SHAPPE letter with Added Signatures on MacArthur Rd High School

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We appreciate your focus in this year’s capital budget on the DCPS neighborhood schools. Both those identified through the PACE Act as well as those with additional pressures on crowding.

The Capital budget has funding for a new high school in Ward 3 at the MacArthur site of the former Georgetown Day School. This school is planned to relieve the crowding at Jackson Reed HS which is acute. Students from Hardy MS will feed into the new school.

The PACE Act document identifies the projected capacity of the MacArthur HS as 1000, and the capital budget identifies 45m. Our request is for the capacity of this high school to be held at 750 and the budget adjusted to fit that number.

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Open Letter: Working together for great DCPS public schools in all corners of the city

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The Coalition for DC Public Schools and Communities (C4DC) welcomes the additional funds of $7.4 million committed to the DC public schools. We believe the District of Columbia should be committed to ensuring that our communities are provided a high quality DCPS matter of right path in every neighborhood from pre-school through 12th grade.

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