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Anonymous wrote:Someone just pointed out that 72% of IB Miner families don’t attend Miner.


Is that true? And if so, is it 72% of kids enrolled in public school who are IB for Miner, or 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner? I've always struggled to find data like this because it's extremely relevant to reported "IB participating" rates which can mean different things depending on the pool you're referring to. But I feel like it's often hard to find.


It's 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner. Someone linked the data set earlier.


Sorry, as a correction, it's 72% of kids PK3-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner


Yes but when you say "kids PK3-12" is this just kids enrolled in DC public schools or does it include kids who are homeschooled or attend privates? Just to clarify.


DCPS and charters. Here: https://dme.dc.gov/page/sy2021-22-public-school-enrollments-dcps-boundary


These are the schools that grade-level kids in the Miner boundary attend. This only has schools with counts larger than 10, there are around 250 kids at other public schools where the count is less than 10.

Miner Elementary School 230
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary 67
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 38
J.O. Wilson Elementary School 27
School-Within-School @ Goding 23
KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS 22
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle 21
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School 20
Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street 19
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 18
Browne Education Campus 17
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill 15
KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS 15
Wheatley Education Campus 15
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Oklahoma Avenue 13
Peabody Elementary School/Watkins Elementary School Capitol Hill Cluster 13
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End 11


And Maury. There are about 100 kids at schools with a count lower than 10.

Maury Elementary School 443
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21
Miner Elementary School 13
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12
BASIS DC PCS 11
School-Within-School @ Goding 11


AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no siblings preference
Miner Elementary School 13 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no sibling preference
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13 -- want language preference not offered at Maury
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12 -- goes through middle school
BASIS DC PCS 11 -- middle school at 5th grade
School-Within-School @ Goding 11 -- good school

But I am just guessing....


Yeah what this shows is that Maury's boundary participation rate is likely misleadingly low -- some or all of those AT and Miner people would be at Maury if they could get a seat.


You have a point. Which makes the Percent In Boundary 92% and the Boundary Participation Rate 73%


I'm assuming that the number is less than 10 because Latin now has two campuses, but I assume there are a decent amount of would be Maury 5th graders at OG Latin and Latin- Cooper Campus.
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Anonymous wrote:Someone just pointed out that 72% of IB Miner families don’t attend Miner.


Is that true? And if so, is it 72% of kids enrolled in public school who are IB for Miner, or 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner? I've always struggled to find data like this because it's extremely relevant to reported "IB participating" rates which can mean different things depending on the pool you're referring to. But I feel like it's often hard to find.


It's 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner. Someone linked the data set earlier.


Sorry, as a correction, it's 72% of kids PK3-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner


Yes but when you say "kids PK3-12" is this just kids enrolled in DC public schools or does it include kids who are homeschooled or attend privates? Just to clarify.


DCPS and charters. Here: https://dme.dc.gov/page/sy2021-22-public-school-enrollments-dcps-boundary


These are the schools that grade-level kids in the Miner boundary attend. This only has schools with counts larger than 10, there are around 250 kids at other public schools where the count is less than 10.

Miner Elementary School 230
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary 67
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 38
J.O. Wilson Elementary School 27
School-Within-School @ Goding 23
KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS 22
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle 21
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School 20
Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street 19
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 18
Browne Education Campus 17
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill 15
KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS 15
Wheatley Education Campus 15
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Oklahoma Avenue 13
Peabody Elementary School/Watkins Elementary School Capitol Hill Cluster 13
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End 11


And Maury. There are about 100 kids at schools with a count lower than 10.

Maury Elementary School 443
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21
Miner Elementary School 13
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12
BASIS DC PCS 11
School-Within-School @ Goding 11


AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no siblings preference
Miner Elementary School 13 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no sibling preference
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13 -- want language preference not offered at Maury
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12 -- goes through middle school
BASIS DC PCS 11 -- middle school at 5th grade
School-Within-School @ Goding 11 -- good school

But I am just guessing....


