Who will go to new High School in Foxhall/Palisades

[Anonymous]

Do you think the new high school will create momentum for Hardy to improve? I hope so!

We are in boundary for Hardy but currently not too exited about it. It may be in part due to lower (<80%) IB population and shabby school grounds. We were there a few months ago and was negatively impressed.. Does it take so much to repair basketball hoops and keep the trash collected? This after DC spends millions after millions in major school upgrades..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Im thinking of leaving AU Park to move in-boundary for this school so my current Janney student doesn't have to go to J-R. The idea of a small, NW high school is super appealing. Otherwise we have to move to Bethesda.

What grade is your DD? Currently weighing options for MS/HS (we are on the Hill) and I would really, really love to stay in DC and move in boundary for Hardy. But having a hard time justifying not just moving to Bethesda if we’re going to move.

Incoming 4th and 1st.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think the new high school will create momentum for Hardy to improve? I hope so!

We are in boundary for Hardy but currently not too exited about it. It may be in part due to lower (<80%) IB population and shabby school grounds. We were there a few months ago and was negatively impressed.. Does it take so much to repair basketball hoops and keep the trash collected? This after DC spends millions after millions in major school upgrades..

Trash collection and broken playground equipment is an issue at our recently modernized elementary ... 80% IB is also pretty good. Do you have any substantive concerns about Hardy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think the new high school will create momentum for Hardy to improve? I hope so!

We are in boundary for Hardy but currently not too exited about it. It may be in part due to lower (<80%) IB population and shabby school grounds. We were there a few months ago and was negatively impressed.. Does it take so much to repair basketball hoops and keep the trash collected? This after DC spends millions after millions in major school upgrades..

Trash collection and broken playground equipment is an issue at our recently modernized elementary ... 80% IB is also pretty good. Do you have any substantive concerns about Hardy?

No, since I don’t know much about the school. My kids are still at a feeder ES.

IB enrollment from inbound ESs was about 60% in 2020/2021, I believe, but improving from previous years.

[Anonymous]

We're incoming and are excited about Hardy. Just adding a positive voice to balance things out

[Anonymous]

We have young kids at a feeder and many parents are very excited about this school. Parents who may not have stayed in DC or in public school. Just adding another positive thought.

[Anonymous]

We are very hopeful too! We really would like to avoid moving to MD as much as possible.

[Anonymous]

I’ll trade houses with the AU person. I am very unenthusiastic about having my kid be in the first class of this school with no upper grades. No other high school is going to come compete against an academic or sports team made up of 9th graders only. How are these kids going to develop the resumes they need for college without competitive extracurriculars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im thinking of leaving AU Park to move in-boundary for this school so my current Janney student doesn't have to go to J-R. The idea of a small, NW high school is super appealing. Otherwise we have to move to Bethesda.

The new NW high school will be the new "upper class one" and JR will have the leftovers unless there is some actual thought put into the feeder and boundaries .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll trade houses with the AU person. I am very unenthusiastic about having my kid be in the first class of this school with no upper grades. No other high school is going to come compete against an academic or sports team made up of 9th graders only. How are these kids going to develop the resumes they need for college without competitive extracurriculars?

They have the chance to be a founding member of clubs/activities. They will have 4 years of active leadership in developing new traditions and creating a school culture. it could be a really great and different experience.

[Anonymous]

Grateful our Hardy student will have the choice between JR and the new school. We’ll likely stick with JR unless I’m impressed with the leadership that is hired, the teaching staff the school attracts and the school curriculum and extracurriculars. I have no doubt the new school will be great a decade from not but not a jazzed about being a founding family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im thinking of leaving AU Park to move in-boundary for this school so my current Janney student doesn't have to go to J-R. The idea of a small, NW high school is super appealing. Otherwise we have to move to Bethesda.

My DD is an upcoming 7th grader at Deal and we have our eyes on this new school too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll trade houses with the AU person. I am very unenthusiastic about having my kid be in the first class of this school with no upper grades. No other high school is going to come compete against an academic or sports team made up of 9th graders only. How are these kids going to develop the resumes they need for college without competitive extracurriculars?

They have the chance to be a founding member of clubs/activities. They will have 4 years of active leadership in developing new traditions and creating a school culture. it could be a really great and different experience.

Perhaps they can take sports at Wilson? Much like what Banneker does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im thinking of leaving AU Park to move in-boundary for this school so my current Janney student doesn't have to go to J-R. The idea of a small, NW high school is super appealing. Otherwise we have to move to Bethesda.

DC is being very coy about this (since the optics don't look good). But the site location and size means that this school is meant to look demographically like a "W" school. Yes, it will be whiter than BCC if everything goes to DCPS plan. The roadmap for this school seems build off what happened to Hardy. Now that Hardy is plurality white and in-boundary; this school will mirror Hardy. (And many of the latinos at Hardy are 'white' embassy staff.) Keep in mind white students at Hardy seems to be even or out perform Deal students.

Look at where the school is. It really only works for current upper NW families. The big issue is will DC change neighborhood parking pass rules/make direct buses to Eaton/Stoddert areas. Right now many of the potentially students will qualify for zone 3 permits. So when they become juniors, they'll start parking on neighborhood streets. (My neighbors who go to J-R have their older son drive to school and use the W3 permit to part a block or two from it)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think the new high school will create momentum for Hardy to improve? I hope so!

We are in boundary for Hardy but currently not too exited about it. It may be in part due to lower (<80%) IB population and shabby school grounds. We were there a few months ago and was negatively impressed.. Does it take so much to repair basketball hoops and keep the trash collected? This after DC spends millions after millions in major school upgrades..

Trash collection and broken playground equipment is an issue at our recently modernized elementary ... 80% IB is also pretty good. Do you have any substantive concerns about Hardy?

No, since I don’t know much about the school. My kids are still at a feeder ES.

IB enrollment from inbound ESs was about 60% in 2020/2021, I believe, but improving from previous years.

We're IB and planning on using Hardy in a few years. IB numbers have gone up pretty steadily over the last decade. When we moved to the neighborhood, very few families used it. Now, most seem to use it. Really the only OOB families seem to be coming from the Hyde-Addison feeder. I'm ok with that, makes the school more diverse than my super white neighborhood.