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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shrinking boundaries (i.e., cutting out the 50 kids a year at bancroft and shepherd that attend Deal) is not enough. It will not address over crowding at Eaton, Janney, Mann, Lafayette, and now Hearst. It will barely throw a stitch at Deal and Wilson. There obviously needs to be a new elementary, new middle and new high school WOTP at the very least. New elementary should primarily pull from Janney and Lafayette.[/quote]

Maybe all three steps are necessary ...  First, reduce OOB students who have [b]somehow lotteried into overcrowded schools[/b].  Second, if removing OOB students doesn't eliminate overcrowding, then shrink the boundaries.  Third, if the first two steps don't work, then build new capacity.  Makes sense to approach in that order because removing OOB students can be done within 1 year.  Shrinking boundaries ought, in fairness, to be done with at least 2-3 years notice.  Building new capacity is a very complex and expensive step that could take 7-15 years or more.[/quote]

Somehow lotteried?? -- they played by the rules governing school choice, and the principals at the schools they attend were the ones who decided how many spaces were open. The same way that there was grandfathering for people whose feeder pattern changed, DC should not uproot these families in one year. It's disruptive and not in students' best interest.

There are no quick fixes -- this will be resolved in a few years. In the meantime add trailers if necessary. DCPS class sizes are still far smaller than those in Mont Co. This is not a crisis. [/quote]

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