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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even with the money, I don't think there was ever a chance the MacArthur school would actually be ready by next year.  Delaying the money might not delay actual opening much.

While these are tweets from Goulet, the decision was made by Mendelson.  I don't know if Goulet had anything to do with it.[/quote]

Goulet’s tweets say that the plan is not just delaying but shifting by putting Foxhall ES at the GDS site and looking for some new magical unicorn site for a HS.[/quote]

Those tweets are confusing.  There's clearly no actual "the plan" yet, so maybe that's what he thinks will result?[/quote]

It's also confusing that Goulet is literally the only person reporting on these delays. Wasn't there a DCPS meeting about the new schools last night (or tonight)?[/quote]

There is a meeting tonight. But Mendelson's legislative proposal does push the funds to FY24 and FY25 (on his website). It doesn't explicitly show up in the legislative text but perhaps that is an overview.[/quote]

I'm going to guess most people who attend this meeting will not be aware of the delay, so that'll go over well.

Also, I'm curious as to where he thinks they're gonna find a spot for an entirely new high school in Ward 3. [/quote]

I had heard friendship heights - like the old lord and Taylor building. Am I mistaken that is an option? [/quote]

So would you blow up the J-R feeder system? Because the logical thing would be to split the feeders for J-R, and have Deal feed one high school and Hardy another. J-R is geographically within the boundaries of Deal, so what makes sense is have Deal feed J-R, and Hardy feed the new high school. That means the new school needs to be within the Hardy boundaries. So it's not really a search for a high school somewhere in Ward 2 or 3, it's a more focused search for a site somewhere within the existing Hardy boundaries.

Now the logical spot would be along the major transportation hub of the area, Wisconsin Ave. If rec centers can be considered, an obvious choice would be Jelleff. Oops, that's been leased to Maret for ten years. Or Guy Mason. Oops, that's leased to Georgetown.

Maybe there are other city-owned sites inside the Hardy boundaries that I'm missing. But the likelihood of the city assembling a large parcel via purchase or even eminent domain is remote. [/quote]

How about Duke-Ellington, the former DCPS Western High School?[/quote]

Be my guest to propose that. Let me know how it goes. [/quote]

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