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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh, that quoted Cheh email was posted upthread in July 2020. It would have been great to know it would be a middle school, but aren't we now discussing whether 1. Hardy MS will move there or 2. A high school, or 3. 9th grade only, sharing principal with Wilson?
It just so happens those numbers are how I rank the options. [/quote]

That's also the ranking of what would make the most sense, but probably the opposite of probability of happening because . . . DCPS.[/quote]

The options are (1) a new middle school which would feed to Wilson HS; (2) a new high school (either at the MacArthur property OR at Hardy, with Hardy MS moving to MacArthur); or (3) a 9th grade academy (at either location).[/quote]

Personally, I rank them (1) new high school; (2) 9th grade academy; (3) new middle school.  Wilson is already nearly 2,000 students and projected to get much bigger.  A new middle school will blow it up.  Frankly, if a new middle school is opened up, it is not going to feed to Wilson anyway.  Wilson will be so large that Hardy and the new middle school will have to feed to Cardozo or some other high school.[/quote]

That's something a lot of people don't get. Wilson is projected to be 2800 students by 2028 if nothing is done. A feeder is going to have to be dropped, and it isn't going to be Deal. The choice for Hardy is whether it feeds a new HS on Wisconsin or MacArthur, or an existing school further east. [/quote]

I agree that a new HS is the right answer. But the 9th grade academy idea is horrible. Even the presentation deck makes clear that it solves very few problems and creates a bunch of new ones. I am worried, though, that it seems like the easiest to execute for fall 2022 and the least politically fraught and thus will be what DCPS selects. [/quote]

The Wilson catchment area is huge, having everyone in it travel to Wisconsin or MacArthur is a big lift. People plan their lives around transportation and having two campuses with completely different transportation profiles is going to be hard for everyone. [/quote]

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