Mayor Bowser adopts a child (baby?)

[Anonymous]

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My guess is it wasn't through foster care, simply because it's very unusual to adopt infants through foster care because of the timeline and court process for terminating parental rights. Not that it never happens, just that infants are more likely adopted through voluntary placements.

About 135,000 children are adopted in the United States each year. Of non-stepparent adoptions, about 59% are from the child welfare (or foster) system, 26% are from other countries, and 15% are voluntarily relinquished American babies.

https://adoptionnetwork.com/adoption-statistics

Of the adoptions that are from foster care, though, very very few if any are infants. This is because parents have the right to work a case plan, and it takes time to terminate parental rights. Even if both birth parents are willing to surrender parental rights, just getting court dates and having all the paperwork in order would take several months. Adoption from foster care is a difficult and vital thing; but it's unlikely to be what the mayor did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My first cynical thought was OF COURSE she got a newborn six months after "starting the adoption journey."

A process that takes years for everyone else takes months when you know the right people, I guess.

Domestic adoption generally only takes years for people who are waiting for a healthy white newborn.

And, as she even said in her announcement, she expected it to take longer, but adoption timelines can be totally unpredictable sometimes

She adopted a black baby, perhaps one from foster care?

Highly unlikely to be from foster care. The child is a newborn. It takes time to adopt from foster care; parents have the right to work a case plan, birth relatives get priority, and parental rights need to be terminated in court. And if she hadn't officially adopted the baby I don't think she would have presented it as such. I am guessing it's a private adoption.

It depends if you have already terminated your parental rights and then have another child then CPS may possibly take away the baby when he or she is born.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mayor is a good person. She is educated and has resources, so this is a lucky baby. But, to a city that is struggling with out of wedlock babies and single mothers, this is a terrible message to send. For most women in this city being a single mother is a garuanteed ticket to generational poverty. It strains the very schools that the mayor is trying to fix. And now the leader of this city has normalized this behavior. Not everyone is cheering.

What? Crazy and inappropriate comment.

I'm reminded of Dan Quayle's comments about Murphy Brown.

...a fictional character!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mayor is a good person. She is educated and has resources, so this is a lucky baby. But, to a city that is struggling with out of wedlock babies and single mothers, this is a terrible message to send. For most women in this city being a single mother is a garuanteed ticket to generational poverty. It strains the very schools that the mayor is trying to fix. And now the leader of this city has normalized this behavior. Not everyone is cheering.

What? Crazy and inappropriate comment.

NP. No, not crazy and inappropriate, just a different point of view than yours!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My first cynical thought was OF COURSE she got a newborn six months after "starting the adoption journey."

A process that takes years for everyone else takes months when you know the right people, I guess.

Domestic adoption generally only takes years for people who are waiting for a healthy white newborn.

And, as she even said in her announcement, she expected it to take longer, but adoption timelines can be totally unpredictable sometimes

She adopted a black baby, perhaps one from foster care?

Highly unlikely to be from foster care. The child is a newborn. It takes time to adopt from foster care; parents have the right to work a case plan, birth relatives get priority, and parental rights need to be terminated in court. And if she hadn't officially adopted the baby I don't think she would have presented it as such. I am guessing it's a private adoption.

It depends if you have already terminated your parental rights and then have another child then CPS may possibly take away the baby when he or she is born.

The child may be removed at birth, yes. But removal is not the same as TPR, and TPR is not the same as adoption. Even if a child is removed at birth, it takes months or years to search for birth relatives or the sibling's adoptive parents (each of which gets priority in adoption), terminate rights, and formally adopt the child. The mayor announced she had adopted a child. I cannot imagine that she would have announced that unless the adoption had already happened and there was 0 chance of the child going elsewhere. And there is no way the foster care system finished the adoption process while the child was still a newborn. In general with adoption from foster care, even when TPR has already occurred, the child has to be placed in the adoptive home for six months before the adoption is finalized.

