21,000 new students in DCPS/charters by 2026?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cut the Ward 3 District for Wilson in half. Let those on one side of Wisconsin Avenue attend Wilson High and let the others go to Coolidge and Roosevelt. That would reduce overcrowding.

It would reduce by sending more kids to private but how would it help Coolidge? Wilson is not the only issue. As a charter parent, I agree with a PP that we need to start limiting new charters. As it is, many DCPS elementary schools are gaining in popularity. Eventually, with fewer charters, middles will continue (Hardy), it will eventually grow EOTP. I would like to see DCPS open a true application middle school. Maybe one with guaranteed admission to Banneker or Walls.

Totally agree—limit new charters and create an application middle school. Those two things would have far-reaching effects.

+2 for application middle school. Or even a magnet program in an existing, under-enrolled middle school (cough Brookland cough).

Turn Brookland middle into a school within a school that is truly magnet/test in with actual academic rigor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cut the Ward 3 District for Wilson in half. Let those on one side of Wisconsin Avenue attend Wilson High and let the others go to Coolidge and Roosevelt. That would reduce overcrowding.

It would reduce by sending more kids to private but how would it help Coolidge? Wilson is not the only issue. As a charter parent, I agree with a PP that we need to start limiting new charters. As it is, many DCPS elementary schools are gaining in popularity. Eventually, with fewer charters, middles will continue (Hardy), it will eventually grow EOTP. I would like to see DCPS open a true application middle school. Maybe one with guaranteed admission to Banneker or Walls.

Totally agree—limit new charters and create an application middle school. Those two things would have far-reaching effects.

+2 for application middle school. Or even a magnet program in an existing, under-enrolled middle school (cough Brookland cough).

Turn Brookland middle into a school within a school that is truly magnet/test in with actual academic rigor.

Has Brookland flipped enough to support a gifted middle school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cut the Ward 3 District for Wilson in half. Let those on one side of Wisconsin Avenue attend Wilson High and let the others go to Coolidge and Roosevelt. That would reduce overcrowding.

It would reduce by sending more kids to private but how would it help Coolidge? Wilson is not the only issue. As a charter parent, I agree with a PP that we need to start limiting new charters. As it is, many DCPS elementary schools are gaining in popularity. Eventually, with fewer charters, middles will continue (Hardy), it will eventually grow EOTP. I would like to see DCPS open a true application middle school. Maybe one with guaranteed admission to Banneker or Walls.

Totally agree—limit new charters and create an application middle school. Those two things would have far-reaching effects.

+2 for application middle school. Or even a magnet program in an existing, under-enrolled middle school (cough Brookland cough).

Turn Brookland middle into a school within a school that is truly magnet/test in with actual academic rigor.

Has Brookland flipped enough to support a gifted middle school?

Any magnet / test-in would have to be citywide, not just Ward 5.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The current boundaries are already set to be reviewed in 2024. Take a deep breath.

you realize that is way too late. They review in 2024, fight about it until 2025 and then grandfather in a all the kids so the parents are screaming so no real boundaries change until at least 2030 at the earliest. How many more trailers can janney take. Can Deal hold 3000 kids? Time to get rid of feeder rights for OOB kids.

Time to subject everyone to a real residency process and kick out people who don't live in DC.

[Anonymous]

these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

DCPS has talked about a middle school magnet EOTR for at least 5 years. Hasn't happened yet.

I think what people on this thread probably want is something that would serve about 300 middle schoolers and mimics the SWW HS admissions process -- such as a minimum of 4 on PARCC ELA and Math from 4th grade; an admissions test.

In operation it would be a middle school version of Yale/jail in their minds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

DCPS has talked about a middle school magnet EOTR for at least 5 years. Hasn't happened yet.

I think what people on this thread probably want is something that would serve about 300 middle schoolers and mimics the SWW HS admissions process -- such as a minimum of 4 on PARCC ELA and Math from 4th grade; an admissions test.

In operation it would be a middle school version of Yale/jail in their minds.

It would have to be a real STEM focused test in best and brightest program to attract kids from WOTP. Other wise it would simply end up like Banneker which is more a “get away from the neighbor kids” magnet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

DCPS has talked about a middle school magnet EOTR for at least 5 years. Hasn't happened yet.

