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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. I don't understand the argument that there aren't enough kids to fill an application MS. If there are a number of application HS and those seemed to be filled, why couldn't an application MS also fill up?  Also, the argument that there aren't enough kids in Wards 7, 8, or 5 seems irrelevant.  If it's an application MS that is city-wide, the kids would should come from all wards. That isn't stopping the application HS.  Are there stats on where the kids are coming from in SWW, Banneker, etc?  I can't believe that there are no kids from Wards 7, 8, or 5 going to application HSs.  [/quote]

PP suggested it should serve Wards 5, 7 & 8 and Ward 6 should pound sand, even though the only proposal to date is located in Ward 7 and just happens to be reasonably accessible to both Ward 6 and the rest of the city via public transit.  If this hypothetical school mainly served Wards 5/7/8 it would struggle to have enough advanced students from the DCPS pool.  It would have to draw on families enrolled in charters and again -- why would the modest number of advanced students from Wards 5, 7, 8 leave successful charters for DCPS MS when they can continue in the successful charter and opt for application HS if desired?

Yes, it should be citywide, but it wouldn't make much sense to park it next to Deal or within its boundary.  It would also need to be located in a surplus building, thus Winston as a candidate.   PP suggests it should be located as far from Ward 6 as possible because Stuart Hobson was modernized.[/quote]

Why not Shaw MS or Center City MS or whatever it's called. It's a surplus building, and it's quite literally in the middle of the city, perfect for a city-wide school, and near several metro stops (Howard/Shaw, U Street) and bus lines. Why put it in the corner reaches of DC, whether in Ward 8 or Ward 4 when you have something that's smack in the middle.[/quote]

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