Will Janney eventually reduce or eliminate PK4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they just build another school inside the Jamey boundary. Every parent there is super smart and full of resources. Just do it.

DCPS needs to fix overcrowding at Dael and Wilson first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they just build another school inside the Jamey boundary. Every parent there is super smart and full of resources. Just do it.

No need for that. Hearst is nearby, freshly renovated and expanded with a large adjacent park. It's also somewhere between 60-75% out of boundary students (depending on the stats people cite), though much more IB in the early grades -- so plenty of capacity that can be shifted to a local student population. In other words, Hearst is ripe for transformation into a truly high-performing neighborhood school.

[Anonymous]

For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

Yes there is, when the adjacent school is over crowded. No reason those OOB kids can't attend their own schools.

[Anonymous]

During the year, the Hearst principal stated that the school was about 50-50 IB-OOB now, and with younger grades almost all IB. Those IB families are staying, and even coming in at upper grades, pushing class sizes into the mid-20s. Open houses and this year's intake has folks actively moving to the neighborhood to attend the school.

So, it is not clear that the school has any room for a boundary switch now. Any switch would grandfather folks in, so the kids that are in Hearst now would stay (as they should). A change in boundaries would start at the younger grades which are essentially full and trender "fuller" each year. The window for Hearst to alleviate pressures at Janney and Murch has closed. Hearst likely has to worry about larger class sizes itself in coming years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

DCPS is built on a system of neighborhood schools. Those should be encouraged. DC doesn't have magnet elementary schools, nor those with a city-wide mission. If some schools are considered "OOB" it's for convenience, in that they've had lottery spots to fill. As there is more take up from the local neighborhood populations, the OOB slots should be cut way back. Current OOB students, of course, can 'graduate' from the schools that they attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

Isn't Hearst's unofficial name "Crestwood Elementary"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

DCPS is built on a system of neighborhood schools. Those should be encouraged. DC doesn't have magnet elementary schools, nor those with a city-wide mission. If some schools are considered "OOB" it's for convenience, in that they've had lottery spots to fill. As there is more take up from the local neighborhood populations, the OOB slots should be cut way back. Current OOB students, of course, can 'graduate' from the schools that they attend.

It has at least a couple city-wide schools CHML at Logan and SWS.

Wasn't Hearst city-wide back when it was ECE-only?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

Isn't Hearst's unofficial name "Crestwood Elementary"?

no, get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

Isn't Hearst's unofficial name "Crestwood Elementary"?

2010 calledand wants its joke back.

[Anonymous]

You meant to say GDS, not Janney, right?

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they just build another school inside the Jamey boundary. Every parent there is super smart and full of resources. Just do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

Isn't Hearst's unofficial name "Crestwood Elementary"?

No, the lucky children in Crestwood are at Yu Ying. There are a lot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of families who live near Hearst choose NOT to attend it. It's an OOB school, there's really no reason to change that. There's nothing better about nearby children. Overcrowded Janney Pre-Kers are as OOB as the kids escaping Bancroft or Powell or some other EOTP school.

DCPS is built on a system of neighborhood schools. Those should be encouraged. DC doesn't have magnet elementary schools, nor those with a city-wide mission. If some schools are considered "OOB" it's for convenience, in that they've had lottery spots to fill. As there is more take up from the local neighborhood populations, the OOB slots should be cut way back. Current OOB students, of course, can 'graduate' from the schools that they attend.

In a similar vein,

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:During the year, the Hearst principal stated that the school was about 50-50 IB-OOB now, and with younger grades almost all IB. Those IB families are staying, and even coming in at upper grades, pushing class sizes into the mid-20s. Open houses and this year's intake has folks actively moving to the neighborhood to attend the school.

So, it is not clear that the school has any room for a boundary switch now. Any switch would grandfather folks in, so the kids that are in Hearst now would stay (as they should). A change in boundaries would start at the younger grades which are essentially full and trender "fuller" each year. The window for Hearst to alleviate pressures at Janney and Murch has closed. Hearst likely has to worry about larger class sizes itself in coming years.

Because the menopausal population of Cleveland Park is going to start adopting en masse?

[Anonymous]

15:43, have you even been to Cleveland Park?