SWS middle school feed?

[Anonymous]

Yes indeed. Since it's start 20 years ago SWS has been a specialized school and not citywide. It had boundaries. SWS did not leave the cluster school to become a citywide school. It left the cluster to grow into a pk3 - 5th full elementary school. Parents during the split from the cluster were led to believe it would become a neighborhood school somewhere around Capitol Hill. The citywide came as a surprise and a compromise to be able to move into the particular building we got. Nothing about a specialized program means it has to be citywide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should the feed be on the Hill? It is a citywide school.

This is pretty clearly trolling, but I'll answer as if it's not.

They've done a study and something like 90% of the student body is on the Hill. Most of the families currently have a by-rights feed to Stuart-Hobson, although whether that survives the boundary re-draw remains to be seen.

The LSAT has released principles to guide the discussion, based on a working group and school survey. They would like to have a feed, that fits with the R-E curriculum. There is no request for a feed to a specific school or program.

To answer the OP's question - yes, it is definitely being discussed.

Given that it started out in Peabody that is to be expected. However, now that it is a city-wide school, you can expect that to change over time. The Hill may always have a large contingent in the student body given that A) likely to rank it higher because of the proximity, and B) it will take time for the sibling preference of current students to age out. Nonetheless, the school can be expected to have a much more citywide draw, each year. The 90% will go down.

That said, there aren't any good choices for a designated feeder. This is the same problem with DCPS that everyone who isn't zoned for Deal has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes indeed. Since it's start 20 years ago SWS has been a specialized school and not citywide. It had boundaries. SWS did not leave the cluster school to become a citywide school. It left the cluster to grow into a pk3 - 5th full elementary school. Parents during the split from the cluster were led to believe it would become a neighborhood school somewhere around Capitol Hill. The citywide came as a surprise and a compromise to be able to move into the particular building we got. Nothing about a specialized program means it has to be citywide.

Nonetheless it is now a city-wide school, and the vast majority of the population is going to want it to stay that way. There are not enough good options for families of modest means, now that they have a shot at SWS, it's politically unpalatable to take it away from them.

[Anonymous]

To be clear- SWS used to operate completely out of the system. While there were boundaries the teachers/admins were happy to operate their own lists where OOB siblings were saved spots so IB families couldn't get in. Same people are still there. Pretty sure they will do whatever they want with their lists even if proximity isn't granted.

[Anonymous]

^^they still do...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^they still do...

Let me guess, your child attends LT. Give it a rest!

[Anonymous]

Let's be clear. EVERY school in the lottery manages their own waitlists once they leave Central. Every. Single. School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's be clear. EVERY school in the lottery manages their own waitlists once they leave Central. Every. Single. School.

What they did is manage their list prior to the lottery. OOB siblings are in then any spots still open are put into the lottery.

This is how it was done prior to last year (even prior to the online lottery, back in the fools old days when you had to wait outside overnight to get spots). Not sure if the centralized lottery changed that.

[Anonymous]

I'm confused. If sibs get preference how does this change anything? Don't all schools do it thus way unless there are more sibs than spots?

[Anonymous]

OOB sibs go after IB in the lottery except for the special language programs.

[Anonymous]

But there is no OOB @ SWS so this doesn't apply...

[Anonymous]

It is simply an example of how they have run things in the past. Basically disregard the rules. I wouldn't expect that to change anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is simply an example of how they have run things in the past. Basically disregard the rules. I wouldn't expect that to change anytime soon.

What's your damage, PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is simply an example of how they have run things in the past. Basically disregard the rules. I wouldn't expect that to change anytime soon.

Pp hasn't been at all clear, they disregard the rules? What rules?

[Anonymous]

No damage. We were at SWS but have moved on but still enjoy their auction more than any other school we have been in. The entrance issue never sat well with me even though we benefitted from it.