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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If you're going to tell families that live in areas that have traditionally fed to those schools that, sorry, there's no room for you anymore, If you're going to tell families that live in areas that have traditionally fed to those schools that, sorry, there's no room for you anymore, [b]then they need options in relative proximity to where they live. [/b]That means one of several things: (1) shrink the Wilson boundaries closer to the school; (2) end OOB feeder rights from elementary school; or (3) build a new high school west of Rock Creek Park.  they need options in relative proximity to where they live. That means one of several things: (1) shrink the Wilson boundaries closer to the school; (2) end OOB feeder rights from elementary school; or (3) build a new high school west of Rock Creek Park. [/quote]

Giving students options closer to where they live is precisely what I've been suggesting over and over.

Most of the students who attend Wilson live EOTP. Keep in mind that EOTP does NOT necessarily mean OOB.  If those students are "given another option closer to where they live," then you're free to shrink Wilson boundaries.

What you keep calling for instead is to keep all those EOTP high schools half empty and create another high school WOTP.

Okay. [/quote]

Nobody is "keeping" the EOTP high schools empty. Every one of them accepts every student who applies, any kid in the whole city is welcome to attend them. Students have lots of options "closer to where they live." The problem is not many families want to attend them. More kids who are in-boundary for Cardozo attend Wilson than Cardozo for example.

What DCPS do is force people to go to schools they don't want to go to. It's not politically feasible, and it ends up not working. DCPS has got to create schools that people want to go to, which means studying what makes schools popular. If part of the answer is location, then schools need to be put in locations that are attractive to people.[/quote]

DCPS is done little to encourage families to attend the EOTP high schools and it's got to know what makes schools popular, without deep study.  It's lack of action is a very bad sign.[/quote]

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