Deal and Hardy turnaround

[Anonymous]

It should go by geography. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

I've come to the viewpoint that most big cities are too big to be managed as one citywide school system. Let's divide DCPS into several districts with autonomous school boards and administrators and give each one the same per pupil annual allotment. Like states, the DC government can function as a financing mechanism for school construction. Eliminate most of the jobs in the central office.

This way, if one school district wanted to go lean on administration and provide enrichment options and hire master teachers, let them. If another wants to use its money to provide "jobs for the community" and feather-bed political hacks, go for it! Each local board of ed can set its own priorities because decision-making would be devolved much closer to the neighborhoods that is serves. Because each district would get the same per pupil allocation, it can make its own decisions and live with the consequences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Glad Kim focused on major and minor behaviors. That needs to be the focus at Hardy.

What the hell does this mean? Isn't a behavior major OR minor? And isn't that the principal's job?

NP I think it means she focused on all behaviors. I don't have any affiliation with deal, but reading about Kim on these threads makes me think about NYC and the concept of if you fix every little broken window, over time people feel better about their neighborhood and over time it can actually have a dramatic impact. So, by not letting things slide, Kim made a big difference.

Just guessing here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

I've come to the viewpoint that most big cities are too big to be managed as one citywide school system. Let's divide DCPS into several districts with autonomous school boards and administrators and give each one the same per pupil annual allotment. Like states, the DC government can function as a financing mechanism for school construction. Eliminate most of the jobs in the central office.

This way, if one school district wanted to go lean on administration and provide enrichment options and hire master teachers, let them. If another wants to use its money to provide "jobs for the community" and feather-bed political hacks, go for it! Each local board of ed can set its own priorities because decision-making would be devolved much closer to the neighborhoods that is serves. Because each district would get the same per pupil allocation, it can make its own decisions and live with the consequences.

Sure, we'll call the districts eotp, wotp and Capitol Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

I've come to the viewpoint that most big cities are too big to be managed as one citywide school system. Let's divide DCPS into several districts with autonomous school boards and administrators and give each one the same per pupil annual allotment. Like states, the DC government can function as a financing mechanism for school construction. Eliminate most of the jobs in the central office.

This way, if one school district wanted to go lean on administration and provide enrichment options and hire master teachers, let them. If another wants to use its money to provide "jobs for the community" and feather-bed political hacks, go for it! Each local board of ed can set its own priorities because decision-making would be devolved much closer to the neighborhoods that is serves. Because each district would get the same per pupil allocation, it can make its own decisions and live with the consequences.

Easy way to segregate legally. Frankly a lot of the Northeast has these tiny little school districts so their snowflakes don't have to trifle with us lesser, poorer folks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The simplest solution is to make Hardy more in-bounds. That means moving Oyster, Eaton and maybe Hearst to Hardy. This is also the most dangerous solution, for an influx of Hearst, Eaton and Oyster may be enough to prompt Mann and Key students to stay on as well, and then the school could eventually find itself over capacity with just in-bounds kids.

I was actually speaking to a Mann mom today. Her oldest is 8, I think. She mentioned she (and others) are expecting to send their kids to Hardy.

Hearst prek is increasingly IB, so I bet a high percentage will end up feeding whichever middle school in the future.

Taking Hearst out of Deal would make for fairly strange geographical patterns. The north boundary of Hearst is closer to Deal than parts of Murch or Janney, and all of Lafayette. (Yes clearly parts of Janney and clearly Murch are closer, and parts of Hearst are farther, but most of Hearst is quite close to Deal.) You could also potentially have a strange wrap-around shape if Bancroft stays in.

As-the-crow-flies measurements without considering the alternative options are silly. The point is that it's easier to move Hearst to Hardy than to move Lafayette anywhere at present, regardless that Hearst is closer to Deal than Lafayette.