I would actually assume most of the Two Rivers Young students are PK students as well, though I guess you might be right about middle school. I feel like in my conversations with families both at Maury and on the Hill, most people view SH as a better option than TR Young, I'd be curious if the reverse is true for EH. I've heard some VERY negative things about TR Young's middle school program, covering everything from administration to teachers to curriculum to class size to extra-curriculars. I would personally not send my kid there, but we are in an SH feeder so that's our backup if we don't get a Latin spot.
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Anonymous wrote:Someone just pointed out that 72% of IB Miner families don’t attend Miner.


Is that true? And if so, is it 72% of kids enrolled in public school who are IB for Miner, or 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner? I've always struggled to find data like this because it's extremely relevant to reported "IB participating" rates which can mean different things depending on the pool you're referring to. But I feel like it's often hard to find.


It's 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner. Someone linked the data set earlier.


Sorry, as a correction, it's 72% of kids PK3-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner


Yes but when you say "kids PK3-12" is this just kids enrolled in DC public schools or does it include kids who are homeschooled or attend privates? Just to clarify.


DCPS and charters. Here: https://dme.dc.gov/page/sy2021-22-public-school-enrollments-dcps-boundary


These are the schools that grade-level kids in the Miner boundary attend. This only has schools with counts larger than 10, there are around 250 kids at other public schools where the count is less than 10.

Miner Elementary School 230
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary 67
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 38
J.O. Wilson Elementary School 27
School-Within-School @ Goding 23
KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS 22
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle 21
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School 20
Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street 19
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 18
Browne Education Campus 17
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill 15
KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS 15
Wheatley Education Campus 15
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Oklahoma Avenue 13
Peabody Elementary School/Watkins Elementary School Capitol Hill Cluster 13
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End 11


And Maury. There are about 100 kids at schools with a count lower than 10.

Maury Elementary School 443
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21
Miner Elementary School 13
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12
BASIS DC PCS 11
School-Within-School @ Goding 11


AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no siblings preference
Miner Elementary School 13 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no sibling preference
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13 -- want language preference not offered at Maury
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12 -- goes through middle school
BASIS DC PCS 11 -- middle school at 5th grade
School-Within-School @ Goding 11 -- good school

But I am just guessing....


Yeah what this shows is that Maury's boundary participation rate is likely misleadingly low -- some or all of those AT and Miner people would be at Maury if they could get a seat.


You have a point. Which makes the Percent In Boundary 92% and the Boundary Participation Rate 73%


I'm assuming that the number is less than 10 because Latin now has two campuses, but I assume there are a decent amount of would be Maury 5th graders at OG Latin and Latin- Cooper Campus.


+1, especially given that the bus from Eastern Market is pretty convenient for Maury IB families.
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Anonymous wrote:Someone just pointed out that 72% of IB Miner families don’t attend Miner.


Is that true? And if so, is it 72% of kids enrolled in public school who are IB for Miner, or 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner? I've always struggled to find data like this because it's extremely relevant to reported "IB participating" rates which can mean different things depending on the pool you're referring to. But I feel like it's often hard to find.


It's 72% of kids K-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner. Someone linked the data set earlier.


Sorry, as a correction, it's 72% of kids PK3-12 who live IB for Miner do not attend Miner


Yes but when you say "kids PK3-12" is this just kids enrolled in DC public schools or does it include kids who are homeschooled or attend privates? Just to clarify.


DCPS and charters. Here: https://dme.dc.gov/page/sy2021-22-public-school-enrollments-dcps-boundary


These are the schools that grade-level kids in the Miner boundary attend. This only has schools with counts larger than 10, there are around 250 kids at other public schools where the count is less than 10.

