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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it odd that families that bought into Capitol Quarter, a large Hope VI development, are focusing so closely on limiting the % FARMS at Van Ness.  Capitol Quarter and the rest of the replacement far Capper-Carrollsburg was built with the intention of mixing low income housing with market rate housing.  The school should reflect the community's diversity.  Hopefully most parents see that as an advantage of Van Ness and not a drawback.[/quote]

Well, there is the fact that the neighborhood diversity is different from the [b]school-age children[/b] diversity.

Please check the DCPS basic statistics on FARM for elementary schools.  Every ES under 30% FARMs is a DCUM "success".  There are two or three between 30 and 60, Watkins at 40% and Cap City at 55%.

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This doesn't address the eagerness of Capitol Quarters to build a moat around Van Ness that the students at Amidon Bowen can't swim across.  More importantly it doesn't answer how that could be accomplished when DCPS is actively seeking to provide greater access to "high quality seats".  It's something of an academic exercise as the school hasn't even opened, but when it does, should it skew high SES, I would anticipate great interest from the peasants outside the castle. [/quote]

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