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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting to see this thread with a discussion of me and my integrity.

On MacArthur, the expectation had been for a small high school on the site.  The bump to 1000 came out of the blue in the Mayor's budget.  That does not make sense and is bad for other high schools around the city. [/quote]

How in the earth would the bump to 1000 be "bad for other high schools around the city"? Does Reed-Jackson and others not benefit by being less over-crowded? Do students across the city not benefit from having more choice as to where they go to HS? As others have noted, Matt knows the demographic projections very well. How is it responsible to direct DCPS to plan a school that is barely large enough to accommodate the exploding Hardy MS student population?

Almost every DCPS family in Ward 3 will benefit from a large MacArthur HS. Families across the city will benefit from better opportunities to send their children to better schools. Principals at under-performing schools may have to work harder to retain students, yes, but that is the model that DC has chosen for its PS system and the alternatives to it - being locked in to your local school or busing - are politically and legally infeasible.

Other than principals at under-performing schools, the other group of people who benefit from a smaller MacArthur HS are, of course, a relatively small number of Foxhall residents. Why put their interests ahead of the rest of the city?  [/quote]

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