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As a Wilson-feeder parent, here's my question: what is the DCPS plan to serve the increasing number of kids with learning disabilities that will come with the increased population of kids in general?

Or put another way, how can DCPS better serve its most underserved public school students including the hundreds of students with disabilities currently in the Wilson feeder pattern?

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In 2010, Vincent Gray ran successfully for mayor and one of his campaign promises was to halve the number of kids in private placements. When he took office the number was 2,204. At that time the city was spending over $120 million a year on private placements, when the entire DCPS budget was around $600 million.

By 2014 there were 1,062. In 2015-16 there were 665 and in 2016-17 there were 530. That's a 20% drop in one year and more than 75% in six years. This year it's 416. For better or for worse DCPS has made a dramatic change of direction in how it deals with those kids.

The reason Gray did this -- and Bowser has continued it -- was private placements just weren't cost-effective.

Which does raise the question, if the city can effect a change like that in six years, why is it committing the property for 50? 
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