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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking or re-drawing boundaries. I often wonder why they don't zone University Park ES for.... University Park. It is a crowded school and it would make sense for the boundaries to be the town of UP. Property values and tax revenue would dramatically increase and the school system would have a big influx of high performing students in the pipeline. Plus, it would really foster neighborhood community. Most neighborhood families would forego private school in this situation. [/quote]

Yep, that's definitely what needs to be done, rezone a school that really isn't that overcrowded anyway or at least not compared to schools that are 40% overcapacity so that it's less diverse and wealthy. Are you planning to kick out Calvert Hills, University Hills, part of Hyattsville, and College Heights Estates? That will go over well. [/quote]

It would remain racially diverse. It would however lose its income diversity. [/quote]

What PPs said, but also because almost all the inside-the-Beltway schools in the north part of the county are quite overcrowded. Tightening boundaries for UPES just makes overcrowding even worse at all the surrounding schools, many of which are currently more overcrowded than UPES.

The problem is so bad that even with the new school in West Hyattsville -- Edward M. Felegy Elementary (the BOE officially approved the name last night) -- opening in the fall and a projected enrollment of about 700 students, all the area schools will still be over state-rated capacity.[/quote]

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