I think what people on this thread probably want is something that would serve about 300 middle schoolers and mimics the SWW HS admissions process -- such as a minimum of 4 on PARCC ELA and Math from 4th grade; an admissions test.

In operation it would be a middle school version of Yale/jail in their minds.

It would have to be a real STEM focused test in best and brightest program to attract kids from WOTP. Other wise it would simply end up like Banneker which is more a “get away from the neighbor kids” magnet.

Why do you assume that a STEM focused school needs to attract kids from WOTP. There are enough talented kids EOTP and EOTR to fill several magnets.

[Anonymous]

DCPS had a popular application middle with Jefferson until the early 2000s or so ( And it wasn’t a “get away from the neighbor kids” school). I don’t see why the program can’t come back there or to another school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can test your hypothesis re PK3 driving most of the enrollment increases by looking at the grade by grade enrollment over the last few years here https://osse.dc.gov/enrollment

Personally I think that the rise in the number of adult charter school students is another big factor that is under-reported.

absolutely -- and when charter boosters compare enrollment numbers they often include this apples to oranges demographic (~4K difference) Good that charters are helping interested adults get GEDs, but that's not really a point of comparison to EL-HI education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

DCPS has talked about a middle school magnet EOTR for at least 5 years. Hasn't happened yet.

I think what people on this thread probably want is something that would serve about 300 middle schoolers and mimics the SWW HS admissions process -- such as a minimum of 4 on PARCC ELA and Math from 4th grade; an admissions test.

In operation it would be a middle school version of Yale/jail in their minds.

What about EoTP?? centrally located, we have an verifiable baby boom here and tons of kids in the DCPS title 1 schools but we are all going to bail because there are no middle school options. McFarland is not an option even though we are at a Spanish immersion school. The feeders clear out by 4th grade of the strongest corhort and McFarland is going to be awful. But I want a real magnet school that demands rigor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

DCPS has talked about a middle school magnet EOTR for at least 5 years. Hasn't happened yet.

I think what people on this thread probably want is something that would serve about 300 middle schoolers and mimics the SWW HS admissions process -- such as a minimum of 4 on PARCC ELA and Math from 4th grade; an admissions test.

In operation it would be a middle school version of Yale/jail in their minds.

What about EoTP?? centrally located, we have an verifiable baby boom here and tons of kids in the DCPS title 1 schools but we are all going to bail because there are no middle school options. McFarland is not an option even though we are at a Spanish immersion school. The feeders clear out by 4th grade of the strongest corhort and McFarland is going to be awful. But I want a real magnet school that demands rigor.

How can MacFarland be awful? It's been open for one month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these schools you want to turn into magnets or whatever-how's that supposed to work?

DCPS has talked about a middle school magnet EOTR for at least 5 years. Hasn't happened yet.

I think what people on this thread probably want is something that would serve about 300 middle schoolers and mimics the SWW HS admissions process -- such as a minimum of 4 on PARCC ELA and Math from 4th grade; an admissions test.

In operation it would be a middle school version of Yale/jail in their minds.

What about EoTP?? centrally located, we have an verifiable baby boom here and tons of kids in the DCPS title 1 schools but we are all going to bail because there are no middle school options. McFarland is not an option even though we are at a Spanish immersion school. The feeders clear out by 4th grade of the strongest corhort and McFarland is going to be awful. But I want a real magnet school that demands rigor.

Idea! How about the non-bilingual track of MacFarland splits itself into test-in and take-all? For those into fractions, that would be 1/4 test-in. DC is smart, but can it really feed a full-middle school's worth of test-in kids today? The bilingual feeders are dwindling and by 2024, they'll be lucky to fill 1/4 of MacFarland with bilingual students anyway, so the test-in segment can expand then.

[Anonymous]

A public gifted magnet, or a STEM-focused test-in middle school would send DC real estate prices through the roof faster than an Amazon HQ.

[Anonymous]

Changing the boundaries and feeder patterns is all that will work.

Forcing Eaton --> Hardy was ugly, but now that it is done many folks are on board and Hardy is quickly rising.

Need to shift some schools away from Deal -- my suggestions are Adams and Bancroft and send them to MacFarland for dual language.