Miner Elementary School 230
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary 67
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 38
J.O. Wilson Elementary School 27
School-Within-School @ Goding 23
KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS 22
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle 21
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School 20
Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street 19
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 18
Browne Education Campus 17
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill 15
KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS 15
Wheatley Education Campus 15
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Oklahoma Avenue 13
Peabody Elementary School/Watkins Elementary School Capitol Hill Cluster 13
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End 11


And Maury. There are about 100 kids at schools with a count lower than 10.

Maury Elementary School 443
AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21
Miner Elementary School 13
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12
BASIS DC PCS 11
School-Within-School @ Goding 11


AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park 21 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no siblings preference
Miner Elementary School 13 -- couldn't get into Maury pre-k b/c no sibling preference
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook 13 -- want language preference not offered at Maury
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School 12 -- goes through middle school
BASIS DC PCS 11 -- middle school at 5th grade
School-Within-School @ Goding 11 -- good school

But I am just guessing....


Yeah what this shows is that Maury's boundary participation rate is likely misleadingly low -- some or all of those AT and Miner people would be at Maury if they could get a seat.


You have a point. Which makes the Percent In Boundary 92% and the Boundary Participation Rate 73%


I'm assuming that the number is less than 10 because Latin now has two campuses, but I assume there are a decent amount of would be Maury 5th graders at OG Latin and Latin- Cooper Campus.


+1, especially given that the bus from Eastern Market is pretty convenient for Maury IB families.


There are actually two buses at EM, one for each campus.
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The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


what would the swing space be for? I must have missed that. but the fact is the true believers don’t care about disruption.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


Did they mention a swing space at the town hall? I could see them doing it so they could retrofit both campuses but yes, that would be majorly disruptive.

Without the swing space step, though, it would be less disruptive than what a lot of schools go through with renovations (including Maury not long ago). It's always a bummer to be at an elementary school through a renovation for this reason. I know people whose kids spent 4th/5th at SWS during renovations and the didn't even get to return to the renovated school. Plus a lot of their classmates left for 5th if they got into Latin or Basis. it's a bummer.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


Did they mention a swing space at the town hall? I could see them doing it so they could retrofit both campuses but yes, that would be majorly disruptive.

Without the swing space step, though, it would be less disruptive than what a lot of schools go through with renovations (including Maury not long ago). It's always a bummer to be at an elementary school through a renovation for this reason. I know people whose kids spent 4th/5th at SWS during renovations and the didn't even get to return to the renovated school. Plus a lot of their classmates left for 5th if they got into Latin or Basis. it's a bummer.


I don't think anyone has mentioned a swing space, but I don't see how they could retrofit both schools without it. Both schools would need to be retrofit to properly accommodate the grades. It would likely need to be done at the same time, so they'd need a pretty big swing space.

It is more disruption than most renovations, because there would be 2 campuses, so some kids will go from one campus, to a swing space, to another campus and possibly back to the other campus.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


what would the swing space be for? I must have missed that. but the fact is the true believers don’t care about disruption.


Mostly for ECE, which has particular requirements for sinks and bathrooms. I think older kids could be placed in a preschool classroom, but not vice versa.
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I’ve been thinking about this cluster plan a lot, and I have an idea. What if they did the cluster, but the shift to Maury is earlier, at first or second grade?

I’m sympathetic to the double drop off problem and the feeling that a lot of people leave Maury at 5th anyway, so 3-5 feels really short. BUT I think the socioeconomic and racial segregation between Maury and Miner is a big problem. And I don’t buy the argument that fixing Maury/Miner isn’t legitimate or worthwhile because it doesn’t solve problems for the rest of DCPS. Here we have two schools so close together with such disparate populations and outcomes, and they can solve it while still allowing people to walk to school in their own neighborhoods. Plus, Miner’s strength is its excellent ECE program and its weakness is the upper grades. I agree a cluster isn’t ideal as a general matter, but if it can be done well, the payoff for integration seems worth it, honestly. And I do think integration matters for its own sake. I also agree that IB buy in is necessary for the plan to work.

