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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have any thoughts on OP's original question, which is whether Janney's boundaries would be redrawn?  Would it be likely for Janney and/or Murch boundaries be shrunk and Hearst's expanded in light of Hearst's extremely low in-boundary admissions?[/quote]

Tough call.  If I were at Janney, I might be okay with the western end being re-zoned into Mann - it's not quite as packed to the gills.  In general, I think anyone would prefer Mann to Hearst (although it would be different parts of the boundary that would move).  However, getting moved to Mann would mean giving up Deal for Hardy, which would send me running to Latin/Basis/DCI/etc.[/quote]

Huh? Mann is the most over-crowded school in the city, 35% over capacity.[/quote]

You'd have to rezone from the north downwards.[u] [url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:IGfHKJf57UIJ:dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/SCHOOLS/Boundary%2520Maps%2520-%25202009/DCPS-Attendance-Zones-Elementary-Grades-September-2009.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESisRzWFuwvazcF---S9WB9MkJq6Jx2hLhN45lwBEtNMA9Jjx968ypbTQAVPIexNs3Zl77h2KK3aErrwlLA3kwUMDOXq9xx-WzugiXbHCG3FYym-NSm40k5NYB_fRs6naAWFi7Qh&sig=AHIEtbRm9rl9cshFHopuV8VMg-qZJcpAzQ] It all starts at the northeast corner, west of the park (Barnaby Woods, someone mentioned on another thread).[/url] [/u] That's a hard boundary, as is the MD state line and the river.  You can tweak Lafayette moving the boundary with Murch more north, and a little more east.  Then in turn you have to contract Murch northwards and probably east.  Then you'd have to re-draw Hearst and Janney to pick up what Murch loses.  If Janney were shifted slightly east, then Mann might have to shift slightly east.  To make up for that, it would need to yield territory in the west to Key.  Then Key would need to move north.

The bottom line is that the schools that are overflowing need to have their boundaries contracted.  The ones with higher OOB populations, need to have their boundaries expanded.  Hearst and Eaton are probably the most maleable.  And the Hearst/Eaton boundary should be the southern boundary for Deal.  Eaton needs to move to Hardy, it's closer to Hardy anyway.
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