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Look, I think the NIMBYs in foxhall are silly; we do need more schools and the new high school in that location immediately relieves Jackson-Reed by diverting rich families from Jackson-Reed and opening up room there. But Hardy rec is one of the least accessible sites in the city. Why not build another school in Volta Park, Jelleff, Guy Mason, Newark, Forest Hills, or Turtle Park. They Key/Mann axis is the least overcrowded part of Ward 3. A new school at guy mason or jelleff wouldn't annoy the stoddert parents. This site is some suburban no-mans land. There is a reason GDS got rid of their white elephant over there.[/quote]

All of this. The Foxhall location is just bad bad bad. And no, I am not a Foxhall NIMBY. People simply won't be able to get there reasonable during Rush Hour.[/quote]

You do realize that the rush hour traffic runs in the opposite direction, right? And there are ample options to improve the accessibility of the area - such as restoring the Palisades Trolley Trail and putting in a bus only lane on Reservoir. The city has four years to sort these out, which is more than enough time.

Foxhall ES is not designed to be a school for the entire city. But it will reduce crowding at other elementary schools that are more accessible and increase options for children across the city to access better schools.[/quote]

What kid is going to ride their bike from Ward 7 or 8 with a full backpack and a musical instrument, each way all year?[/quote]

It’s a domino effect.  Shuffle all the kids leftward a bit.

In any event, which neighborhood elementary schools are accessible by people throughout the city?  It’s a pretty silly standard.[/quote]

Three in four kids in DC don't attend their neighborhood public school, and [b]almost all of them attend school to the west of where they live[/b]. But they don't go far in general. So there's definitely a domino effect. [/quote]
That seems very true for public schools but it might not apply to charters. I wonder whether data would confirm my sense that charter students of poorer families travel west and UMC charter students travel east, and they go to charter schools together, for a time.[/quote]

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