Georgetown U. students feel cheated by redistricting plan

Published August 28, 2011 4:00am ET



Georgetown University student groups say a new redistricting plan for their neighborhood cheats them out of full representation in the District, and are calling for an alternative plan to be sent to the city. It’s the latest chapter in the ongoing turf battle between the city’s universities and the neighborhoods that surround them.

A new redistricting plan for Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, which encompasses Georgetown University and the M Street commercial center, calls for two of eight districts within the ANC to be on Georgetown’s campus. It’s an upgrade from the present arrangement of one student seat out of seven, but some say the divisions are still unfair, noting that most of the residential districts have a much smaller population than the roughly 2,500 students per campus district.

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