Who will go to new High School in Foxhall/Palisades

[Anonymous]

Has DCPS or any group published potential ES boundaries for the new ES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has DCPS or any group published potential ES boundaries for the new ES?

No. Despite the misinformation campaign whipped up by the Foxhallers (with the Stoddert PTA as their useful idiots) nothing is set there.

[Anonymous]

Will Jackson Reed still be open to out of bound students or just inbound?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will Jackson Reed still be open to out of bound students or just inbound?

It hasn't let in out-of-boundary students through the lottery in maybe a decade. The projections are that won't change.

[Anonymous]

Sorry new to this thread and very curious- Does this new school mean that since Jackson Reed is overcrowded with inbound students - once new school opens they wont be anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry new to this thread and very curious- Does this new school mean that since Jackson Reed is overcrowded with inbound students - once new school opens they wont be anymore?

DME hasn't done demographic projections since before the pandemic, and nobody knows at this point what the long-term impact will be. That said, the new school is doing a phased opening where one grade is added every year, starting in 2023. So it will reach its full size -- 800 students -- by 2026. The pre-pandemic estimate was that Jackson Reed would be ~3,000 students by 2026. Capacity of JR is ~1600.

[Anonymous]

Right - good chance of demographic decline. So why a new school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right - good chance of demographic decline. So why a new school?

JR is so overcrowded now and the projections were for such insane further overcrowding (in the range of 3,000 for a school built for 1,600) that even if some of the flatlining or even decline in demographic numbers comes to pass, then opening a new school at the MacArthur/Lower GDS location will still be needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has DCPS or any group published potential ES boundaries for the new ES?

No. Despite the misinformation campaign whipped up by the Foxhallers (with the Stoddert PTA as their useful idiots) nothing is set there.

DCPS has said that a community working group for the school at Foxhall will be convened to discuss all of the issues around the school (including boundaries). That hasn't happened yet. They have been focused on MacArthur, which is slated to open in August 2023.

[Anonymous]

what is the percentage of Hardy students who actually live in boundary? are there still quite few out of boundary kids?

[Anonymous]

The bigger question is how are they going to staff this school?

[Anonymous]

Can my child who is in Jackson-Reed now go to the new high school? We live in Hardy boundary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can my child who is in Jackson-Reed now go to the new high school? We live in Hardy boundary.

The plan is to open slowly, with only a 9th grade in 2023, 9th and 10th in 2024, and 9-12 by 2026. So no.

[Anonymous]

Im thinking of leaving AU Park to move in-boundary for this school so my current Janney student doesn't have to go to J-R. The idea of a small, NW high school is super appealing. Otherwise we have to move to Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im thinking of leaving AU Park to move in-boundary for this school so my current Janney student doesn't have to go to J-R. The idea of a small, NW high school is super appealing. Otherwise we have to move to Bethesda.

What grade is your DD? Currently weighing options for MS/HS (we are on the Hill) and I would really, really love to stay in DC and move in boundary for Hardy. But having a hard time justifying not just moving to Bethesda if we’re going to move.