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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
So, the main implication I draw -- just be clear -- is that the final recommendations only address over-crowding problems at Wilson, Deal, Murch, Stoddert, and Amidon-Bowen (and one poster has made a fairly convincing argument that Stoddert should not be included). [b]Given the prominence of overcrowding as a justification for the boundary and feeder changes, it seems a little underwhelming. [/b]A cynical person -- not me because I haven't a single cynical cell in my body -- might be led to believe that overcrowding was hyped in much the same manner as WMDs in the Iraq invasion. Let's hope that's where the comparison ends.
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Except Wilson HS educates a very high percentage of DC high school students. Deal educates a smaller, but still substantial proportion of DC middle schoolers. And both are among the most sought after schools in their categories in DC (which is why being cut out of them is a big deal.   So if its only Wilson and Deal, that hardly is underwhelming - its important to the future of DCPS.   And of course DME has hardly attempted to hide the other reasons for the change.

Also note, ovecrowding at Wilson and Deal can be easily verified. It does not rely on a few informants of questionable veracity.   So a better parallel might be needed. I would say health care is one - it could be (and I believe was) claimed that ACA only benefited a small number of people who actually had issues getting insured due to pre-existing conditions. But those folks were real, were important, and there were also many other reasons to do it that the admin repeatedly pointed out. [/quote]

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