area, no parks, not even a good stretch of sidewalk with no houses or apartmemts.[/quote]

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