Wilson is 50% over enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Why does Wilson accept Out if boundary students when it’s so over capacity?

The schools the OOB students leave are under enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does Wilson accept Out if boundary students when it’s so over capacity?

The schools the OOB students leave are under enrolled.

#Equity

[Anonymous]

So that the student body isn't majority white, high SES and in-boundary. Crowding doesn't matter much to DCPS leaders.

[Anonymous]

Wilson has not made a single lottery offer or waitlist offer for any grade for the past several years, so presumably the OOB students come by way of access to feeders (or perhaps they start out living in the Wilson boundary then move but keep attending).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wilson has not made a single lottery offer or waitlist offer for any grade for the past several years, so presumably the OOB students come by way of access to feeders (or perhaps they start out living in the Wilson boundary then move but keep attending).

This. We live OOB, but DD graduated from Hardy. It’s a feeder to Wilson, so she was guaranteed a spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So that the student body isn't majority white, high SES and in-boundary. Crowding doesn't matter much to DCPS leaders.

Because optics matter more than actual education. I mean, optics is the purpose of an education system, right?

[Anonymous]

Wow 50%. That’s a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow 50%. That’s a lot.

It’s also an exaggeration. Wilson is built for 1600 and has 2100 enrolled. 50% overenrolled would be 2400. I’m not saying the current situation is great. MacArthur is very necessary. But it’s not literally 50% overenrolled.

[Anonymous]

Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

If families feel frustrated that OOB kids are getting in they should enroll. Because in order to meet #'s they will pull from the wait lists (speaking to ES and MS families).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

They are literally building a new high school to divert kids from Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

They are literally building a new high school to divert kids from Wilson.

Which they wouldn’t need to do if they filled the empty seats in under-enrolled schools by re-drawing and enforcing boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

They are literally building a new high school to divert kids from Wilson.

Which they wouldn’t need to do if they filled the empty seats in under-enrolled schools by re-drawing and enforcing boundaries.

It's politically easier to spend $50 million to buy a school and another $50 million to renovate it than to redraw and enforce boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

They are literally building a new high school to divert kids from Wilson.

Which they wouldn’t need to do if they filled the empty seats in under-enrolled schools by re-drawing and enforcing boundaries.

Or people WOTP who are dissatisfied with the size of the enrollment at Jackson-Reed could simply enroll their kids at one of the under-enrolled EOTP schools. That would seem to be quicker solution for those folks than redrawing boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because when Bowser said “Deal for All” she literally meant that she would stuff more kids into Deal and Wilson

They are literally building a new high school to divert kids from Wilson.

Which they wouldn’t need to do if they filled the empty seats in under-enrolled schools by re-drawing and enforcing boundaries.

Perhaps but seems just as possible that rather than filling the empty seats, re-drawing and enforcing boundaries will push the OOB students to charter or private.