Tacky how some gds parent email posts school emails in full on DCUM. |
No waiver would be needed now if the GDS community had abided by its side of the agreement. Public schools are all operating normally. Kids can go back. |
Gds may not have been trying to screw up its obligations, but for saying that being a good neighbor is such a priority, it wasn't being particularly rigorous about those issues either. It's not fair to heap all blame on Gds, but tenleytown residents have a lot to grapple with between Sidwell and Jackson-reed already. Now Gds. That's a lot in a very small area. To directly address op's point, we are a current Gds family and have heard all but directly that k slots will be hard to come by. |
The survey data taken don’t show a problem car-wise for AM drop offs and 3-4pm pick ups. The data is there. They can measure it again and again. For all you know the surplus students over the temporary cap is all walkers or VA bus riders. Stop the falsities and fabrications. All anc voted on is they didn’t get a notification during the height of Covid shutdowns and uncertainty that enrollment was up. Nevermind that no one even knew if school would be allowed in person or what day configuration or what shape. It was crisis mode for schools, teachers, families and the board. |
I think 9th will be least affected. The school needs to bring in the academic stars and athletes (probably a lesser degree) to keep up its college placement statistics. Perhaps if the current 8th grade is very strong academically this will be less of a concern. After that it makes sense to admit siblings across the entry years as they normally would because loyal families donate more. So that's where siblings of full pay families probably get a bit of an edge this year. Then you back fill PK and K with any remaining spots under the cap. |
And what? Assumed school would be in session, all students, every day, in Fall 2021 when giving out offer letters in March 2021? Or pulled back offers already sent out and accepted? Sidwell and other schools blew out their numbers too. |
Respectfully, I think your assumptions are off. They're still a non-profit that year after year makes a nice little profit. They don't have to replace that revenue to satisfy shareholders or investors. Rather, they'll look at this current year as just a banner year. There's also a cost to taking on the 50+ kids they did this year. More teachers and supplies, etc. GDS will be fine with a little contraction. |
Third parties are at GdS (and every private and public school in the city) for away game viewing, PPA soccer, vball, events, all kinds of stuff. Given the huge lacks of courts, fields and indoor pools in the area, this is needed for community and athletic development. Thank you GdS.
Who is ranting on about after school drivers and evening things - what does anc want? No one to drive by a house or park on wisconsin or river or whatever “just because.” From 6am to midnight? Sounds like they have a different definition of community indeed. |
Oh stop it already. |
No, I agree. These messages are meant for the school community. |
Yes. Probably will hair cut acceptances across all grades and run a very active waitlist. I only say this because it makes sense. If whatever various agreements don’t factor in the pandemic shutdown situation and consequential yield explosion, then they and other schools have to not admit the usually amount and scrutinize yield more. |
+1. Bad form. |
Curious if anyone has reached out or had a conversation with GDS admissions about this in the past week? Maybe they would be honest and up front and say how many spots are now available with the ANC developments. |
What’s the problem with posting an email that mirrors messaging that GDS gave to the ANC in a public forum? As usual some here are stuck on a technicality instead of the bigger point which clearly is that GDS is taking fewer new kids this year and this is the reason why
Also they do recruit athletes now for 9th grade entry. So I’m guessing they will not cut those numbers. |
Great. Was next to impossible to get in. Now impossible. DC government at work. |