Oyster and bancroft feed to McFarland

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There's only 1 Spanish bilingual 5 star school. Oyster-Adams.

That is absolutely untrue. Marie Reed Elementary School is also a five-star school and the only Title-One five-star school in DC. It has a dual language and is one block away from the Adams campus.

Moving OA to McFarland makes more sense now than at the beginning of this thread.

Please don’t turn this into an OA vs. Marie Reed thread. I’m very happy to hear about MR’s success because DC needs as many high performing (dual immersion) schools as possible.

Signed,
An OA Parent

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OA can remain a neighborhood school if you wish.

But what I am saying is that if the city cares about equity and access and fair resource allocation, ALL dual language programs in the city should be city-wide schools, with entrance via lottery.

The city has changed a LOT in 45 years, and even since the Oyster building was renovated 20 years ago. What made sense 2-4 generations ago may not make sense now.

There are currently 14 elementary school dual language programs, plus middle and high schools. Eight of these are Public Charter Schools, so EIGHT of these schools are city-wide schools. That means that you have options: move IB for your preferred dual language school, or try to win a seat in one of the eight city-wide schools.

Contrary to your beliefs, your child isn’t entitled to a seat at Oyster.

Also, I am not coming to this opinion from personal self-interest. My kids do not need not do I want a seat Oyster for them. I do want a rational public school system that makes access to coveted programs, which costs taxpayers more than a traditional public school, fair for all its residents.

Oyster is currently over-enrolled. It’s waiting list is usually one of the top five longest in the city. Based on its current two campuses, Oyster will never have
the physical capacity to meet those demands. If it becomes a citywide school, then many neighborhood children won’t be able to attend a school that is mere blocks away from their homes. The number of available seats won’t change, the only thing your proposed change will do is deprive neighborhood children from attending a school in their backyard. How is that fair or equitable to them?

Once again, there are 8 DC citywide dual immersion schools, plus MoCo schools. Feel free to avail yourself of those options, and leave Oyster alone.

+1 I would like to see more thriving neighborhood schools, rather than "choice: schools aka the parlance of charter boosters. We need to invest in and send our kids to the schools in our neighborhoods. If the homes are good enough for us, then we can make the schools good enough.