Murch Boundary Change

[Anonymous]

It strikes me that Hearst is a school in search of a mission. If some of Murch's area moves to Hearst, it may get a few more local students. However, Heast's raison d'etre seems to be as a "safe" school WOTP for out of boundary students from EOTP. More local families may enhance its connection to the neighborhood, I'm hoping.

[Anonymous]

Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

Before some part of Murch is sent there, what percentage currently attends from the neighborhood and what percentage is from outside the boundaries area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

Before some part of Murch is sent there, what percentage currently attends from the neighborhood and what percentage is from outside the boundaries area?

google is your girlfriend. try the search terms "dcps" and "school profiles"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

Before some part of Murch is sent there, what percentage currently attends from the neighborhood and what percentage is from outside the boundaries area?

google is your girlfriend. try the search terms "dcps" and "school profiles"

What is it, or afraid to say??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

Before some part of Murch is sent there, what percentage currently attends from the neighborhood and what percentage is from outside the boundaries area?

google is your girlfriend. try the search terms "dcps" and "school profiles"

What is it, or afraid to say??

It is unclear whether you are asking about Murch or Hearst, but currently 85% of Murch students are in-boundary students. (That is the figure being used by the DME, while the DCPS school profile for Murch is incorrect and the school is working to get DCPS to correct that.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

Before some part of Murch is sent there, what percentage currently attends from the neighborhood and what percentage is from outside the boundaries area?

google is your girlfriend. try the search terms "dcps" and "school profiles"

What is it, or afraid to say??

It is unclear whether you are asking about Murch or Hearst, but currently 85% of Murch students are in-boundary students. (That is the figure being used by the DME, while the DCPS school profile for Murch is incorrect and the school is working to get DCPS to correct that.)

What about Hearst? Thx.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hearst has a fantastic mission educating the children who go there, backed by a very active PTA and community.

It's reason for being are the kids who attend the school and the community that is thriving there.

Before some part of Murch is sent there, what percentage currently attends from the neighborhood and what percentage is from outside the boundaries area?

google is your girlfriend. try the search terms "dcps" and "school profiles"

What is it, or afraid to say??

It is unclear whether you are asking about Murch or Hearst, but currently 85% of Murch students are in-boundary students. (That is the figure being used by the DME, while the DCPS school profile for Murch is incorrect and the school is working to get DCPS to correct that.)

What about Hearst? Thx.

Stop being stupid and use the computer you're already on to search "dcps" and "school profiles." Then type in "Hearst." Thx

[Anonymous]

Hearst is about 10% in bounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearst is about 10% in bounds.

Seriously??? That number is not correct. Even if it were, it does not matter because there is no IB/OOBs distinction at Hearst. No one cares about that at Hearst. It NEVER comes up. People who care about that don't come to Hearst (and that works best for everyone). Hearst and Eaton (both Ward 3) have very similar school cultures. Open, diverse, welcoming of all.

[Anonymous]

Which is precisely why there should be no changes to the current boundaries. Hearst parents want large numbers of OOB kids, and a large number of OOB familieswant to continue going there in the future. Hearst is not a neighborhood school, but is improving, and families currently IB love it because it has lots of OOB kids. If it isn't broken why try to fix it!

[Anonymous]

I thought it was 18% IB, but that the pk4 incoming class was 50%. And that test scores compared to same SES status were similar to other area elementary schools like Murch.

[Anonymous]

The school feeds to Deal and Wilson which is the real plus of the school for OOB families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearst is about 10% in bounds.

Seriously??? That number is not correct. Even if it were, it does not matter because there is no IB/OOBs distinction at Hearst. No one cares about that at Hearst. It NEVER comes up. People who care about that don't come to Hearst (and that works best for everyone). Hearst and Eaton (both Ward 3) have very similar school cultures. Open, diverse, welcoming of all.

IB, OOB and OOD students at Hearst. OOD=Out of District, and there certainly are a lot of Maryland license plates at drop-off and pick-up. They really need a rigorous audit to ensure that Hearst is not educating non-resident kids for free.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But the corner taking the hit is the corner with the most SES diversity in the school boundary!

And? They will go to Hearst now.

I have heard talk about this area joining with Crestwood to put forward a DoJ case. Does anyone have additional information about this?