[Anonymous]

Karl Racine seems to have stepped up his criticism of the Mayor on crime in DC over the past week*. Vincent Gray is probably not the only one banging his head against the wall for not opposing the Mayor this time around.

*or else I'm just paying more attention - either is possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to her.

And I would imagine this cements the fact that Shepherd won't be losing its Deal feed anytime soon (jk - needed to make it relevant to this board).

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/new-mom-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-adopts-baby

You aren't wrong. this makes me feel more sure about shepard park too!

She’ll be a great mom. But this kills any chance of meaningful changes to fix Deal/Wilson overcrowding while she is still Mayor. Sigh.

I know you want to block the 40 (mostly brown) kids that come from Shepherd elementary each year, but cutting Shepherd will not result in a meaningful change.

Do you believe that they will remain only 40 a year, and, for that matter, mostly "brown", as the current and future PK classes advance towards Deal/Wilson, considering SP's changing demographics and increasing popularity of the school?

Do you know the neighborhood? The school? Look at the PK and K classes now. White kids are a significant minority. The neighborhood is so small, with so many multi-generational families that you're not going to see demographics change dramatically - there simply isn't enough turnover for that to happen. Slow transition to increased white population (like the rest of the District) - sure...but that impact won't be hitting Deal/Wilson in this decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to her.

And I would imagine this cements the fact that Shepherd won't be losing its Deal feed anytime soon (jk - needed to make it relevant to this board).

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/new-mom-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-adopts-baby

You aren't wrong. this makes me feel more sure about shepard park too!

She’ll be a great mom. But this kills any chance of meaningful changes to fix Deal/Wilson overcrowding while she is still Mayor. Sigh.

I know you want to block the 40 (mostly brown) kids that come from Shepherd elementary each year, but cutting Shepherd will not result in a meaningful change.

Do you believe that they will remain only 40 a year, and, for that matter, mostly "brown", as the current and future PK classes advance towards Deal/Wilson, considering SP's changing demographics and increasing popularity of the school?

Do you know the neighborhood? The school? Look at the PK and K classes now. White kids are a significant minority. The neighborhood is so small, with so many multi-generational families that you're not going to see demographics change dramatically - there simply isn't enough turnover for that to happen. Slow transition to increased white population (like the rest of the District) - sure...but that impact won't be hitting Deal/Wilson in this decade.

My guess is that the PP does not know the school. They just heard that PK3 is 100% IB and assumed (wrongly) that the majority of IB families with 3-year olds in SP are white. That couldn't be further than the truth. The low-income stats are going down (not celebrating, just stating), sure, but the racial demographics are not going to change as drastically. Especially when a lot of the new families that I know that moved into SP recently are going to the newly renovated JPDS, Lowell, or DCI feeder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to her.

And I would imagine this cements the fact that Shepherd won't be losing its Deal feed anytime soon (jk - needed to make it relevant to this board).

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/new-mom-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-adopts-baby

You aren't wrong. this makes me feel more sure about shepard park too!

She’ll be a great mom. But this kills any chance of meaningful changes to fix Deal/Wilson overcrowding while she is still Mayor. Sigh.

I know you want to block the 40 (mostly brown) kids that come from Shepherd elementary each year, but cutting Shepherd will not result in a meaningful change.

Do you believe that they will remain only 40 a year, and, for that matter, mostly "brown", as the current and future PK classes advance towards Deal/Wilson, considering SP's changing demographics and increasing popularity of the school?

Do you know the neighborhood? The school? Look at the PK and K classes now. White kids are a significant minority. The neighborhood is so small, with so many multi-generational families that you're not going to see demographics change dramatically - there simply isn't enough turnover for that to happen. Slow transition to increased white population (like the rest of the District) - sure...but that impact won't be hitting Deal/Wilson in this decade.

