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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A mega-elementary school is a ridiculous idea.[/quote]

The other alternatives are build 1100+ new seats WOTP (at around $100K/seat) or send 1100+ kids EOTP for elementary school. Or maybe lose those kids to privates and Bethesda. [/quote]

If you send my kid on an hour commute to MS or HS, you will lose us to private or MD.  If we wanted long commutes, we would live in the subury.

More importantly, you would not find an educator in the country who would say that a mega elementary school would be good for the kids.

So, fine, build more schools.  Why not?  It’s beside the point that there is capacity on the other side of town if they haven’t managed development accordingly.[/quote]

It's not an hour commute from Mt. Pleasant to MacFarland or Shepherd Park to Wells. 
Also, if you go to private, we'll still have your taxes and not have to educate your kids. If you go to MD, we'll get the transfer tax when you sell your house and someone else (who will earn plenty of money and pay plenty of taxes) will replace you. DC, and DCPS, don't really care if you stay or not. [/quote]

From my home — and from much of upper NW to Mt. Pleasant is 15-20 minutes by car, probably 40 minutes minimum by public transportation.  What high school woth so much free space are you envisioning sending the Wilson kids to?  The space is mostly in East of the River, I believe.

Meanwhile, we don’t own my home, we rent, mainly to have flexibility for schools when faced with the uncertainty of DC schools.  We moved once to be near our preschool and once to get the ES right.  We can move again, and you will get no transfer tax.

Finally, There are lots of people like me.  And when we all move, who is going to buy our homes and rent our apartments when their kids will then go to a poorly-conceived elementary school and MS and HS far outside the neighborhood?  Real estate values — and property taxes — will plummet.[/quote]

Many, many students in DC travel far further than that already. They're not going to have a lot of sympathy. [/quote]

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