Mundo Verde 8th St

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid started at ITS the first year at that location (then the basement of Potomac Lighthouse PCS).

Location... I feel bad for the Scrilli parents who have had zero traffic for a few years— rude awakening! Potomac lighthouse bussed most of the kids in, which helped with traffic. I think the first year ITS had around 100? 120? families?? I drove and FWIW I could usually find parking within the couple weird blocks of that dead end.

Though I’m sure the neighbors loathed us.

Yeah we are at Scrilli and will also be there next year. I don’t even understand how we will access our parking lot! Also I live nearby and I’m truly scared what this will mean for 12th and also Taylor both of which are already awful. And all the tiny side streets. Ugggh.

I drove there on a Saturday morning just to check out the building and I found the small dead end side streets its located on to already be daunting, I'm interested to see whats going to happen traffic-wise to Varnum over the next few years when they add more and more grades. Does anyone know if P street has a well run carpool drop procedure that 8th street will implement? Where will parents park that want to walk in their 3 year olds?

[Anonymous]

The driveway will have to become one way, and I have to assume that parents will to drive behind MV to get back onto varnum after dropping off at Scrilli/MV. Hopefully, MV will put a reasonable plan in place for managing this drop off, because I think a lot of the scrilli families aren't going to be able to access the school at all, especially if MV end up parking in the Scrilli lot, which I'm sure will happen no matter what.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The driveway will have to become one way, and I have to assume that parents will to drive behind MV to get back onto varnum after dropping off at Scrilli/MV. Hopefully, MV will put a reasonable plan in place for managing this drop off, because I think a lot of the scrilli families aren't going to be able to access the school at all, especially if MV end up parking in the Scrilli lot, which I'm sure will happen no matter what.

Those sisters don't play. My guess is that they will be outside every morning making sure non-Scrilli parents don't park in their lot They may have to open up their playground area in the mornings like they do when it rains for the parents. So glad this is our last year at Scrilli.

[Anonymous]

Wasn't ITS in that space a couple years ago?

Maybe someone from there can advise on how the traffic was managed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wasn't ITS in that space a couple years ago?

Maybe someone from there can advise on how the traffic was managed.

ITS was there 9 years ago when they first opened and was only 100 students shared with Potomac lighthouse that used mostly buses.

[Anonymous]

They will figure out the best traffic patterns just like every other schools that are in neighborhoods in the city. They will likely implement one way traffic for an hour or so during am drop off and pm pick up. If you want to walk your child into school, then you are going to have to find street parking. Or maybe park in the lots at Providence hospital and pay a couple bucks. Honestly, I don’t think it can be worst than P St. which logistically looks much worst to me than the new campus.

Having an only child, we used to be those parents who park and walked our child into school in preK 3. Did same for first few months of prek4 currently. Now it’s pull right up to the school, staff in front to get child out, and pull away. It’s been great, DS is more independent, and much easier, smoother, and more time efficient. We haven’t looked back. We plan on doing the same for MV 8. If the school has a good system, it can be efficient and work well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will figure out the best traffic patterns just like every other schools that are in neighborhoods in the city. They will likely implement one way traffic for an hour or so during am drop off and pm pick up. If you want to walk your child into school, then you are going to have to find street parking. Or maybe park in the lots at Providence hospital and pay a couple bucks. Honestly, I don’t think it can be worst than P St. which logistically looks much worst to me than the new campus.

Having an only child, we used to be those parents who park and walked our child into school in preK 3. Did same for first few months of prek4 currently. Now it’s pull right up to the school, staff in front to get child out, and pull away. It’s been great, DS is more independent, and much easier, smoother, and more time efficient. We haven’t looked back. We plan on doing the same for MV 8. If the school has a good system, it can be efficient and work well.

Providence is closing, there's a proposed and controversial redevelopment happening at the Josephites, and people can't imagine these streets. They aren't Edgewood streets, they are tiny one car at a time streets. I hope MV8 will look at "verde" options, or at least develop some kind of covenant agreement with the ANC. It's gonna be rough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They will figure out the best traffic patterns just like every other schools that are in neighborhoods in the city. They will likely implement one way traffic for an hour or so during am drop off and pm pick up. If you want to walk your child into school, then you are going to have to find street parking. Or maybe park in the lots at Providence hospital and pay a couple bucks. Honestly, I don’t think it can be worst than P St. which logistically looks much worst to me than the new campus.

Having an only child, we used to be those parents who park and walked our child into school in preK 3. Did same for first few months of prek4 currently. Now it’s pull right up to the school, staff in front to get child out, and pull away. It’s been great, DS is more independent, and much easier, smoother, and more time efficient. We haven’t looked back. We plan on doing the same for MV 8. If the school has a good system, it can be efficient and work well.

Providence is closing, there's a proposed and controversial redevelopment happening at the Josephites, and people can't imagine these streets. They aren't Edgewood streets, they are tiny one car at a time streets. I hope MV8 will look at "verde" options, or at least develop some kind of covenant agreement with the ANC. It's gonna be rough.

I drove by the school and around and did see the streets. Typical of most neighborhoods such as the school in my neighborhood which by the way goes from K-8 with way more students. Sure the neighbors living around there won’t be happy, and there’s going to be an adjustment to traffic flow. But other neighborhoods deal with it and it’s an hour in the am and pm the most.

[Anonymous]

You seem to be forgetting that Scrilli shares a driveway with MV and there is another private school next door. It's going to be a mess for families dropping/picking up at scrilli if they have to get through the MV parents lined up for the drop off line. It's not just the side streets. This is going to have a direct impact on Scrilli and I doubt that MV has reached out to thesisters to discuss logistics.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone received any updates from the school? Calendar? Viewing of the school? Etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received any updates from the school? Calendar? Viewing of the school? Etc.?

The 19-20 calendar is posted online already. I was told at registration that the new building would not be available for tours until the summer. I don't really expect to hear much else until after May 1 when enrollment has been completed.

[Anonymous]

Help! Deadline approaching and still up in the air with Prek3 enrollment. If you enrolled your DC, what were your deciding factors to move forward with all the unknowns?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help! Deadline approaching and still up in the air with Prek3 enrollment. If you enrolled your DC, what were your deciding factors to move forward with all the unknowns?

Main factor: what other options do you have? Is this the best of those? It's always relative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help! Deadline approaching and still up in the air with Prek3 enrollment. If you enrolled your DC, what were your deciding factors to move forward with all the unknowns?

Personally, we like the curriculum and are pretty flexible people who understand that opening a new school is messy.

What specific "unknowns" are you worried about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Help! Deadline approaching and still up in the air with Prek3 enrollment. If you enrolled your DC, what were your deciding factors to move forward with all the unknowns?

Main factor: what other options do you have? Is this the best of those? It's always relative.

Yeah, what other school are you weighing? What do you have to lose?