My guess is that the PP does not know the school. They just heard that PK3 is 100% IB and assumed (wrongly) that the majority of IB families with 3-year olds in SP are white. That couldn't be further than the truth. The low-income stats are going down (not celebrating, just stating), sure, but the racial demographics are not going to change as drastically. Especially when a lot of the new families that I know that moved into SP recently are going to the newly renovated JPDS, Lowell, or DCI feeder.

Also, the percentage of white kids goes down for K, when some families move their kids to JPDS/Milton. So I'd guess Shepherd will stay majority minority for at least the next decade.

[Anonymous]

You know what? I've never been a fan of this Mayor.

How dare you intrude on her private life this way? Why do you think this is suitable fodder for conversation? Did the world weigh in on your baby(ies)?

I don't care for her and I probably never will. I don't want to listen to you hens cackling over her life. There's a family and a child who have no part of your malice or glee. Be a grown up and let this subject go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mayor is a good person. She is educated and has resources, so this is a lucky baby. But, to a city that is struggling with out of wedlock babies and single mothers, this is a terrible message to send. For most women in this city being a single mother is a garuanteed ticket to generational poverty. It strains the very schools that the mayor is trying to fix. And now the leader of this city has normalized this behavior. Not everyone is cheering.

What? Crazy and inappropriate comment.

I'm reminded of Dan Quayle's comments about Murphy Brown.

...a fictional character!

and he was right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mayor is a good person. She is educated and has resources, so this is a lucky baby. But, to a city that is struggling with out of wedlock babies and single mothers, this is a terrible message to send. For most women in this city being a single mother is a garuanteed ticket to generational poverty. It strains the very schools that the mayor is trying to fix. And now the leader of this city has normalized this behavior. Not everyone is cheering.

What? Crazy and inappropriate comment.

I'm reminded of Dan Quayle's comments about Murphy Brown.

...a fictional character!

and he was right.

Well, we will see how Avery turned out when the Murphy Brown revival airs in the fall!

(FICTION, people!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to her.

And I would imagine this cements the fact that Shepherd won't be losing its Deal feed anytime soon (jk - needed to make it relevant to this board).

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/new-mom-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-adopts-baby

You aren't wrong. this makes me feel more sure about shepard park too!

She’ll be a great mom. But this kills any chance of meaningful changes to fix Deal/Wilson overcrowding while she is still Mayor. Sigh.

I know you want to block the 40 (mostly brown) kids that come from Shepherd elementary each year, but cutting Shepherd will not result in a meaningful change.

Do you believe that they will remain only 40 a year, and, for that matter, mostly "brown", as the current and future PK classes advance towards Deal/Wilson, considering SP's changing demographics and increasing popularity of the school?

Do you know the neighborhood? The school? Look at the PK and K classes now. White kids are a significant minority. The neighborhood is so small, with so many multi-generational families that you're not going to see demographics change dramatically - there simply isn't enough turnover for that to happen. Slow transition to increased white population (like the rest of the District) - sure...but that impact won't be hitting Deal/Wilson in this decade.

My guess is that the PP does not know the school. They just heard that PK3 is 100% IB and assumed (wrongly) that the majority of IB families with 3-year olds in SP are white. That couldn't be further than the truth. The low-income stats are going down (not celebrating, just stating), sure, but the racial demographics are not going to change as drastically. Especially when a lot of the new families that I know that moved into SP recently are going to the newly renovated JPDS, Lowell, or DCI feeder.

Also, the percentage of white kids goes down for K, when some families move their kids to JPDS/Milton. So I'd guess Shepherd will stay majority minority for at least the next decade.

The neighborhood will flip by then but with all the OOB kids using it as a portal to Deal, I agree the school will hold on for quite awhile longer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to her.

And I would imagine this cements the fact that Shepherd won't be losing its Deal feed anytime soon (jk - needed to make it relevant to this board).

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/new-mom-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-adopts-baby

You aren't wrong. this makes me feel more sure about shepard park too!

She’ll be a great mom. But this kills any chance of meaningful changes to fix Deal/Wilson overcrowding while she is still Mayor. Sigh.

