Any Eaton parents here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been there 3 years and have been generally happy. I’m actually not enthusiastic about the pushed up renovation for multiple reasons including the fact that there is no currently identified swing space and I’m not keen on putting a the pk4 kid (my 2nd enters that year) on a bus twice a day plus losing the convenience of a neighborhood school. Right now I can walk 3 blocks and pop in to help at a party or be the mystery reader no big deal, but if it will involve driving and parking to do the same thing, that just won’t be a possibility as much as it is now.

If you want to volunteer, you'll make it happen; same happened for us a Murch. It was a pain but it's now the new normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Eaton, Stoddert, and Key are all getting into renovations next year? Will we know what the swing spaces will be before the summer (when my DC has a chance of getting into any of these off the waitlist)?

Stoddert was renovated just a few years ago. How can that already be in a queue again?

I think they’re doing some work on it in like 2022 or 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"so that’s where we’ll have to send our child for K"

give me a break.

Agree, that was pretty offensive.

Laughable. I mean, really, give me a freaking break!

+1

[Anonymous]

OP here.
Thanks everyone! We recently moved to the neighborhood so don’t know much about Eaton and I couldn’t find reviews online.

I’m happy to find out all of you like the school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t get into any of schools we applied for via the lottery. Our IB school is Eaton so that’s where we’ll have to send our child for K.

If your child goes to school here, what do you love and dislike about the school?

I am sad to hear that you tried to lottery out of Eaton. It is truly a gem in DCPS. I echo the comments from others that the entire school community is warm and welcoming. Such a nurturing place for our 2 lower elementary children.

You and your K child will love the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t get into any of schools we applied for via the lottery. Our IB school is Eaton so that’s where we’ll have to send our child for K.

If your child goes to school here, what do you love and dislike about the school?

I am sad to hear that you tried to lottery out of Eaton. It is truly a gem in DCPS. I echo the comments from others that the entire school community is warm and welcoming. Such a nurturing place for our 2 lower elementary children.

You and your K child will love the community.

I was hoping for a full Spanish immersion school since I’m Latina myself and my kids don’t get to speak Spanish with anyone else but me. That’s why I tried the lottery.

I honestly don’t know much about Eaton since I recently moved here but I’m so happy to read that everyone loves this school.

[Anonymous]

Hi. Not sure what you all mean by “give me a break.” I thought the point of a lottery was to find a school that best fits the kids’ needs. I think you’re being rude to this person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been there 3 years and have been generally happy. I’m actually not enthusiastic about the pushed up renovation for multiple reasons including the fact that there is no currently identified swing space and I’m not keen on putting a the pk4 kid (my 2nd enters that year) on a bus twice a day plus losing the convenience of a neighborhood school. Right now I can walk 3 blocks and pop in to help at a party or be the mystery reader no big deal, but if it will involve driving and parking to do the same thing, that just won’t be a possibility as much as it is now.

If you want to volunteer, you'll make it happen; same happened for us a Murch. It was a pain but it's now the new normal.

Well, yea, but if it involves me taking two hours off work instead of 1, it will certainly be less frequently than I do now, especially with 2 kids to split my time between when this happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been there 3 years and have been generally happy. I’m actually not enthusiastic about the pushed up renovation for multiple reasons including the fact that there is no currently identified swing space and I’m not keen on putting a the pk4 kid (my 2nd enters that year) on a bus twice a day plus losing the convenience of a neighborhood school. Right now I can walk 3 blocks and pop in to help at a party or be the mystery reader no big deal, but if it will involve driving and parking to do the same thing, that just won’t be a possibility as much as it is now.

At the open house, the admin said that Eaton would take over the school that Hyde-Addison is currently using as a swing space. Is that not true anymore?

Definitely have not told current parents that is for certain and I thought after the last planning meeting that we were told it would be something we would have input into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been there 3 years and have been generally happy. I’m actually not enthusiastic about the pushed up renovation for multiple reasons including the fact that there is no currently identified swing space and I’m not keen on putting a the pk4 kid (my 2nd enters that year) on a bus twice a day plus losing the convenience of a neighborhood school. Right now I can walk 3 blocks and pop in to help at a party or be the mystery reader no big deal, but if it will involve driving and parking to do the same thing, that just won’t be a possibility as much as it is now.

At the open house, the admin said that Eaton would take over the school that Hyde-Addison is currently using as a swing space. Is that not true anymore?

Definitely have not told current parents that is for certain and I thought after the last planning meeting that we were told it would be something we would have input into.

Here's the "Swing Space FAQ" from the March 5 Eaton SIT meeting https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYS_ofp_FXEymN4UocZyvmFsRPFmBAt3/view

[Anonymous]

Great families. Too crowded, too regimented about both behavior and curriculum, inconsistent teacher quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t get into any of schools we applied for via the lottery. Our IB school is Eaton so that’s where we’ll have to send our child for K.

If your child goes to school here, what do you love and dislike about the school?

I am sad to hear that you tried to lottery out of Eaton. It is truly a gem in DCPS. I echo the comments from others that the entire school community is warm and welcoming. Such a nurturing place for our 2 lower elementary children.

You and your K child will love the community.

Eaton is good, but it still has a way to go to match JKLM level. It's still more of a "DC school" than a "neighborhood school" but that is changing over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great families. Too crowded, too regimented about both behavior and curriculum, inconsistent teacher quality.

What is hard to understand is if Eaton is overcrowded, why does it offer so many spots to OOB students? Isn't the logical response to overcrowding to focus on dialing back the OOB enrollment level?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been there 3 years and have been generally happy. I’m actually not enthusiastic about the pushed up renovation for multiple reasons including the fact that there is no currently identified swing space and I’m not keen on putting a the pk4 kid (my 2nd enters that year) on a bus twice a day plus losing the convenience of a neighborhood school. Right now I can walk 3 blocks and pop in to help at a party or be the mystery reader no big deal, but if it will involve driving and parking to do the same thing, that just won’t be a possibility as much as it is now.

At the open house, the admin said that Eaton would take over the school that Hyde-Addison is currently using as a swing space. Is that not true anymore?

Definitely have not told current parents that is for certain and I thought after the last planning meeting that we were told it would be something we would have input into.

NARRATOR: They would get no input into the swing space.

[Anonymous]

We tried to lottery *in* to Eaton for PK4 some years ago but were #350 on the waitlist!
Have several friends with kids there and they have really been happy with the school. Great community, good academics. A sweet place.

Enjoy the school!