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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]#2 of 17:19's comments especially resonates with me:

2. I think part of DME's plan is to build up McFarland & Roosevelt, which is something that makes sense to me. I think part of accomplishing that goal is to push more engaged families into those schools, via boundary changes. To give those schools the best chance of success, I think DCPS should increase the number of families going to those schools. Communities like Bancroft & Shepherd -- just like Crestwood -- would help build critical mass at McFarland & Roosevelt. Both of those neighborhoods are closer to Mcfarland/Roosevelt than to Deal/Wilson, so the idea of "neighborhood schools" would seem to benefit from routing the feeder patterns that way.

Could be that when that happens, schools and Bancroft and Shepard will be begging to get into the trendy, more convenient McFarland and Roosevelt and DCPS will graciously accede to their wishes, especially since Wilson will be bursting at the seams again.[/quote]
By critical mass we all know you mean higher SES families. How is Bancroft at 70% low income going to help with that?[/quote]

I did not write the "critical mass" comment so was not thinking about higher SES families when I suggested that Bancroft and Shepard would eventually want to Roosevelt.  If Roosevelt brings in a higher SES group, it will also want the lower SES bancroft crowd for diversity, no?[/quote]
I'm the one who wrote "critical mass."  Despite what you might claim, it's not code for high-SES.  It refers to students and families.  If those students and families are motivated, are expecting a school that functions as well as Deal or Wilson, and are willing to work to improve their school, so much the better.  I don't see SES as necessarily linked to those characteristics.[/quote]

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