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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]It seems that a number of boundary changes that were incacruan the Advisory Committee recommendations were not included in the final recommendations. Yet, no complaining about wealthy whiners. It's starting to look to me as if the entire city is getting new boundary maps because of Deal and Wilson overcrowding.
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3 problems with this oversimplistic interpretation:
- look at the actual numbers, close to all Ward 3 schools are overcrowded by common standards today
- look at the projected numbers, this is only getting worse given trends
- the DME.report explicitly identified many other problems, such as overlapping boundaries, areas with no assigned school, too much commuting time and lack of walk ability...

Right or wrong, the DME did try its best at planning hoblimprove THE SYSTEM for everyone. It is predictable that some special interests dont like the results.[/quote]

Just like the previous post, you prefer to ignore facts and concentrate on simply arguing with me. Let's take the first and second of your listed "problems". What difference do the current and projected numbers make if the boundaries did not change? I asked to list schools that had over-crowding problems that were fixed by the final recommendations. Several schools that are commonly said to be filled to the brim or overcrowded had no changes to their boundaries at all. Others actually had their boundaries enlarged. All I asked for was a list of schools whose overcrowding problems were resolved by the recommendations. If you have a candidate for the list, please offer it. Obviously, I know about Deal and Wilson.
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Sad. Jeff, is demagoguery that much fun? This half-baked thread is pointless from the start. There are full reports done by CSPS and DME showing overcrowding, and I can't believe you haven't seen then. Are you going rogue ala Sarah Palin?[/quote]

Wow, you accuse me of demagoguery and call me Sarah Palin in the same post? My question -- what schools have had their overcrowding problems resolved by the final recommendations? -- is fairly simple. The fact that it is causing considerable hyperventilation among certain posters is very telling.
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Here is your OP

"In discussions about boundary and feeder changes, I keep seeing posts saying that these changes need to go through -- imperfect or not -- [b]because there is massive over-crowding that needs to be addressed[/b]. But, most schools in DC are under-enrolled."

your clear implication is that the overcrowding does not need to be addressed (or somehow could have been addressed without signficant changes to boundaries.  That seems to me to be what has people upset, and rightfully so. There is also your somewhat less clear implication that overcrowding is the only reason that boundaries are changing.  [/quote]

The implication of my post is exactly what I said in my post. What schools had their overcrowding problems resolved by the final recommendations?

I started this thread based on a hypothesis that a list of such schools would be very short. But, I haven't checked the new boundaries of every single school. Therefore, I assumed that posters might identify additional schools. Instead, what has happened is a lot of consternation among posters who seem to believe my extremely simple query is inflammatory, if not downright insulting. Any implications can rightfully be drawn from the lack of schools in the list.

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