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Anonymous
Um, why? I suppose you could say, like for Takoma, Bungalows in Brookland are $400K plus - but do tell. I know the 5 and under set is solidly middle class, mostly white -- is that why? |
Anonymous
In this case, it's actually DCPS special ed that is the real problem, not the principal. DCPS needs to put special needs students in private settings if they can't do the job themselves. A transfer is being worked out but too many lawyers have made it nearly impossible to expel some students.
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Anonymous
i do too but i don't know anyone who sends their kids to garrison or is planning to. |
Anonymous
Desperate not to move parents who can't afford private WANT it to be. Don't think they are staying past PS/PK though. I can't think of anyone in the neighborhood who didn't move on at that point except the one booster mom. Have a lot of friends in bounds for Hearst, all planned on sending to the school when the kids were babies. Now all of them are scrambling too. Eaton still has huge numbers of OOB kids. Good luck to everyone! |
Anonymous
Not likely. Easier to move, with a more certain result. |
Anonymous
| What's wrong with Hearst? |
Anonymous
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Um, why? I suppose you could say, like for Takoma, Bungalows in Brookland are $400K plus - but do tell. I know the 5 and under set is solidly middle class, mostly white -- is that why?
[Report Post] Why Brookland--No--not because the 5 and under set is solidly middle class and white--I actually don't think it is. Brookland has more solidly middle class and black parents still (with under 5 kids) if you look at past census data and talk to parents, neighbors, etc. The reason I think Brookland @Bunker Hill would be a good candidate for more involvement and attendance by neighborhood families: 1) If you are on the Brookland listserv, you would know that the PTA president (African American) recently posted that parents within the school which is predominately AA with some Hispanics, started talking about how to increase diversity in the school. This is telling to me that there is a seed of welcome in the school for new families of different races and importantly it is starting from within and not from outside. 2) Beautiful building with central location in Brookland 3) Half the kids are scoring proficient already--test scores are not great, but they are not down in the 30% range like many other schools. 4) Neighborhood growth--right now Brookland (like most of Ward 5) has a huge % of children in charters. I think the % of children in Ward 5 in charters is the highest in the city, or close to. A solid in bound option would help with the craziness of applying to multiple charters and out of bound options. |
Anonymous
We're a happy, in boundary, Hearst family. Why are your friends "scrambling?" |
Anonymous
According to them, no one they know is actually going to send their kid now that they are close to school age. What are your thoughts on why Hearst has so many OOB families? Many kids do end up going private and the demographics shift a lot in upper grades, some families want to try to try to get into a situation where that is less likely. |
Anonymous
| I can give a number of reasons. Perhaps it's because the neighborhood has a number of families who would never consider public, no matter how great the school. But, sadly, I think some of it is ignorance, perpetual rumor, and good old-fashioned "white flight." What gets me is the constant questions about the numbers of OOB students. I think you'd be surprised by who those OOB students are, what their parents do for a living, where they live, their parent's education, etc. And some of those children you might assume are OOB (because of the color of their skin?) are actually in-boundary. |
Anonymous
I thought this is already what happens... |
Anonymous
Because PP is a troll and writes this kind of post about *any* DCPS school, regardless of what the school is actually like. Welcome to the "DCPS/PCS Forum"! |
Anonymous
And if you actually have a child who attends the school in question, you are a "booster" whose first-hand opinion is immediately discredited. Unless it's negative, of course. 
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Anonymous
Nope, all of my kids attend DCPS, OOB as a matter of fact. Sorry to burst your bubble. |
Anonymous
Best line in a while. |