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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
One reason might be the further you travel from Deal the less white the population.  If Deal’s catchment area needs to be shrunk, it seems logical that it becomes less white.  It doesn’t have to be intentional exclusion of anyone, just the way it works out. [/quote]

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[quote=Anonymous]Restricting a school to an immediate neighborhood boundary to stabilize its enrollment numbers can have the effect of limiting the diversity at a school without rascist intentions.  [/quote]

There are parts of Ward 4 and Ward 1 within the current Deal boundaries that are closer to the school itself than parts of Ward 3 that are within the current boundaries. Palisades -- one area that potentially would like to be added to the Deal boundaries is further from the school than almost any part of the current in-boundary neighborhoods. So, if you were redrawing the school zone on the basis of geographic closeness, most of the current East-of-the-Park areas would remain.

When modifying school boundaries, there are lots of variables that can effect decisions. If the only variables that matter to you are ones that end up eliminating minority enrollment, then I would suggest that your choice of variables is racist.

Here is a map of the middle school districts in case you are not familiar with them:

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/SCHOOLS/Boundary%20Maps%20-%202009/DCPS-Attendance-Zones-Middle-Schools-September-2009.pdf
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[b]The problem with your line of thinking is that Deal is close to the western border of DC.  Areas in Wards Four & One are not hemmed in.

Certainly there should be some catchment area balancing between Hardy and Deal, but unless one advocates for a third middle school west of the park, the catchment area for Deal must move westward, and that means fewer Wards Four & One students, and thus, a whiter school.[/b]

Also, I am missing any the advocating for an ethnically homogenous cohort at Deal?  How’d that issue get factored in here?

BTW, I’m a Ward Six parent whose kid is screwed for DCPS middle school and I don’t have a dog in this fight.[/quote]

No, this problem is easily solved by drawing Hardy's boundaries north x northwest to capture that far northwest corner.  This frees up Deal to pick up more students from Wards 1 and 4.  West of the park has all the MS it needs - at least until the formula is successfully replicated elsewhere.

And no, I don't have a dog in the fight.  My child is going private for MS.[/quote]

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