Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seems short sighted on the part of the Murch and Janney parents. All it would take is another 100 IB kids and Hearst would be then envy of the city. Small classes and brand new facilities.
It's extremely short sighted. Hearst's population is similar to Eaton and Stoddert--solidly middle/upper middle class across all races. Score wise, Hearst should be on par with these schools, but in the last five years went through an expansion from an early childhood center to a PK-5 and simultaneously suffered through multiple principal changes. The consistent rise in test scores is evidence that the dust is finally settling. If the DCCAS were continuing, the school was on track to hit Reward status next year. It's clear that Hearst is going to follow the same pattern as Eaton and Stoddert, whether it is majority IB or not. It's a good little school. Always has been. It just had to work through some growing pains.
Bottom line: In two years, I doubt if even the Murch and Janney families will be anti-Hearst.
In fact Hearst may surpass Eaton in popularity and performance because Hearst will remain part of the Deal cluster, while Eaton will go to Hardy.
Perhaps, but sadly many folks on this forum and in NW equate IB percentage will success and that will never happen with a too small boundary. But more to the point, why is that? If the school is well performing, is a warm and welcoming community of involved parents, has a dynamic new principal and wonderful staff (including an amazing new music teacher, a native-speaking Spanish teacher, and the coolest ful-time librarian around), is soon opening a beautiful new building with full gym, stage, new turfed soccer field, etc., then why isn't the "envy of the city" already?
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