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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But why build another school in upper NW when there is already a very good (and getting better!) school that has additional capacity to serve some additional neighborhood kids.

You may be correct that going forward the population would justify another new elementary school in the neighborhood but why not first fully utilize the schools that are already here?

Just curious, why does PP believe it would "make people less upset" to move Murch kids to Lafayette than to Hearst?[/quote]

Their perceptions or more likely, misperceptions of Hearst.

The Murch hysteria started out as somewhat comical and is now bordering on sad since--as the cries drone on-- everyone but these Murch posters seems to understand that current Murch students who live within in the areas affected by the boundary changes will be grandfathered in, and that no student will be forced to move to "scary" Hearst and God forbid, have to walk an extra 6 blocks or drive five minutes.

As another poster pointed out, in the vast scheme of the city's boundary changes, Murch's issues are really minor and will only affect incoming families.   [/quote]

But there are families that live in bounds for Murch, that purchased homes 2 blocks from the school but who don't have anyone there yet to get grandfathered in.... [/quote]

Yes, and they will be zoned for a very good neighborhood school with beautiful new facilities and a highly invested principal.  Their children will go to the school and their families will become part of the community.  It will be a fabulous neighborhood school.

No school is perfect and schools change and evolve.

And no I am not part of the Hearst community, in see Hearts as a Brent or Stoddert or Hyde a few years ago and I know families in those schools as they were on the rise that loved their schools (and still do).  Everyone in a very good school (myself included) think theirs is the best but schools are evolving and sharing best practices and many of DC's elementary schools are on the rise.  Families with kids not yet at Hearst are perfectly positioned to become part of a wonderful school community.[/quote]

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