When will Out-of-Boundary Access End - Practically, Due to Enrollments - West of Rock Creek Park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that OOB places have declined WOTP. Finally, DCPS seems to be taking a stand with the upcoming Eaton renovation, effectively guaranteeing a significant number of OOB places there well into the future. Partly this is because folks have seen Eaton as a citywide school traditionally and partly because it may be the last opportunity to lock in OOB spaces in upper Northwest

I don’t think this is true. They vastly scaled back the number of additional capacity to be added in the renovation after the community pushed back due to many concerns including that they would have cut the already small playground in half to accomplish adding the proposed increase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that OOB places have declined WOTP. Finally, DCPS seems to be taking a stand with the upcoming Eaton renovation, effectively guaranteeing a significant number of OOB places there well into the future. Partly this is because folks have seen Eaton as a citywide school traditionally and partly because it may be the last opportunity to lock in OOB spaces in upper Northwest

I don’t think this is true. They vastly scaled back the number of additional capacity to be added in the renovation after the community pushed back due to many concerns including that they would have cut the already small playground in half to accomplish adding the proposed increase.

Eaton is still like 40+ OOB and DCPS yet is insisting on expanding the school to a level that is greater than today’s over-capacity number. (Yes, one might logically ask, how can a school be almost half OOB and yet be significantly over-capacity?). Eaton’s IB area is not expected to grow that much - a lot of it is historic district. Of course the expansion is partly about maintaining OOB enrollment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If DCPS really cared about kids EOTP, they would not have allowed a long term lease for the old Hardy school to the Lab school.

If done right, taking this space back would alleviate some overcrowding, provide additional spaces for OOB students with a pathway to Wilson.

The legislation is under review - reach out to your councilperson and ask them to say no!
http://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B22-0153#

Pretty outdated thinking that the solution for EOTP families is more seats WOTP.

It’s mostly about politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If DCPS really cared about kids EOTP, they would not have allowed a long term lease for the old Hardy school to the Lab school.

If done right, taking this space back would alleviate some overcrowding, provide additional spaces for OOB students with a pathway to Wilson.

The legislation is under review - reach out to your councilperson and ask them to say no!
http://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B22-0153#

Pretty outdated thinking that the solution for EOTP families is more seats WOTP.

The thousands of families who apply for OOB seats WOTP would disagree with you.

[Anonymous]

Deal and the WOTP schools incl Wilson are gonna be ok. DCPS's problem is what to do about its rising elementary schools and keeping those kids in middle school and high school and in the system. Shaw has tons of families of small kids who will be choosing between good public and private. All the Shaw schools (plus Marie Reed) have been on the rise the past five years, due to families, renovations, and new great principals.

You won't be choosing between public and paying $80,000 -100,000 a year, after taxes, for private school. For seven years. Trust me on this one. Even if all the 34 year olds with 2 & 4 yr olds had this kind of money (which they don't, let's be candid here), there aren't enough seats in the already-very-competitive independent schools in DC.

You'll be moving to Maryland. Or much more likely, you'll hang up your hipster card and come over to the dark side in Upper Caucasia, since you got that bars and 3 stars tattoo and everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Deal and the WOTP schools incl Wilson are gonna be ok. DCPS's problem is what to do about its rising elementary schools and keeping those kids in middle school and high school and in the system. Shaw has tons of families of small kids who will be choosing between good public and private. All the Shaw schools (plus Marie Reed) have been on the rise the past five years, due to families, renovations, and new great principals.

You won't be choosing between public and paying $80,000 -100,000 a year, after taxes, for private school. For seven years. Trust me on this one. Even if all the 34 year olds with 2 & 4 yr olds had this kind of money (which they don't, let's be candid here), there aren't enough seats in the already-very-competitive independent schools in DC.

You'll be moving to Maryland. Or much more likely, you'll hang up your hipster card and come over to the dark side in Upper Caucasia, since you got that bars and 3 stars tattoo and everything.

The hipster just have to send their children to whatever school they are assigned to and it will be fine. I don't understand what the issue is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Deal and the WOTP schools incl Wilson are gonna be ok. DCPS's problem is what to do about its rising elementary schools and keeping those kids in middle school and high school and in the system. Shaw has tons of families of small kids who will be choosing between good public and private. All the Shaw schools (plus Marie Reed) have been on the rise the past five years, due to families, renovations, and new great principals.

You won't be choosing between public and paying $80,000 -100,000 a year, after taxes, for private school. For seven years. Trust me on this one. Even if all the 34 year olds with 2 & 4 yr olds had this kind of money (which they don't, let's be candid here), there aren't enough seats in the already-very-competitive independent schools in DC.

You'll be moving to Maryland. Or much more likely, you'll hang up your hipster card and come over to the dark side in Upper Caucasia, since you got that bars and 3 stars tattoo and everything.

A lot of people don't understand this. Just about all private schools in DC have their enrollment capped by zoning and are at or near the caps. There's no capacity there to absorb a lot of new students.

Except for the Whittle School I guess.