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[quote=Anonymous]I'm for LT closing because DCPS as a whole has too many schools, and CH as a subset also has too many schools.  The existing student population would go to other schools -allowing those schools to be more filled.  As for the 'coveted white population', they (along with the AA who live in the LT boundary) would now feed into a different school, namely Peabody/Watkins.  This would help the Cluster school to become more IB as Peabody/Watkins currently are majority OOB.  The IB LT families are happy because they now have a school that is more likely to be a 1st choice for them than LT was (yes, some will not be happy with Peabody/Watkins but they will be relatively few).  And as for why 'dissenters of Ludlow' are upset, it really has nothing to do with the school being predominantly black - it has more to do with socioeconomics, the principal, how slowly the school is changing to reflect/welcome those that actually live IB, and the fact that IB families are not fighting for the school - not enough of them are trying to make it the school of choice for IB families.  At some point, you got to call it quits (LT has had its shot, Payne and Miner have not yet had their shot so I wouldn't advocate closing either of those).  With LT not yet having modernization, talk of school closings next year, and Peabody slated for modernization next year (meaning it could be changed to accommodate the LT IB families), the time is now to act to close LT and have the boundary now be part of Peabody/Watkins.  There are certainly logistics that would need to be worked out, but it can be done, and it certainly needs to be done as DCPS has way too many schools.[/quote]

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