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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Cheh is setting up a study to tell us all what we already know - that the system we have of sending as many kids as possible to the too-few successful middle schools from all corners of the District is not a great long-term strategy.

Then, study in hand, she can move forward toward rationalizing the boundaries in a way that best suits her Ward, pointing toward the study, not her Ward's preferences, as justification.  This ain't new.  Anybody here ever work on the Hill?

Perhaps this is a move toward a more rational, logical policy for the District, but I doubt it is best for the kids at the time it is implemented.  I know Ms. Cheh might feel sorry for the kids who don't get to go to high-functioning middle schools, but in the end she is looking out for the Ward she represents.

My alternative is this: once there's a comparably successful middle school for kids to attend, you can change the feeder patterns.  Until then, we continue with the ugly-looking system we've got.  Keep the pressure on the west-of-the-Park wards to have them participate in development of a better system.  Don't just allow them to opt into their own self-contained school ecosystem.[/quote]

You don't understand Mary Cheh. She is absolutely terrified, frozen to the point of paralysis, of doing anything that might be seen as advocating for her ward. More likely is an outcome where she bends over backwards and agrees to something that makes no sense at all to avoid any appearance of disadvantaging the rest of the city. [b]I think we're more likely to see southern Ward 3 moved out of Deal (and Wilson) than any areas EOTP[/b].[/quote]

I think this is likely too. But if certain neighborhoods get cut out of Deal, perhaps a test-in middle and high school would soften the blow.[/quote]

What do you mean with "southern Ward 3"? Woodley Park, Cleveland Park, Palisades? Would be a bit crazy for Cheh to do so - unless of course Ward 3 itself becomes rezoned.[/quote]

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