Feedback on Hearst ES

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For more inclusive social justice we need to drop enrollment caps in our more privileged public schools.

Actually, we need to improve more schools in other neighborhoods so every kid has a good neighborhood school that is not overcrowded rather than an overcrowded [b]one they need to ride two buses to get to school.

But social justice is not really your interest as much as figurative bomb-throwing is.

Sometimes, more than the bus, a Navigator or Escalade is the OOB chariot of choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For more inclusive social justice we need to drop enrollment caps in our more privileged public schools.

Actually, we need to improve more schools in other neighborhoods so every kid has a good neighborhood school that is not overcrowded rather than an overcrowded [b]one they need to ride two buses to get to school.

But social justice is not really your interest as much as figurative bomb-throwing is.

Sometimes, more than the bus, a Navigator or Escalade is the OOB chariot of choice.

You’re being baited. NO ONE thinks enrollment caps should be dropped.

[Anonymous]

The chariot of choice comment is not from a Hearst parent, I guarantee it. This issue is much broader than one school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For more inclusive social justice we need to drop enrollment caps in our more privileged public schools.

Actually, we need to improve more schools in other neighborhoods so every kid has a good neighborhood school that is not overcrowded rather than an overcrowded [b]one they need to ride two buses to get to school.

But social justice is not really your interest as much as figurative bomb-throwing is.

Sometimes, more than the bus, a Navigator or Escalade is the OOB chariot of choice.



Of course. This is what this poster always does. Drops bombs but never contributes anything of substance.

You’re being baited. NO ONE thinks enrollment caps should be dropped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
Considering purchasing IB for Hearst ES. Kid is First Grader.
Currently renting IB for H. Mann.

Can you please send me any feedback about Hearst, good and/or bad and also how it compares to H. Mann, if you know.
Thank you!

If I were you I’d investigate class sizes first and foremost- my understanding is that first grade at Hearst is overcrowded and over capacity in both rooms... this is also an issue in K, 2nd, and 3rd at Hearst. Greatest strength of the school was always small community but now it feels crammed in and there’s no end in sight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
Considering purchasing IB for Hearst ES. Kid is First Grader.
Currently renting IB for H. Mann.

Can you please send me any feedback about Hearst, good and/or bad and also how it compares to H. Mann, if you know.
Thank you!

If I were you I’d investigate class sizes first and foremost- my understanding is that first grade at Hearst is overcrowded and over capacity in both rooms... this is also an issue in K, 2nd, and 3rd at Hearst. Greatest strength of the school was always small community but now it feels crammed in and there’s no end in sight

This seems a little hyperbolic. What is a good class size? 20? 21?

[Anonymous]

What high-quality public school has room after room with only 20 kids? I just don't think it works that way since more people move into the neighborhood to go to the school once it is popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Hearst parent and, unfortunately, I think the posters really are from Hearst. There is an undercurrent of this type of attitude. You can see it at drop-off and pick-up.

Hearst parent here. This has got to be one of the most bizarre comments on this thread. I don't doubt that we have every type of attitude at Hearst (hopefully more positive than negative, but that could be wishful thinking) -- but how drop off tells that I story, I really do not understand. At drop off and pick up, what I see is kids playing and parents dropping off and picking up -- and that is all.

What are you seeing?

[Anonymous]

I'm a Hearst parent too, and while I like the school, I think the big miss here was completing a renovation, rather than an expansion. Everyone knew that DCPS enrollment would quickly grow. They chose to keep capacity "the same," and we now are paying the price because, in fact, it has to rise. The trailers will soon be back. Everyone should be expecting this, in addition to removing PK and increasing classes to 3 per grade.

[Anonymous]

What is in the spot where the older trailer was? Isn’t that the only possible place for a trailer on site?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Hearst parent too, and while I like the school, I think the big miss here was completing a renovation, rather than an expansion. Everyone knew that DCPS enrollment would quickly grow. They chose to keep capacity "the same," and we now are paying the price because, in fact, it has to rise. The trailers will soon be back. Everyone should be expecting this, in addition to removing PK and increasing classes to 3 per grade.

They need to manage OOB enrollment down aggressively, to recapture capacity. But DCPS lacks the political will to do that.