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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I have a hard time really understanding the story.

Walls was created on the GW campus under a specific philosophy.  It was never expected to have much in the way of athletic facilities and didn’t really offer much of anything with respect to athletics.

It has now transitioned to kind of a public “private” school where athletics are more prominent.  The issue is its location was never created for this.

Seems like Walls needs to move its campus elsewhere…perhaps to an under-enrolled comprehensive HS that comes with its own athletic fields and other traditional HS facilities.

This may mean it’s relationship with GW is altered or terminated… not sure…and not sure if most of the students/parents care more about that than sports.[/quote]

I don’t know. In the exam era, it felt like Walls’s whole identity was as “the school for smart kids.” And if you’re going to have a school for smart kids, I agree it should offer sports too. But since dropping the exam, it seems like Walls is refocusing on its original “alternative school” philosophy. (With plenty of smart kids, obviously.) Which is well-suited to the building and location they already have.

At this point if you want a school in DC where students aiming for selective colleges can play sports, there’s J-R and Banneker, plus MacArthur athletics will come online over the next few years. The honors/AP track at McKinley Tech is a workable option for student athletes as well. Given all that, it’s hard to see why the city would or should put the resources into moving Walls and equipping it with athletic facilities. [/quote]

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