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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a terrible idea to feed a whole swath of kids into a niche high school with limited offerings,  Yes, a small school with few sports could be good for some kids, but it's not the equivalent of JR, which btw, has lots of challenges right now with teachers not showing up for months at a time, etc.  They should let people apply to the new high school but not force people to enroll in a school with limited offerings.[/quote]

An 800-person high school is not "niche."  Education experts actually recommend that size as better for students than the 2000-student behemoths.  The issue is providing adequate budget, not that the size is inadequate.[/quote]

Ok but let’s be real here for middle school families who are impacted by this.   It’s 200 initially so very small, too small and will definitely not have all the offerings of courses, electives, sports of JR.  This is obvious without needing anyone to blatantly say so.

As to resources and budget, I would be skeptical about DCPS providing enough for a ward 3 school.  They don’t provide enough at any ward 3 schools and why PTA funds are used to fill in some holes.  In fact, they are taking away resources as can be seen with Hardy.

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