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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real solution to overcrowding at Murch is a Lafayette-Janney-Murch-Hearst choice set (with a sibling preference and some kind of proximity preference).  That would allow the schools to assign new families to whatever school has the capacity for the kids.

Hearst has a new building?  Boom, new families go in Hearst.  Lafayette's population goes down?  Boom, kids move to Lafayette with no need for redrawing boundaries.  Much more sensible use of resources, really.

And as everyone keeps pointing out, all these schools are essentially the same.  How can you complain about having to walk a few extra blocks or drive five minutes?  The issues are really minor and will only affect incoming families.  Ward 3 for choice sets![/quote]

What? Clustering at the Elementary School level in upper northwest and with these school makes little sense.  There are no real upsides except the ability to adjust to marginal changes every year as student populations change.  But this is at the margins and not worth shaping a policy. The downsides: loss of walkability, loss of predictability, unnecessary disruption of family life.  We shouldn't do that unless absolutely necessary (and it's not necessary).  My family walks to our ES or we carpool with neighbors.  I get why this approach makes sense in parts of the city where there's arent enough elementary schools or where there is wide discrepancy between schools, but not in your scenario. I find it a strange proposal from DCPS.
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