New DCPS school on former Georgetown Day site will be a high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's literally one line in the mayor's budget PowerPoint presentation to the Council, saying Bowser is committing $43 million in this year's budget to the new school. The Council has to approve the budget still, so it's not a done deal. The details -- when this school would open, mainly -- still need to be worked out, but from what some are reporting it seems it will be 1,000 students, split evenly between Hardy kids and kids from a citywide lottery.

I'm going to guess they want the next round of boundary revisions to play out before they get into the details of this new school, because it's going to change the calculus of those revisions in W3.

So what happens when enrollment fluctuates at Hardy? Do they have to add more seats to keep the 50-50 ratio, or do some Hardy kids not get a seat? It doesn't seem well thought out.

Like every other school, they just cram them all in. Wilson wasn't built for 2000 students either, but here we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's literally one line in the mayor's budget PowerPoint presentation to the Council, saying Bowser is committing $43 million in this year's budget to the new school. The Council has to approve the budget still, so it's not a done deal. The details -- when this school would open, mainly -- still need to be worked out, but from what some are reporting it seems it will be 1,000 students, split evenly between Hardy kids and kids from a citywide lottery.

I'm going to guess they want the next round of boundary revisions to play out before they get into the details of this new school, because it's going to change the calculus of those revisions in W3.

So what happens when enrollment fluctuates at Hardy? Do they have to add more seats to keep the 50-50 ratio, or do some Hardy kids not get a seat? It doesn't seem well thought out.

I would say the school would maintain it's obligation to have seats for all in boundary who wanted one. But not all from Hardy will go anyway. So the problem you describe would be a nice problem to have one day.

[Anonymous]

Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

DC jumped on the space when it came available without any thought for how to use it.

Changing feeder so that it is a Hardy + lottery is very interesting and probably the easiest way to alleviate the overcrowding at Wilson.
Many families LOVE Hardy b/c it is smaller than Deal so it hits the sweet spot of a strong school with enough students to give it critical mass.

There definitely are challenges with this decision of which current public transportation is one - but tat can be discussed and changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

Who says all OOB kids come from EotR? You’d have to move heaven and earth to cut Janney out of Deal, but families who live IB for Janney will lottery for this school in droves. And that, plus the end of the Hardy-to-Wilson feed, will open up OOB seats at Wilson. Which is right on top of the train, a 30-minute ride from the Anacostia station. It’s a dynamic system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

DC jumped on the space when it came available without any thought for how to use it.

Changing feeder so that it is a Hardy + lottery is very interesting and probably the easiest way to alleviate the overcrowding at Wilson.
Many families LOVE Hardy b/c it is smaller than Deal so it hits the sweet spot of a strong school with enough students to give it critical mass.

There definitely are challenges with this decision of which current public transportation is one - but tat can be discussed and changed.

Maybe they could do an express bus that hits Ellington and whatever this new HS is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

Who says all OOB kids come from EotR? You’d have to move heaven and earth to cut Janney out of Deal, but families who live IB for Janney will lottery for this school in droves. And that, plus the end of the Hardy-to-Wilson feed, will open up OOB seats at Wilson. Which is right on top of the train, a 30-minute ride from the Anacostia station. It’s a dynamic system.

Well it’s going to take Janney kids an hour+ to get there, too, isn’t it? To get to Dupont and then over??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

DC jumped on the space when it came available without any thought for how to use it.

Changing feeder so that it is a Hardy + lottery is very interesting and probably the easiest way to alleviate the overcrowding at Wilson.
Many families LOVE Hardy b/c it is smaller than Deal so it hits the sweet spot of a strong school with enough students to give it critical mass.

There definitely are challenges with this decision of which current public transportation is one - but tat can be discussed and changed.

Maybe they could do an express bus that hits Ellington and whatever this new HS is.

That whole area from Wisconsin west on Reservoir is a parking lot in the morning because of the hospital. Good luck to OOB folks getting there.

[Anonymous]

The Capital Weather Gang is reporting mushroom clouds in Foxhall Village from heads exploding.

[Anonymous]

This probably helps us Mt. Pleasant folks keep our feeder pattern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again reflecting DC's racial fears. The high schools are highly segregated, so the place for a new high school in DC is of course placed at the least accessible furthest corner of Georgetown.

Google Maps tells me if you get to the Anacostia Metro at 7:30 am, catch the Green Line then the D6, you can get to that location just before 9am.

Just the bus from Dupont Circle takes 36 minutes.

Who says all OOB kids come from EotR? You’d have to move heaven and earth to cut Janney out of Deal, but families who live IB for Janney will lottery for this school in droves. And that, plus the end of the Hardy-to-Wilson feed, will open up OOB seats at Wilson. Which is right on top of the train, a 30-minute ride from the Anacostia station. It’s a dynamic system.

They should bar kids currently zoned for Wilson from lotterying into this school, unless the plan really is mostly to open seats at Wilson. Doesn't really seem like it's serving the ostensible goal of maintaining citywide seats if a bunch of them are taken by kids who live one neighborhood outside of the boundary. My kids are zoned for Wilson, so theoretically my opinion is against my family's interests, but I don't see how this outcome would really be fair for the city as a whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's literally one line in the mayor's budget PowerPoint presentation to the Council, saying Bowser is committing $43 million in this year's budget to the new school. The Council has to approve the budget still, so it's not a done deal. The details -- when this school would open, mainly -- still need to be worked out, but from what some are reporting it seems it will be 1,000 students, split evenly between Hardy kids and kids from a citywide lottery.

I'm going to guess they want the next round of boundary revisions to play out before they get into the details of this new school, because it's going to change the calculus of those revisions in W3.

So what happens when enrollment fluctuates at Hardy? Do they have to add more seats to keep the 50-50 ratio, or do some Hardy kids not get a seat? It doesn't seem well thought out.

It’s a line/summary in budget. You don’t know what is thought out. That could just be a target. Where do you see that they are proposing a 50/50 permanent ratio. Give it time. Relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's literally one line in the mayor's budget PowerPoint presentation to the Council, saying Bowser is committing $43 million in this year's budget to the new school. The Council has to approve the budget still, so it's not a done deal. The details -- when this school would open, mainly -- still need to be worked out, but from what some are reporting it seems it will be 1,000 students, split evenly between Hardy kids and kids from a citywide lottery.

I'm going to guess they want the next round of boundary revisions to play out before they get into the details of this new school, because it's going to change the calculus of those revisions in W3.

So what happens when enrollment fluctuates at Hardy? Do they have to add more seats to keep the 50-50 ratio, or do some Hardy kids not get a seat? It doesn't seem well thought out.

It’s a line/summary in budget. You don’t know what is thought out. That could just be a target. Where do you see that they are proposing a 50/50 permanent ratio. Give it time. Relax.

The DCist reporter said that was Bowser's plan. Her budget team has background meetings with reporters to explain the budget to them before it's officially announced. That way, the reporters can write their stories ahead of the announcement and the mayor's team can get the first chance to spin it.

[Anonymous]

Palisades resident here: I am really excited about the possibility of getting more public transportation over here. More buses, fewer cars!!!