New boundaries
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Anonymous
| I’ve looked through some posts, but it seems unclear about this boundary process. Right now, our home would be rezoned to Eaton - Hardy - MacArthur from Oyster Adams to Jackson Reed. Does anyone know if this will change feeder rights to Jackson Reed after 8th grade for a student in kinder now? How can the district take this on with no transparency whatsoever? I found out about a meeting last week and a recommendation for upending families lives is being made without any input?! |
Anonymous
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Your child is in K, how much in advance do you think they should make these decisions and notify you?
We bought our house when our child was in 1st grade in boundaries for Hardy and Jackson-Reed. Macarthur was not a thing then, not even an idea. Learnt that our kid will not go to Jackson-Reed when kid was in 5th grade. We still have tons of time to decided whether to stay or move etc. |
Anonymous
You’re getting an upgrade. Relax. |
Anonymous
| In the past, they have grandfathered kids in if they already started in the school they will be zoned out of. Also, they have been doing boundary study meetings for at least 8 months now. Nothing has been decided yet and the mayor still has to approve any recommendations made after the boundary study. |
Anonymous
How so? |
Anonymous
| This is still a proposal so you can continue to advocate. And there is a process that has been underway for over a year with lots of opportunities for engagement input. I agree these rezoning projects are excrutiating. But it isn’t true that there isn’t opportunity for input. They have run all sorts of outreach programs. You can also engage through your school community, ANC, and the mayors office team running the project, the deputy mayor, your counsel person. |
Anonymous
John Eaton is a fantastic school, Hardy is a really great middle school with excellent new leadership and MacArthur is predicted to be way, way better than JR, especially by the time it has any relevance to your family. |
Anonymous
Eaton is absolutely a fantastic school but there are many of us Eaton families who oppose this proposal. OP is correct that the decision is being made without input from the school communities or really much thought as to the ripple effects. All they are doing is shifting students from one overcrowded school to a school that will immediately become overcrowded. |
Anonymous
| If you get into a school OOB are you insulated from the effects of boundary changes (assuming feeder patterns stay the same)? |
Anonymous
| The last time there was rezoning the final phase took over six years to go into effect. That being said in 6 years your child will just be ending elementary. There are no guarantees in K that you can be sure of HS placement. |
Anonymous
That’s ridiculous. Families should have certainty when becoming a part of a system that the rules aren’t going to change. Eaton and Hardy are great, but they’re really far and I would have made different choices if I was planning to send my kids there. |
Anonymous
No, families should understand that in the US, governments shift the boundaries of public neighborhood schools on a regular basis. Buying a house on a certain street is never a guarantee of a certain school eight or ten years down the line. In many other jurisdictions, kids change schools the next year - no grandfathering. |
Anonymous
If they do not change the current policy (which I have not heard any proposal to do so), yes. |
Anonymous
There have been many, many meetings and many opportunities for input. And they are considering the effects -- just on lots of communities, not just yours. |
Anonymous
The cold truth is that none of the changes are intended to improve Ward 3 schools. The strategy here is to rearrange the deck chairs at the elementary school level to ensure as many OOB seats for Deal and JR. That’s the goal here. That’s the endgame. And strangely you voted for a councilman who is OK with this plan. |