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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is being considered is drawing the Van Ness school boundaries to include the southern zone of the Brent District, killing two birds with one stone in DCPS' eyes by furnishing enough IB kids to seed the school for SY 2015-2016 and heading off over-crowding at Brent. DCPS is under increasing pressure from the big Capitol Hill Riverfront developers, particularly EYA (builder of the Capitol Quarter townhouses) to provide them with a school so they'll build more townhouses.

I could see Wells rolling over and doing nothing, as usual, but why would he "want" or advocate for this result?  In other words, what would someone thinking about running for Mayor achieve by inviting a bare knuckles fight over redistricting?  Neither Mr. Livable/Walkable nor Kaya will be able to defend forcing parents to cross under the Freeway at Fourth or Sixth Streets, plus negotiating six lanes of Virginia Avenue.

Has anyone taken a census of families living in CQ and the "southern zone" of the Brent district, whatever that means in order to determine where potential boundaries could be drawn?  E Street is too close to Brent to defend, while South Carolina or F Street probably would yield far too few students if the real goal is to "feed" VanNess.  How does the Hine development fit into the picture?  What does ANC 6B and affected SMD reps have to say about all of this?  More importantly, what does Principal Young say about this, and what is his plan?  Will he be attending tomorrow's meeting?  I assume that the answer is "no," given International Night.[/quote]

There are obviously no answers as the research and discussion stage of the boundary review commences.  Nobody's had a chance to take a census and DCPS continues to provide almost no information about the boundary review.  Principal Young wants to take the discussion to the full school community as soon as the working group has a basic structure.

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