DCPS made Deal take dozens of OOB, despite overcrowding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did Kaya steer the Deal slots to favored cronies, of did this fiasco happen after she was shown the door?

What is being suggested in this thread would have happened last summer / early fall. Can’t hang this one on Henderson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is after DCPS kicked John Eaton out of the Deal feeder pattern, citing overcrowding. Eaton had fed to Deal for 80 years or so. Eaton sent fewer than 40 students a year to Deal.

Eaton kids are still going to Deal from the current 6th grade class and for next fall (this year's 5th grade) before the change over happens. The 5th grade class size at Eaton has been around 70 kids - where have the other 30 or so gone?

[Anonymous]

I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Right, because they all end up at Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Right, because they all end up at Wilson.

I'm sure DCPS truly believes some will choose the brand new early college application high school that will be at Coolidge over Wilson. AP classes in 9th and 10th, and dual enrollment for 11th and 12th.

What could possibly go wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Politically and socially/racially, DCPS has to maintain strong OOB levels in WOTP schools. Discussion over.

[Anonymous]

This thread exactly detailing DCPS decisions is the reason why private schools do so well in this area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Politically and socially/racially, DCPS has to maintain strong OOB levels in WOTP schools. Discussion over.

Nah, not over. And when those WOTP schools become overcrowded with IB students alone, what then?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Politically and socially/racially, DCPS has to maintain strong OOB levels in WOTP schools. Discussion over.

Nah, not over. And when those WOTP schools become overcrowded with IB students alone, what then?

They will almost certainly still find a way to have a significant OOB population. Wilson is by far DC's best performing high school. It will be politically untenable for it to become virtually exclusively rich and almost entirely white. It seems like some who have moved into UNW recently do not understand where the political power base in this city resides. While demographics in the city are changing, it will be a very long time before, if ever, city hall is focused on the concerns of UNW/the DCUM crowd over other segments of the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Politically and socially/racially, DCPS has to maintain strong OOB levels in WOTP schools. Discussion over.

Nah, not over. And when those WOTP schools become overcrowded with IB students alone, what then?

They will redraw the lines dramatically when that happens. But until then this will continue happening.

This is pretty clearly the manifestation of the DCPS strategic plan; excellence & equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Politically and socially/racially, DCPS has to maintain strong OOB levels in WOTP schools. Discussion over.

Nah, not over. And when those WOTP schools become overcrowded with IB students alone, what then?

They will redraw the lines dramatically when that happens. But until then this will continue happening.

This is pretty clearly the manifestation of the DCPS strategic plan; excellence & equity.

Except that DCPS really has the words reversed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still also don't get tho are they going to hold the enrollment at Deal down the slots 'saved' by moving the Eaton kids to Hardy - or are they just going to fill up to capacity and then still have those kids at Hardy, which will be filled to capacity too. Isn't that just making more room for additional OOB at Deal (but presumably lower OOB at Hardy I guess)?

Politically and socially/racially, DCPS has to maintain strong OOB levels in WOTP schools. Discussion over.

Nah, not over. And when those WOTP schools become overcrowded with IB students alone, what then?

They will almost certainly still find a way to have a significant OOB population. Wilson is by far DC's best performing high school. It will be politically untenable for it to become virtually exclusively rich and almost entirely white. It seems like some who have moved into UNW recently do not understand where the political power base in this city resides. While demographics in the city are changing, it will be a very long time before, if ever, city hall is focused on the concerns of UNW/the DCUM crowd over other segments of the city.

Again, I ask: How will they do this if the school is overcrowded by IB kids alone? Just saying "they will almost certainly still find a way" is not an answer. It's a lazy cop-out. DCPS needs the foresight to start thinking of tangible solutions now, not after it becomes a massive problem.

Will they build more schools? This would be the most logical answer, but it will never happen because of a million reasons.

Will they start cutting those Ward 4 neighborhoods out of the Deal/Wilson feeder? They should, because of mere geography.

Would they consider cutting Lafayette out of the Deal feeder and thus Wilson? They might have to, if the goal is to keep Deal and Wilson stocked with OOB students.

[Anonymous]

They’re putting fingers in the dike while trying to figure out something to entice OOB families to stay closer to home.

Dual language at MacFarland and Roosevelt HS, the new application high school within Coolidge. Ron Brown HS, more students at Ellington.

But it takes time to launch these things if they have any hope of getting it right. And for now they’ve been able to make it work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is after DCPS kicked John Eaton out of the Deal feeder pattern, citing overcrowding. Eaton had fed to Deal for 80 years or so. Eaton sent fewer than 40 students a year to Deal.

Eaton kids are still going to Deal from the current 6th grade class and for next fall (this year's 5th grade) before the change over happens. The 5th grade class size at Eaton has been around 70 kids - where have the other 30 or so gone?

I thought this year's current 5th graders feed only to Hardy?

[Anonymous]

It is unfortunate that they do not do count day 2 times a year to evaluate # of students enrolled in DCPS vs charter

I was in the office at Deal last week and they were enrolling a student transferring from a charter. It sounded as if she was not the only student recently enrolling based on the conversation.