Redrawing the boundaries: isn't Oyster perfect to move to Hardy?

[Anonymous]

The point is, no one in upper Northwest wants to send their kids to Hardy. Michelle Rhee tried to attract more families by attempting to clean house at Hardy, but the out of bounds families fought her. Until someone takes a broom to Hardy's administration, much of its faculty and its most disruptive students, the situation will not change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shepherd is between 4.2 and 5.6 miles' drive to Deal, according to Google maps. It's 1.1 miles from Takoma educational campus, which is even walkable, Shepherd is the farthest of the schools currently feeding into Deal and they have two much closer middle schools (including Macfarland). If boundaries are to change, moving Shepherd from Deal is an absolute no-brainer!

So you want them to enter a pk-8 school at grade 6 or you want them to go to a closed middle school?
Well thought out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point is, no one in upper Northwest wants to send their kids to Hardy. Michelle Rhee tried to attract more families by attempting to clean house at Hardy, but the out of bounds families fought her. Until someone takes a broom to Hardy's administration, much of its faculty and its most disruptive students, the situation will not change.

I am a EOTP parent that would def send my kid to Hardy. Sadly in 3 years when he's ready, there won't be a chance of getting in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shepherd is between 4.2 and 5.6 miles' drive to Deal, according to Google maps. It's 1.1 miles from Takoma educational campus, which is even walkable, Shepherd is the farthest of the schools currently feeding into Deal and they have two much closer middle schools (including Macfarland). If boundaries are to change, moving Shepherd from Deal is an absolute no-brainer!

So you want them to enter a pk-8 school at grade 6 or you want them to go to a closed middle school?
Well thought out!

Lol right!

[Anonymous]

^^agreed. i think Hardy is going to improve rapidly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shepherd is between 4.2 and 5.6 miles' drive to Deal, according to Google maps. It's 1.1 miles from Takoma educational campus, which is even walkable, Shepherd is the farthest of the schools currently feeding into Deal and they have two much closer middle schools (including Macfarland). If boundaries are to change, moving Shepherd from Deal is an absolute no-brainer!

So you want them to enter a pk-8 school at grade 6 or you want them to go to a closed middle school?
Well thought out!

I think it's pretty clear. A Mayor Bowser will fight to keep Shepherd at Deal, even if it means booting out a closer school with an established feeder relationship. So if you are concerned that Lafayette, or Eaton or Oyster will be sacrificed to Hardy to keep Bowser's base happy, DON'T vote for Bowser!

[Anonymous]

if oyster/eaton parents were smart, they would lobby for hardy to get good language instruction and ASK to be switched there.

[Anonymous]

i don't think it will be sacrifice to go to hardy in just a couple years, like 3 max.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if oyster/eaton parents were smart, they would lobby for hardy to get good language instruction and ASK to be switched there.

Over time, it makes sense that Ward 2/Ward 3 families take over Hardy, with parental activism pushing for higher standards and targeting deadwood staff. But a turnaround takes time, and in the meantime your kid is the guinea pig in a transitional, mediocre school.

[Anonymous]

gotta start somewhere!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:if oyster/eaton parents were smart, they would lobby for hardy to get good language instruction and ASK to be switched there.

Over time, it makes sense that Ward 2/Ward 3 families take over Hardy, with parental activism pushing for higher standards and targeting deadwood staff. But a turnaround takes time, and in the meantime your kid is the guinea pig in a transitional, mediocre school.

Takes time of a school is underperforming. Hardy is already near 70% mark with 55% low income. Deal became a IB attraction after 2-3 years max, but then again Deal was already a near solid school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:gotta start somewhere!

The best solution is to phase out OOB feeder rights to Deal/Wilson, to reduce overcrowding pressure, and then give WOTP schools the option to go to Hardy if they choose. That means over time that more may try it, and it may improve.

But the best solution, of course, is to have better performing middle schools in all quadrants of the city, so that parents aren't having to scramble for a slot in a school miles across town. What say you, young gentrifiers? Looking to get involved in something beyond blogging about the hottest new food trucks? Gotta' start somewhere, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's so small, it should be done. They need to make things less complicated.

Oyster no longer feeds to Deal as a school, and the number of kids in-bounds for both schools who choose to attend Deal is hardly significant. But these kids number among Deal's strongest students and would not be well served at either Adams or Hardy.

Compared to the students from Janney, Murch, and Lafayette, they don't actually stand out at Deal. Their peers from Key and Mann would no doubt welcome them at Hardy, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:gotta start somewhere!

The best solution is to phase out OOB feeder rights to Deal/Wilson, to reduce overcrowding pressure, and then give WOTP schools the option to go to Hardy if they choose. That means over time that more may try it, and it may improve.

But the best solution, of course, is to have better performing middle schools in all quadrants of the city, so that parents aren't having to scramble for a slot in a school miles across town. What say you, young gentrifiers? Looking to get involved in something beyond blogging about the hottest new food trucks? Gotta' start somewhere, right?

Indeed a good call to action

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point is, no one in upper Northwest wants to send their kids to Hardy. Michelle Rhee tried to attract more families by attempting to clean house at Hardy, but the out of bounds families fought her. Until someone takes a broom to Hardy's administration, much of its faculty and its most disruptive students, the situation will not change.

Untrue and outdated statement. 25% of Horace Mann families are sending their kids to Hardy this year (we are one of those families). Approx. counts show that no less than 30 families from feeder school will go to Hardy this year. Shut up if you do not know what you are talking about.