Redrawing the boundaries: isn't Oyster perfect to move to Hardy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there no buses from Woodley to Hardy? Somehow all those OOB kids manage to find their way to Hardy. How do they do it?

I don't know, but I'll bet their commute to the freaking far side of Wisconsin Ave. is much longer than my kid's short Metro ride to Deal. In the 21st century city, good transit links are more relevant than as-the-car-drives distance.

[Anonymous]

Probably Eaton should feed into Hardy. Oyster Adams should feed into itself.

For once we have the Woodley Parkers fretting about a decent middle school, which is what the rest of the city outside NW frets about all the time. Welcome to DC, northwest!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there no buses from Woodley to Hardy? Somehow all those OOB kids manage to find their way to Hardy. How do they do it?

I don't know, but I'll bet their commute to the freaking far side of Wisconsin Ave. is much longer than my kid's short Metro ride to Deal. In the 21st century city, good transit links are more relevant than as-the-car-drives distance.

If moving assignment patterns means that traffic patterns move, then it would be easy for WMATA to set up buses to Hardy that work like the buses from the EOTP Deal feeders. Buses that run only on school days through neighborhoods that feed to Deal.

[Anonymous]

Oyster should feed Adams.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous
As for your transit argument? That is silly on its face. By your logic, Amidon-Bowen ES has a Metro, Deal has a Metro, ergo Amidon-Bowen should feed Deal! Nobody cares that Oyster is about a mile away from the Woodley Park metro. That's immaterial to the fact that it's a couple of miles closer to Hardy than to Deal. It's certainly closer than Eaton, which also needs to feed Hardy.

And what you think doesn't have much bearing on what politically palpable to DCPS. Even with the OOB feeders, one look at the school sizes tells quite a story. Deal needs to drop some feeders, and Shepherd isn't an option. Oyster and Eaton make so much sense that it needs to happen yesterday.

(And no, I don't have a child at Shepherd) Woodley Metro is centrally located for that the residential area. Kids going to Deal from Oyster aren't literally leaving Oyster's or Adams' front steps each morning.
And Woodley park is chock full of lawyers, IIRC. I doubt any politician really wants to stir up that nest, or alienate donors. Feeder rights will end first, believe that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oyster should feed Adams.

Oyster and Adams are technically the same school

[Anonymous]

DC is full of lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oyster should feed Adams.

Oyster and Adams are technically the same school

Proves the point!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all know that Eaton is closer to Hardy than Deal and that needs to be re-drawn. With that in mind, why on earth is Oyster still attached to Deal? It already has its own private MS with Adams, yes? It must be at least a half mile closer to Hardy than Eaton is (which would be what, about 3 miles from Deal and a mile from Hardy?). Hardy needs the support, Deal is over-crowded, Oyster has it's own MS anyway, this is the single easiest solution to Deal's over-crowding, period.

Are you by any chance the same deranged poster as in the other Oyster thread? Lady, take some anger management classes, they may come hardy (yes).

[Anonymous]

Who is starting all of these oyster threads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is starting all of these oyster threads?

The Walrus and the Carpenter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Hardy will never be an acceptable choice to Woodley Park residents, in part due to transit. Woodley Park has a Metro, Deal has a metro...Hardy has??? I really think the OOB feeder will end before Woodley gets shut out of Deal
I can just see the lawsuits rolling out...

So much to work with... where to start? With what's acceptable, since that was your choice. If Hardy is acceptable enough for Key and Mann? I'll leave it to you to break down precisely what you believe "acceptable" means, but by any definition it's therefore acceptable to Woodley Park.

As for your transit argument? That is silly on its face. By your logic, Amidon-Bowen ES has a Metro, Deal has a Metro, ergo Amidon-Bowen should feed Deal! Nobody cares that Oyster is about a mile away from the Woodley Park metro. That's immaterial to the fact that it's a couple of miles closer to Hardy than to Deal. It's certainly closer than Eaton, which also needs to feed Hardy.

And what you think doesn't have much bearing on what politically palpable to DCPS. Even with the OOB feeders, one look at the school sizes tells quite a story. Deal needs to drop some feeders, and Shepherd isn't an option. Oyster and Eaton make so much sense that it needs to happen yesterday.

(And no, I don't have a child at Shepherd)

+1 and if the WP parents think they have a more valid lawsuit than Shepherd (having 2 alternative good middle schools vs Shepherd having none) that is laughable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oyster doesn't work for people who move into the area when their kids are 5th or 6th grade

No DCPS middle school in the city other than Deal works for anyone. What's your point?

[Anonymous]

Shepherd is between 4.2 and 5.6 miles' drive to Deal, according to Google maps. It's 1.1 miles from Takoma educational campus, which is even walkable, Shepherd is the farthest of the schools currently feeding into Deal and they have two much closer middle schools (including Macfarland). If boundaries are to change, moving Shepherd from Deal is an absolute no-brainer!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all know that Eaton is closer to Hardy than Deal and that needs to be re-drawn. With that in mind, why on earth is Oyster still attached to Deal? It already has its own private MS with Adams, yes? It must be at least a half mile closer to Hardy than Eaton is (which would be what, about 3 miles from Deal and a mile from Hardy?). Hardy needs the support, Deal is over-crowded, Oyster has it's own MS anyway, this is the single easiest solution to Deal's over-crowding, period.

Eaton is essentially equidistant -- the difference is 1/10 of a mile.