Miner already has a great pre-k and K staff. Maury is already so crowded for pre-k that you can’t get in without a sibling preference. It might be more palatable for people to spend an extra year or two at Miner and switch to Maury at First or Second. Plus, the pre-K and K kids do a lot together at Miner already, so it could make sense for that group. And they will have the new facility!

For those who oppose the cluster, it might be worthwhile pitching this to the DME as an alternative. That way, if they don’t jettison the plan altogether, maybe you’ll get this as a compromise. For those who support the cluster, maybe this will help ensure the buy in that’s necessary if we want integration to happen.
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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been thinking about this cluster plan a lot, and I have an idea. What if they did the cluster, but the shift to Maury is earlier, at first or second grade?

I’m sympathetic to the double drop off problem and the feeling that a lot of people leave Maury at 5th anyway, so 3-5 feels really short. BUT I think the socioeconomic and racial segregation between Maury and Miner is a big problem. And I don’t buy the argument that fixing Maury/Miner isn’t legitimate or worthwhile because it doesn’t solve problems for the rest of DCPS. Here we have two schools so close together with such disparate populations and outcomes, and they can solve it while still allowing people to walk to school in their own neighborhoods. Plus, Miner’s strength is its excellent ECE program and its weakness is the upper grades. I agree a cluster isn’t ideal as a general matter, but if it can be done well, the payoff for integration seems worth it, honestly. And I do think integration matters for its own sake. I also agree that IB buy in is necessary for the plan to work.

Miner already has a great pre-k and K staff. Maury is already so crowded for pre-k that you can’t get in without a sibling preference. It might be more palatable for people to spend an extra year or two at Miner and switch to Maury at First or Second. Plus, the pre-K and K kids do a lot together at Miner already, so it could make sense for that group. And they will have the new facility!

For those who oppose the cluster, it might be worthwhile pitching this to the DME as an alternative. That way, if they don’t jettison the plan altogether, maybe you’ll get this as a compromise. For those who support the cluster, maybe this will help ensure the buy in that’s necessary if we want integration to happen.


The Cluster is supposed to start around 2nd as it is. It's based entirely on space considerations. Not at all clear why you think this is a compromise.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


what would the swing space be for? I must have missed that. but the fact is the true believers don’t care about disruption.


Mostly for ECE, which has particular requirements for sinks and bathrooms. I think older kids could be placed in a preschool classroom, but not vice versa.


In that case, Maury would not need much retrofit at all -- existing ECE classrooms could just be converted to upper grade classrooms with very little change other than furniture and equipment.

Miner might need less of a retrofit than you think because of the new ECE building. With a brand new building designed for ECE grades, that means they now have twice the number of ECE classrooms as they used to have. Presumably PK would go into the new building, K classes would go into the existing PK and K classrooms in the main building, and then 1st (and 2nd if that's where the cut off would be) would go in existing upper grade classrooms.

Nothing that would require spending a year or even half a year in a swing space.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


what would the swing space be for? I must have missed that. but the fact is the true believers don’t care about disruption.


Mostly for ECE, which has particular requirements for sinks and bathrooms. I think older kids could be placed in a preschool classroom, but not vice versa.


In that case, Maury would not need much retrofit at all -- existing ECE classrooms could just be converted to upper grade classrooms with very little change other than furniture and equipment.

Miner might need less of a retrofit than you think because of the new ECE building. With a brand new building designed for ECE grades, that means they now have twice the number of ECE classrooms as they used to have. Presumably PK would go into the new building, K classes would go into the existing PK and K classrooms in the main building, and then 1st (and 2nd if that's where the cut off would be) would go in existing upper grade classrooms.

Nothing that would require spending a year or even half a year in a swing space.


They could only do this if they scrapped the 0-3 plan, which I doubt they will. They can't out the 0-3ers on the second floor -- the whole reason for the new ECE building -- so they need to retrofit *those* classrooms for additional ECE.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


what would the swing space be for? I must have missed that. but the fact is the true believers don’t care about disruption.


