DME Kicks Off DCPS Boundary Review; Changes Expected for 2015-16 School Year

[Anonymous]

say what you want about the lafayette area -- so much closer to Deal than much of the Janney and O/A crowd.

[Anonymous]

Here we go....and why is O/A even in the MS discussion? THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MIDDLE SCHOOL!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here we go....and why is O/A even in the MS discussion? THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MIDDLE SCHOOL!!

But they can use DEAL as an English only track......

[Anonymous]

Kids who live in Woodley Park are in-boundary for O/A but an choose to goto Deal for middle school so that is how they are in the picture. It is only about 10 kids, although one year it was a lot more, however, ten seats that won't go to somebody else.

[Anonymous]

Notice there was no public process for selection of the panelists who will decide our kids' futures. Just friends of the lame duck Mayor with some supposed involvement in education issues. Very much not a blue ribbon panel, and very much not a panel of citizens picked with public input or specific criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notice there was no public process for selection of the panelists who will decide our kids' futures. Just friends of the lame duck Mayor with some supposed involvement in education issues. Very much not a blue ribbon panel, and very much not a panel of citizens picked with public input or specific criteria.

++ Agree. I recognize one name from the community members (Frumin). Who ARE these people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go....and why is O/A even in the MS discussion? THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MIDDLE SCHOOL!!

But they can use DEAL as an English only track......

So does that mean the rest of us can have a bilingual track too if we want it?

[jsteele]

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Anonymous wrote:Let the fun begin! Who chimes in first, Lafayette or Brent?

Or, "we need to stay IB for Deal" from the Bancroft and Sheperd addresses

That's why I won't buy in the Shepherd Park, or Crestwood neighborhoods right now. Too unpredictable.

I would agree that Crestwood is on the chopping block.

are there any DCPS families there?

There are DCPS families in Crestwood. We are one of them. Obviously, I have no idea what will happen and you may be right that Crestwood is on the chopping block. But, from a political vantage point, that makes no sense. Cutting Crestwood out of Deal and Wilson saves very few seats. On the other hand, it will piss off 1,000 some fairly wealthy and politically active families that will worry about their property values. So, politically, the cost benefit analysis doesn't make sense. Which of course, probably means nothing.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let the fun begin! Who chimes in first, Lafayette or Brent?

Or, "we need to stay IB for Deal" from the Bancroft and Sheperd addresses

That's why I won't buy in the Shepherd Park, or Crestwood neighborhoods right now. Too unpredictable.

I would agree that Crestwood is on the chopping block.

are there any DCPS families there?

There are DCPS families in Crestwood. We are one of them. Obviously, I have no idea what will happen and you may be right that Crestwood is on the chopping block. But, from a political vantage point, that makes no sense. Cutting Crestwood out of Deal and Wilson saves very few seats. On the other hand, it will piss off 1,000 some fairly wealthy and politically active families that will worry about their property values. So, politically, the cost benefit analysis doesn't make sense. Which of course, probably means nothing.

Lameduck Mayor is going to take all the hits on this one -- if there were any doubt as to whether Gray was running, this should seal the deal. I predict next mayor will undraw a few of the new boundaries for his/her pets.

WaPo coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-kicks-off-school-boundary-overhaul/2013/10/28/5ec66b94-4006-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_story.html?wprss=rss_Copy%20of%20local-alexandria-social&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Anonymous]

The critical issue is getting enough students with parents earning six figures, motivated or not.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:++ Agree. I recognize one name from the community members (Frumin). Who ARE these people?

I feel pretty good about Frumin's presence on the committee. You can read some of his thoughts about redistricting in my interview with him last February:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/weblog/2013/02/13/meet-matt-frumin

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Lameduck Mayor is going to take all the hits on this one -- if there were any doubt as to whether Gray was running, this should seal the deal. I predict next mayor will undraw a few of the new boundaries for his/her pets.

WaPo coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-kicks-off-school-boundary-overhaul/2013/10/28/5ec66b94-4006-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_story.html?wprss=rss_Copy%20of%20local-alexandria-social&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

According to this article:

"Smith’s office will not release recommended revisions until a month after city Democrats nominate a mayoral candidate next spring. That limits the potential political fallout for Gray (D), who hasn’t yet said whether he plans to run for reelection."

So, I don't think this suggests anything about whether or not Gray will run. It actually gives him the opportunity to assure everyone that he can take care of them just as long as he gets re-elected and then screw them Fenty-style once he has the nomination (Fenty ran in opposition to a mayoral takeover of schools, then supported a mayoral takeover after winning the primary).

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-kicks-off-school-boundary-overhaul/2013/10/28/5ec66b94-4006-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_story.html

Another note on this article: Does Emma Brown know any DCPS parents other than Chris Sondreal? Why would she discuss school boundaries with a parent of an application-only school student? She may has well have talked to a charter school parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:say what you want about the lafayette area -- so much closer to Deal than much of the Janney and O/A crowd.

Seriously, Lafayette area is closer to Deal than the Janney area? How do you scale that map?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-kicks-off-school-boundary-overhaul/2013/10/28/5ec66b94-4006-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_story.html

Another note on this article: Does Emma Brown know any DCPS parents other than Chris Sondreal? Why would she discuss school boundaries with a parent of an application-only school student? She may has well have talked to a charter school parent.

I am confused--isn't he a Francis-Stevens PK parent? That is not application only.