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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boundaries won't fix anything:  the schools around Murch are Janney, Layfayette, and Hearst
  Janney is overcrowded.  The northern part of Murch was already rerouted to Lafayette -- which would be overcrowded if more of Murch is rerouted there.  The southern part of Murch was already rerouted to Hearst - except for houses literally a five minute walk from Murch.   The problem at Murch is that the historic preservation people won't let us change the original building too much, and NPS won't allow building on the part of the land it owns -- necessitating having part of the project underground.   That is the part that DC now doesn't want to pay for.
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Yes, can folks please stop harping the boundaries? The problem is that Ward 3 simply does not have enough elementary schools. There are no charters. There are lots of private schools but most IB folks can't afford those (yes, really), or simply believe in the social contract that calls for taxpayers to have decent neighborhood schools. If you're stuck on the specious issue of Murch boundaries, you simply don't understand the demographics and why that did not/would not have stemmed the swelling IB enrollments at Ward 3 schools.

Let's focus on the real issue here. DC sucks at planning. There is tremendous waste in the contracting process. While this most definitely needs to be fixed, the starting point should not be by building a mediocre, shoddy school simply to make a point that DC is somehow being fiscally responsible. [/quote]

Social contract?  You're batty.  There is no shortage of families in DC who would consider Murch to be quite more than a decent school.
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Missing the point again.[/quote]

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