I know you want to block the 40 (mostly brown) kids that come from Shepherd elementary each year, but cutting Shepherd will not result in a meaningful change.

Do you believe that they will remain only 40 a year, and, for that matter, mostly "brown", as the current and future PK classes advance towards Deal/Wilson, considering SP's changing demographics and increasing popularity of the school?

Do you know the neighborhood? The school? Look at the PK and K classes now. White kids are a significant minority. The neighborhood is so small, with so many multi-generational families that you're not going to see demographics change dramatically - there simply isn't enough turnover for that to happen. Slow transition to increased white population (like the rest of the District) - sure...but that impact won't be hitting Deal/Wilson in this decade.

My guess is that the PP does not know the school. They just heard that PK3 is 100% IB and assumed (wrongly) that the majority of IB families with 3-year olds in SP are white. That couldn't be further than the truth. The low-income stats are going down (not celebrating, just stating), sure, but the racial demographics are not going to change as drastically. Especially when a lot of the new families that I know that moved into SP recently are going to the newly renovated JPDS, Lowell, or DCI feeder.

Also, the percentage of white kids goes down for K, when some families move their kids to JPDS/Milton. So I'd guess Shepherd will stay majority minority for at least the next decade.

The neighborhood will flip by then but with all the OOB kids using it as a portal to Deal, I agree the school will hold on for quite awhile longer

Please stop using flip in the way you do to describe a historically wealthy, middle/upper class neighborhood. Flip has a different connotation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to her.

And I would imagine this cements the fact that Shepherd won't be losing its Deal feed anytime soon (jk - needed to make it relevant to this board).

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/new-mom-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-adopts-baby

You aren't wrong. this makes me feel more sure about shepard park too!

She’ll be a great mom. But this kills any chance of meaningful changes to fix Deal/Wilson overcrowding while she is still Mayor. Sigh.

I know you want to block the 40 (mostly brown) kids that come from Shepherd elementary each year, but cutting Shepherd will not result in a meaningful change.

Do you believe that they will remain only 40 a year, and, for that matter, mostly "brown", as the current and future PK classes advance towards Deal/Wilson, considering SP's changing demographics and increasing popularity of the school?

Do you know the neighborhood? The school? Look at the PK and K classes now. White kids are a significant minority. The neighborhood is so small, with so many multi-generational families that you're not going to see demographics change dramatically - there simply isn't enough turnover for that to happen. Slow transition to increased white population (like the rest of the District) - sure...but that impact won't be hitting Deal/Wilson in this decade.

My guess is that the PP does not know the school. They just heard that PK3 is 100% IB and assumed (wrongly) that the majority of IB families with 3-year olds in SP are white. That couldn't be further than the truth. The low-income stats are going down (not celebrating, just stating), sure, but the racial demographics are not going to change as drastically. Especially when a lot of the new families that I know that moved into SP recently are going to the newly renovated JPDS, Lowell, or DCI feeder.

Also, the percentage of white kids goes down for K, when some families move their kids to JPDS/Milton. So I'd guess Shepherd will stay majority minority for at least the next decade.

The neighborhood will flip by then but with all the OOB kids using it as a portal to Deal, I agree the school will hold on for quite awhile longer

Please stop using flip in the way you do to describe a historically wealthy, middle/upper class neighborhood. Flip has a different connotation.

Fine it will transition to wealthier and mostly white. Different nuance, excact same affect. And let’s not forget it was all white and only transitioned in the 50s and 60s during the wave of white flight after the Shelley v. Kraemer decision. It only took hold as a middle class area because of the housing stock and it’s distance to downtown which sheltered it from the blight after the riots (but not necessarily Georgia Ave).

You act like it is some historically center of culture like U street or Howard. It isn’t, it only has 1-3 population turn-overs. And looking at sales data it is going back to where it started with modern SES segregation instead of the covenants that all of those houses were built with. Look up the original deeds, it will quickly dispel any false notions of their origin.