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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Changing the status of Ellington is under discussion simply because no one currently in-bounds for Wilson would consider narrowly re-drawing Wilson's boundaries closer to Wilson's neighborhood.  Wilson's overcrowding problems would be solved, for example, if its eastern boundary ended at Connecticut Avenue.  Then, everyone east of Connecticut avenue that had formerly been bound for Wilson, would go to Roosevelt.

The effect would be grand:  A lot of high-SES kids from Cleveland Park and Adams-Morgan areas would go to Roosevelt and immediately increase the overall academic achievement there.  Ellington would be left alone.  Voila.[/quote]

A huge geographic mass of DC is assigned to Wilson.    Why move students from Cleveland Park which is closer to Wilson than many residences closer to the Ellington site?

Co-locating Ellington as a magnet program at Roosevelt is an efficient idea. Turning the Ellington site into a regular high school makes sense.  Montco co-located the science/tech public exam magnet school program at Montgomery Blair.
Enrollment current/2002-03: 
Coolidge 433/843, 99% FRL, in boundary 46%
Roosevelt 438/821, 99% FRL, in boundary 65%
Wilson 1696/1476 (overcapacity 10+years ago), 30% FRL, in boundary 54%
Ellington 541/485, 40% FRL- metro NA
Banneker 430/NA, 61% FRL - walkable from metro for teens, Howard U
School without Walls 585/NA, 20% FRL - metro, GW

Boundary maps :  http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Learn-About-Schools/Attn_Zones_High_2013_2014.pdf
2002-03 source:  http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_143.pdf[/quote]

Yes, excellent logic, what you are saying makes sense by geography.  But many things that make sense using reason do not make sense when using emotion; so they are not politically possible.  Moving Ellington from Georgetown falls into the latter category, as far as I can tell.[/quote]

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