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Yes, people who don't make their 5 year olds walk a mile to school uphill both ways are not to be tolerated...

I'm against controlled choice because I don't want to live in the same boundary with people like this poster.[/quote]

What does this mean?  Speak to me like I have an allergic reaction to double negatives.

So you would trust someone that makes their 5 year olds walk a mile to school?  And if one did want to live in the same boundry with that poster, then they would be for controlled choice?  Do I have that right?

Anyway, the poster's point was that Brent's boundry is not arbitrary.  If you do not agree, what evidence do you have that it is arbitrary?  It makes sense to me, although I suppose one could say that Penn Ave would make a better northern boundry than North Capitol since Penn is a wider and busier street, but North Cap has the whole unit block thing going for it.  Anyway, it isn't gerrymandered like Wilson's.  What strikes you as arbitrary about it?

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Boundaries reflect a balancing of factors based on decision making that took place several decades ago.  While Pennsylvania Avenue might be "better" from an objective viewpoint when viewed as a barrier to walkability, particularly in the face of DDOT's unwillingness or inability to time lights such that pedestrians can actually cross the median and traffic lanes, the boundaries have resulted inBrent being slightly above capacity for a number of years, with the "travesty" of IB students gradually supplanting OOB students.  Brent would need many more OOB students if the northern boundary ended at Pennsylvania, some of whom would still be IB for schools like Ludlow-Taylor, Tyler, Watkins, Miner, and Payne. Families to the north of Pennsylvania would then presumably feed to Ludlow-Taylor or Watkins, with a possible proximity preference for Brent.  Take away:  all the handwringing about changing boundaries at Brent would accmplish little more than reshuffling the deck for a few IB three and four-year olds.  None of this remedies the fact that nonrigid the Hill middle schools are desirable.[/quote]

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