Council delays Foxhall, MacArthur schools

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Anonymous wrote:Even with the money, I don't think there was ever a chance the MacArthur school would actually be ready by next year. Delaying the money might not delay actual opening much.

While these are tweets from Goulet, the decision was made by Mendelson. I don't know if Goulet had anything to do with it.

Goulet’s tweets say that the plan is not just delaying but shifting by putting Foxhall ES at the GDS site and looking for some new magical unicorn site for a HS.

Those tweets are confusing. There's clearly no actual "the plan" yet, so maybe that's what he thinks will result?

It's also confusing that Goulet is literally the only person reporting on these delays. Wasn't there a DCPS meeting about the new schools last night (or tonight)?

There is a meeting tonight. But Mendelson's legislative proposal does push the funds to FY24 and FY25 (on his website). It doesn't explicitly show up in the legislative text but perhaps that is an overview.

I'm going to guess most people who attend this meeting will not be aware of the delay, so that'll go over well.

Also, I'm curious as to where he thinks they're gonna find a spot for an entirely new high school in Ward 3.

I don't think the Mayor's office will go entertain Goulet's proposal. Looks like a high school at MacArthur will be built -- the question is when.

[Anonymous]

This means we have nothing to look forward to for HS so we are out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's too bad DCPS didn't plan ahead and buy the apartment building next to Hardy when they had the chance a few years ago. Then they could have the Hardy building, the apartment building, and Fillmore Arts as a campus to work with.

There was no money in Bowser's budget for that, what with financing Audi Field for her friends and all.

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Anonymous wrote:This means we have nothing to look forward to for HS so we are out.

Huh? Did you want the high school on MacArthur Blvd. to start up on Aug 23 or not? I don't think DCPS is budging from this -- the only question is whether it is in 23 or 24.

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Anonymous wrote:This means we have nothing to look forward to for HS so we are out.

Huh? Did you want the high school on MacArthur Blvd. to start up on Aug 23 or not? I don't think DCPS is budging from this -- the only question is whether it is in 23 or 24.

I look further ahead than you do apparently.

And why do you keep starting your posts with “huh?”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/EJGoulet/status/1524354334481424386

So what happens now? I don't think the Mayor will veto the budget for this one issue. Or perhaps someone might offer an amendment at a later date, putting the funds back in? Goulet's proposals are just proposals - the schools are planned and the funding is in the budget at least as of now for FY24.

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Anonymous wrote:Even with the money, I don't think there was ever a chance the MacArthur school would actually be ready by next year. Delaying the money might not delay actual opening much.

While these are tweets from Goulet, the decision was made by Mendelson. I don't know if Goulet had anything to do with it.

Goulet’s tweets say that the plan is not just delaying but shifting by putting Foxhall ES at the GDS site and looking for some new magical unicorn site for a HS.

Those tweets are confusing. There's clearly no actual "the plan" yet, so maybe that's what he thinks will result?

It's also confusing that Goulet is literally the only person reporting on these delays. Wasn't there a DCPS meeting about the new schools last night (or tonight)?

There is a meeting tonight. But Mendelson's legislative proposal does push the funds to FY24 and FY25 (on his website). It doesn't explicitly show up in the legislative text but perhaps that is an overview.

I'm going to guess most people who attend this meeting will not be aware of the delay, so that'll go over well.

Also, I'm curious as to where he thinks they're gonna find a spot for an entirely new high school in Ward 3.

I had heard friendship heights - like the old lord and Taylor building. Am I mistaken that is an option?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bus some of them into underenrolled schools in Wards 4 and 5. Problem solved.

Says anonymous with clearly no skin in the game… Or sorry, which Ward 4 or 5 school did you send your kids to??

I am in Ward 4 and will send my kids to Wells. We need a critical mass of high-performing kids in Ward 4 & 5 schools for greater buy-in city-wide - which would relieve crowding at Deal/Wilson. The quickest way to do that is redraw boundaries and route more schools to Ward 4 and also use existing magnets like Bard as bus-in options.

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Anonymous wrote:Even with the money, I don't think there was ever a chance the MacArthur school would actually be ready by next year. Delaying the money might not delay actual opening much.

While these are tweets from Goulet, the decision was made by Mendelson. I don't know if Goulet had anything to do with it.

Goulet’s tweets say that the plan is not just delaying but shifting by putting Foxhall ES at the GDS site and looking for some new magical unicorn site for a HS.

Those tweets are confusing. There's clearly no actual "the plan" yet, so maybe that's what he thinks will result?

It's also confusing that Goulet is literally the only person reporting on these delays. Wasn't there a DCPS meeting about the new schools last night (or tonight)?

There is a meeting tonight. But Mendelson's legislative proposal does push the funds to FY24 and FY25 (on his website). It doesn't explicitly show up in the legislative text but perhaps that is an overview.

I'm going to guess most people who attend this meeting will not be aware of the delay, so that'll go over well.

Also, I'm curious as to where he thinks they're gonna find a spot for an entirely new high school in Ward 3.

I had heard friendship heights - like the old lord and Taylor building. Am I mistaken that is an option?

So would you blow up the J-R feeder system? Because the logical thing would be to split the feeders for J-R, and have Deal feed one high school and Hardy another. J-R is geographically within the boundaries of Deal, so what makes sense is have Deal feed J-R, and Hardy feed the new high school. That means the new school needs to be within the Hardy boundaries. So it's not really a search for a high school somewhere in Ward 2 or 3, it's a more focused search for a site somewhere within the existing Hardy boundaries.

