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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cackling with a little smug satisfaction here. My Adams Morgan neighborhood lost access to Deal about 10 years ago. I sat in on several community listening sessions filled mostly with Bancroft parents and soon-to-be Bancroft parents who were totally fine with sacrificing our kids, since they were so confident their kids were safe.

My own family no longer needs DCPS, but the school boundary change transformed Kalorama Triangle. We have a lot more doggy parents and fewer human parents. The housing stock is different in Mount Pleasant, so I don't know if the change will be as dramatic for you. But it couldn't happen to nicer folks. 
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Also, the Shepherd and Lafayette parents, a hard rain is going to fall. [/quote]

The mayor would never allow Shepherd to be moved out of Deal.

You seem like a lovely person (!) but terribly naive. [/quote]

This. 10 years ago Bowser protected her peeps in the Shepard boundary. Never mind that Kalorama Triangle and Woodley Park students used to zip up to Deal on metro far more conveniently than students who lived near Shepard ever could get themselves anywhere.

Bancroft parents at those Ward 1 listening sessions said a lot of things about how sacrifice was necessary for the good of the school, fully confident they were not the ones called upon to sacrifice. [/quote]

10 years ago, there was no middle school alternative. Also, SP kids get to Deal on a 10 min bus ride. You all can call it political favor all you want. Regardless of who is in power, it does not make sense to zone out the only IB elementary that feeds to Deal, nor does it make sense to send them to Wells that is already over capacity when Hardy is 2/3 at capacity. It just doesn’t. I have no dog in this debate but I’m sure Shepherd and Lafayette families would love a new smaller middle school. The city should just buy out Lowell. Kidding. But one can dream 😃. What they really should have done is dedicate space at Walter Reed for a new middle school. It could still feed to Jackson Reed since they will now be under capacity this year. [/quote]

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