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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I should clarify so ask to not leave the impression that DCPS is saying something that it is not.  DCPS is NOT putting constrains on the discussion.  It fact the opposite.  They are saying that everything is on the table, including OOB feeder rights and removing schools from the feeder pattern.  I try to clarify in the other thread why I asked for ideas that don't touch on OOB feeder rights, removing schools, or redrawing boundaries.  (In short, everyone comes up with those ideas, I am looking for some new -- and possibly politically viable -- ideas.)

I think you are hitting on some of the downsides, so let me air the others.  First, yes, unlike what the original poster suggested, it would likely reduce the new OOB in the Deal-Hardy complex (not changing the rights of OOB students at elementary feeders, but rather children who lottery in at middle).  That is a plus or a minus depending where you sit.  It would reduce diversity in WOTP middle schools and high school.  It could (not would, could) reduce the number of students attending middle school, and hence high school, and use some spare capacity at Hardy.  [u]But it could also entice more elementary school students from Hardy feeders to go to middle school and raise the overall number of students.  Those numbers would have to go up by more than the increase in capacity use and the reduction in the intake of new OOB students, or it would make the overcapacity problem even worse (potentially at the elementary schools as well as more children stayed through 5th).[/u]  The other issue is Filmore.  Another space would have to be found for Filmore since the schools using Filmore don't have any space to take arts back (and like the program).  One idea would be to make use of Duke Ellington once it is finished since, as I understand it, Ellington students would not be using the arts space all day.  But again, I never claimed the idea was a magic bullet.

Thanks,

Brian (I generally will sign all of my posts, btw)[/quote]

Brian, thanks for these comments.  Can you please explain the underlined part?  I get how you're saying a more robust Hardy might entice IB students from the Hardy feeders to choose to continue to Hardy rather than seek other options.  But why would those IB elementary students choosing Hardy make the overcrowding worse?  Wouldn't they simply fill seats at Hardy until Hardy is full?  If the number of IB students seeking enrollment at Hardy (or Hardy + Deal) exceeds the schools' capacity, then the excess gets put on the waitlist.  It's not as if Hardy has to accommodate the IB + a predefined cohort of OOB students, does it?

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