If you want to make that argument, you could just as easily move Janney. I don't think it likely, but it is just as "easy".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

I've come to the viewpoint that most big cities are too big to be managed as one citywide school system. Let's divide DCPS into several districts with autonomous school boards and administrators and give each one the same per pupil annual allotment. Like states, the DC government can function as a financing mechanism for school construction. Eliminate most of the jobs in the central office.

This way, if one school district wanted to go lean on administration and provide enrichment options and hire master teachers, let them. If another wants to use its money to provide "jobs for the community" and feather-bed political hacks, go for it! Each local board of ed can set its own priorities because decision-making would be devolved much closer to the neighborhoods that is serves. Because each district would get the same per pupil allocation, it can make its own decisions and live with the consequences.

Yes, yes, we get the west-of-the-Park perspective. "Things work for us, so leave us alone."

[Anonymous]

^^FWIW I'm pretty sure most people WOTP would find this comment as inane as you do. DC is already a relatively small school system. And this is just a plainly awful idea.

[Anonymous]

best way to improve hardy, feed janney there. done. now there are two excellent middle schools. DCPS may figure this out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

I've come to the viewpoint that most big cities are too big to be managed as one citywide school system. Let's divide DCPS into several districts with autonomous school boards and administrators and give each one the same per pupil annual allotment. Like states, the DC government can function as a financing mechanism for school construction. Eliminate most of the jobs in the central office.

This way, if one school district wanted to go lean on administration and provide enrichment options and hire master teachers, let them. If another wants to use its money to provide "jobs for the community" and feather-bed political hacks, go for it! Each local board of ed can set its own priorities because decision-making would be devolved much closer to the neighborhoods that is serves. Because each district would get the same per pupil allocation, it can make its own decisions and live with the consequences.

Yes, yes, we get the west-of-the-Park perspective. "Things work for us, so leave us alone."

Yes, and the EOTP perspective is don't hold teachers and schools accountable, don't close underperforming schools, keep the DCPS desk riders and pencil-pushers because they are DC folks, don't say anything about the PG non-residents who scam our taxpayers, but give me access to the schools WOTP. And how to pay for it all? Why, just raise taxes on those WOTP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think you bought something when you bought your house that isn't in your deed. Sorry, it's not in there. DC needs the flexibility to make a workable citywide school system.

I've come to the viewpoint that most big cities are too big to be managed as one citywide school system. Let's divide DCPS into several districts with autonomous school boards and administrators and give each one the same per pupil annual allotment. Like states, the DC government can function as a financing mechanism for school construction. Eliminate most of the jobs in the central office.

This way, if one school district wanted to go lean on administration and provide enrichment options and hire master teachers, let them. If another wants to use its money to provide "jobs for the community" and feather-bed political hacks, go for it! Each local board of ed can set its own priorities because decision-making would be devolved much closer to the neighborhoods that is serves. Because each district would get the same per pupil allocation, it can make its own decisions and live with the consequences.

Yes, yes, we get the west-of-the-Park perspective. "Things work for us, so leave us alone."

Yes, and the EOTP perspective is don't hold teachers and schools accountable, don't close underperforming schools, keep the DCPS desk riders and pencil-pushers because they are DC folks, don't say anything about the PG non-residents who scam our taxpayers, but give me access to the schools WOTP. And how to pay for it all? Why, just raise taxes on those WOTP.

Yes, yes. We know. You have the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:best way to improve hardy, feed janney there. done. now there are two excellent middle schools. DCPS may figure this out.

Not going to happen. There is zero and I mean zero percent chance that they will move Janney or Murch out of Deal. They may rezone parts of Janney to other schools but they will not remove Janney as a Deal feeder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:best way to improve hardy, feed janney there. done. now there are two excellent middle schools. DCPS may figure this out.

Not going to happen. There is zero and I mean zero percent chance that they will move Janney or Murch out of Deal. They may rezone parts of Janney to other schools but they will not remove Janney as a Deal feeder.

kind of funny you even responded to that.

[Anonymous]

It's just the Murch booster.