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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best opportunity seemed to be to relocate the Duke Ellington school (to Roosevelt even?) and have a closer location for the students who would be coming from Hardy - but given that renovation is now about to start & is has an emphasis on the arts focus of the mission, that seems like a painfully bad lost opportunity.  
It's also a shame that the redistricting of having more Eaton & Oyster  etc  also come to Hardy could mean nearly all of Hardy could be IB in just a couple years - which would quickly get closer to a "Deal for All" - it's about half the size of Deal -- smaller middle schools can be highly preferable.
Key School families would have to go more than 5 miles to get to either Roosevelt or Cardozo during rush hour traffic vs. around 2 to get to Wilson -- so that sounds untenable (right now extremely few Key School kids go to Hardy as it is - having been shut out of the Deal boundary for years)   
P.S. As a DC-native, changing the name of a school like Roosevelt would cause riots - it has too deep history and roots in the city.  [/quote]

I have first-hand knowledge that it is now too late to relocate Ellington to a different location (which could have saved its students thousands of commute hours/year. That's another DCPS missed trains).  So for the purpose of this thread I suggest that we keep it off the list. [/quote]

That is a shame,  I heard on WAMU today that the huge SW waterfront development where construction is about to start will include a new 6000 seat performance theater.  Together with the Arena Stage complex down Maine Ave,, that vibrant area will soon be a second major arts venue.  The present Jefferson middle school site could be rebuilt as a new Ellington, steps from the Metro (including the central L'Enfant transfer hub) and synergistically part of this new arts area.  Best of all, it would have been more accessible to more of its students than the Georgetown site.  The "C" in DCPS sure doesn't stand for "creative" thinking![/quote]

That's a really great idea!![/quote]

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