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[quote=Anonymous]Another +1

We are inbound. Adams is walkable. In order to attend Oyster, we sold our home and moved cross town. Others can do the same for the schools that they want. OUr system is not yet set up to be 100% lottery, so if we have neighborhood schools, you should be able to attend.

For high school, my DC will consider Walls, Wilson, private ... likely in that order.  Personally I'd like to see them continue in Spanish, maybe at DCI, but at that age, will let them suport in the decision making.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So Oyster students would lose their feed into a bilingual middle school?  That’s a profoundly dumb idea. [/quote]

MacFarland is a bilingual middle school, duh. [/quote]

Adams is Oyster’s bilingual middle school.  No one at Oyster wants or needs MacFarland as an option.[/quote]

DCPS does not really care that much about what one group of people say they need or want. They need to do what is best for the system. See for example how Banneker High just got the space for an expansion.

Oyster Adams feeding to McFarland is an excellent idea. [/quote]

It's a terrible idea, and it's not going to happen.  I know that you (and many other parents) want your children to have the Oyster experience, but this is not how DCPS will improve "the system."

We love Oyster for many reasons, including the fact that it's walking distance to our home.  However, my children will not be forced to attend the MacFarland experiment.  We have options, and we'll exercise those options if DCPS tries such nonsense.  MacFarland would end up with the Oyster students who don't have options, and most likely, are not the highest performing students.  Good luck with that "improvement"!    [/quote]

The Middle School is not so close to you house proably, and neither is Wilson, but still I get your point, that people who can will vote with their feet. And maybe they do already so who cares?  How many students from the Middle School then go to Wilson? [/quote]

I'm an IB Oyster parent.  Actually, Adams is 1 mile from my home, Wilson is 2.5 miles, and MacFarland is 3.3. miles.  Yet another reason why MacFarland makes no sense for IB Oyster families.  We don't want MacFarland and we don't need it.[/quote]

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No idea where this absurd idea came from, but it's clear where it belongs.[/quote][/quote]

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