Now the logical spot would be along the major transportation hub of the area, Wisconsin Ave. If rec centers can be considered, an obvious choice would be Jelleff. Oops, that's been leased to Maret for ten years. Or Guy Mason. Oops, that's leased to Georgetown.

Maybe there are other city-owned sites inside the Hardy boundaries that I'm missing. But the likelihood of the city assembling a large parcel via purchase or even eminent domain is remote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymousrp wrote:This means we have nothing to look forward to for HS so we are out.

Yep. Damn the Council.

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Anonymous wrote:Even with the money, I don't think there was ever a chance the MacArthur school would actually be ready by next year. Delaying the money might not delay actual opening much.

While these are tweets from Goulet, the decision was made by Mendelson. I don't know if Goulet had anything to do with it.

Goulet’s tweets say that the plan is not just delaying but shifting by putting Foxhall ES at the GDS site and looking for some new magical unicorn site for a HS.

Those tweets are confusing. There's clearly no actual "the plan" yet, so maybe that's what he thinks will result?

It's also confusing that Goulet is literally the only person reporting on these delays. Wasn't there a DCPS meeting about the new schools last night (or tonight)?

There is a meeting tonight. But Mendelson's legislative proposal does push the funds to FY24 and FY25 (on his website). It doesn't explicitly show up in the legislative text but perhaps that is an overview.

I'm going to guess most people who attend this meeting will not be aware of the delay, so that'll go over well.

Also, I'm curious as to where he thinks they're gonna find a spot for an entirely new high school in Ward 3.

I had heard friendship heights - like the old lord and Taylor building. Am I mistaken that is an option?

So would you blow up the J-R feeder system? Because the logical thing would be to split the feeders for J-R, and have Deal feed one high school and Hardy another. J-R is geographically within the boundaries of Deal, so what makes sense is have Deal feed J-R, and Hardy feed the new high school. That means the new school needs to be within the Hardy boundaries. So it's not really a search for a high school somewhere in Ward 2 or 3, it's a more focused search for a site somewhere within the existing Hardy boundaries.

Now the logical spot would be along the major transportation hub of the area, Wisconsin Ave. If rec centers can be considered, an obvious choice would be Jelleff. Oops, that's been leased to Maret for ten years. Or Guy Mason. Oops, that's leased to Georgetown.

Maybe there are other city-owned sites inside the Hardy boundaries that I'm missing. But the likelihood of the city assembling a large parcel via purchase or even eminent domain is remote.

I agree the odds of the city planning appropriately are low so this is all moot. Within the immediate vicinity of Hardy, there's that new building going in behind the British school that's being built with a school in mind. And there's the church across from Trader Joe's that is hurting for parishioners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even with the money, I don't think there was ever a chance the MacArthur school would actually be ready by next year. Delaying the money might not delay actual opening much.

While these are tweets from Goulet, the decision was made by Mendelson. I don't know if Goulet had anything to do with it.

Goulet’s tweets say that the plan is not just delaying but shifting by putting Foxhall ES at the GDS site and looking for some new magical unicorn site for a HS.

Those tweets are confusing. There's clearly no actual "the plan" yet, so maybe that's what he thinks will result?

It's also confusing that Goulet is literally the only person reporting on these delays. Wasn't there a DCPS meeting about the new schools last night (or tonight)?

There is a meeting tonight. But Mendelson's legislative proposal does push the funds to FY24 and FY25 (on his website). It doesn't explicitly show up in the legislative text but perhaps that is an overview.

I'm going to guess most people who attend this meeting will not be aware of the delay, so that'll go over well.

Also, I'm curious as to where he thinks they're gonna find a spot for an entirely new high school in Ward 3.

I had heard friendship heights - like the old lord and Taylor building. Am I mistaken that is an option?

So would you blow up the J-R feeder system? Because the logical thing would be to split the feeders for J-R, and have Deal feed one high school and Hardy another. J-R is geographically within the boundaries of Deal, so what makes sense is have Deal feed J-R, and Hardy feed the new high school. That means the new school needs to be within the Hardy boundaries. So it's not really a search for a high school somewhere in Ward 2 or 3, it's a more focused search for a site somewhere within the existing Hardy boundaries.

Now the logical spot would be along the major transportation hub of the area, Wisconsin Ave. If rec centers can be considered, an obvious choice would be Jelleff. Oops, that's been leased to Maret for ten years. Or Guy Mason. Oops, that's leased to Georgetown.

Maybe there are other city-owned sites inside the Hardy boundaries that I'm missing. But the likelihood of the city assembling a large parcel via purchase or even eminent domain is remote.

I think Lord & Taylor would only work, logistically, as a 9th grade academy within the existing boundary-feeder pattern. But Mr. NIMBY said he was looking for a location in southern Ward 3 or Ward 2, so he doesn’t have Lord & Taylor in mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Mendelson really needs to be put out of his misery at this point.

We will be voting for Erin.

We are voting for Erin, too.

Another vote for Erin here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my, how short sighted of these stupid, stupid parents.

Which parents do you consider stupid, stupid? Do you understand their concerns? If not, you are sitting in a glass house my friend.

[Anonymous]

DC government should build onto Wilson or rather Jackson-Reed, perhaps over the recreation center. Stoddert should be expanded.