Mostly for ECE, which has particular requirements for sinks and bathrooms. I think older kids could be placed in a preschool classroom, but not vice versa.


In that case, Maury would not need much retrofit at all -- existing ECE classrooms could just be converted to upper grade classrooms with very little change other than furniture and equipment.

Miner might need less of a retrofit than you think because of the new ECE building. With a brand new building designed for ECE grades, that means they now have twice the number of ECE classrooms as they used to have. Presumably PK would go into the new building, K classes would go into the existing PK and K classrooms in the main building, and then 1st (and 2nd if that's where the cut off would be) would go in existing upper grade classrooms.

Nothing that would require spending a year or even half a year in a swing space.


They could only do this if they scrapped the 0-3 plan, which I doubt they will. They can't out the 0-3ers on the second floor -- the whole reason for the new ECE building -- so they need to retrofit *those* classrooms for additional ECE.


How many classrooms do they need for the 0-3s? Not sure how many classrooms they currently have for ECE in their main building, but I'm guessing it's got to be around 10-12 because those are the grades where they tend to be more fully subscribed. No way they are using them all for a daycare that does not yet exist. I would guess maybe two classrooms? Perhaps as it expanded, they'd have to move some of the K kids to upstairs classrooms and retrofit those, but I would guess that to start, they'd assign maybe the two outermost classrooms to the 0-3, construct some kind of divider between that and the rest of the school (those classrooms already have exterior doors), and still be able to avoid a swing space.

The point is that with the construction of a new building of ECE classrooms, Miner just doubled its ECE capacity. Since I doubt they are planning to do 12 classrooms of 0-3, there is capacity. A total renovation is not necessary.
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Anonymous wrote:The cluster would be so disruptive in the implementation phase. My child will hopefully start at Maury next school year. They'd start at Maury, then go to a swing space, then a Miner in transition, then a Maury in transition over just a few years.


what would the swing space be for? I must have missed that. but the fact is the true believers don’t care about disruption.


Mostly for ECE, which has particular requirements for sinks and bathrooms. I think older kids could be placed in a preschool classroom, but not vice versa.


In that case, Maury would not need much retrofit at all -- existing ECE classrooms could just be converted to upper grade classrooms with very little change other than furniture and equipment.

Miner might need less of a retrofit than you think because of the new ECE building. With a brand new building designed for ECE grades, that means they now have twice the number of ECE classrooms as they used to have. Presumably PK would go into the new building, K classes would go into the existing PK and K classrooms in the main building, and then 1st (and 2nd if that's where the cut off would be) would go in existing upper grade classrooms.

Nothing that would require spending a year or even half a year in a swing space.


They could only do this if they scrapped the 0-3 plan, which I doubt they will. They can't out the 0-3ers on the second floor -- the whole reason for the new ECE building -- so they need to retrofit *those* classrooms for additional ECE.


How many classrooms do they need for the 0-3s? Not sure how many classrooms they currently have for ECE in their main building, but I'm guessing it's got to be around 10-12 because those are the grades where they tend to be more fully subscribed. No way they are using them all for a daycare that does not yet exist. I would guess maybe two classrooms? Perhaps as it expanded, they'd have to move some of the K kids to upstairs classrooms and retrofit those, but I would guess that to start, they'd assign maybe the two outermost classrooms to the 0-3, construct some kind of divider between that and the rest of the school (those classrooms already have exterior doors), and still be able to avoid a swing space.

The point is that with the construction of a new building of ECE classrooms, Miner just doubled its ECE capacity. Since I doubt they are planning to do 12 classrooms of 0-3, there is capacity. A total renovation is not necessary.


Can anyone explain what is actually going on and currently planned for Miner's spaces? I believe they are renovating the separate building for daycare only. Is that correct? Are they also renovating the ECE wing?
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