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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The solution isn't just to cut out the east of the park neighborhoods (it's not fair to them - they bought their houses in reliance on the Deal/Wilson right, just like you). And besides, they are a very small portion of the deal/Wilson enrollment.
The only way to create a second (or third) "good" DCPS neighborhood hs option is to split the current wealthy white deal/Wilson population more equally with another feeder pattern.  For example, rezone half of Wilson (upper ward 4), including Lafayette, into Coolidge.  That will become a high performing high school from day 1.  The rich white kids from WOTP won't suffer, and the less advantaged eotp families will finally have a decent chance.
Then, leave the NW neighborhoods south of there, that also traditionally fed into Wilson, at Wilson, and make Roosevelt a magnet/specialty foreign language school that is attractive to the whole city, including students from Adams, Bancroft and Oyster.
Building nice buildings is not enough, and arbitrarily removing families' right to attend Wilson and Deal is unfair unless you give them an equally good option. For this you need socioeconomic and racial diversity to increase the good options for more families.[/quote]

There is not enough space at Coolidge for Lafayette. [/quote]

Lafayette has what, 700 kids in prek-8? So maybe 70 in the 8th grade class?
Coolidge is way underenrolled today, and is doubling its official capacity as part of the modernization being completed this year.  They will have room for at least 125+ per grade.   Now that would show the city finally means business about improving options for everyone.  Of course, it will never happen, because the families in Chevy Chase DC will never agree to be rezoned, nevermind that they think others should be rezoned out of Wilson.

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