Brent rebuild details to know before you accept that lottery spot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait so why not Emery?

nobody knows. There's been a lot of undercommunication so far which seems like its feeding a lot of this thread, whether the issues are legitimate or not. It's been dealt with terribly by DCPS and Brent admin.

Poor/undercommunication seems to be a theme with DCPS--same "suprise" happened with Amidon-Bowen, even farther away from the swing space: https://www.hillrag.com/2023/10/02/is-amidon-bowen-swinging-too-far/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RFK is about to be demolished and have tons of waste and chemicals. I’m not sure why folks continue to propose that as a solution when it’s not a viable option, AND it would also require busing from Brent.

Brent is one of the only schools that hasn’t been modernized and it is a great school and a decrepit building. We can’t risk losing the funds for a brand new school because people don’t want their kids on a bus. People will get used to the commute. Kids will get used to the commute.

RFK demo and cleanup will be done far before Brent would need a space on the lots (like, a year+ before)

Agree with modernization 100%. Brent needs to be rebuilt, and soon. But I don't agree that we should be just conceding to DCPS that there's no meaningful difference in the commute times and what it will do to kids, parents, and the community. It's 10 minutes on a bus between Brent and RFK at the worst. Meyer is going to be 3x as long every day, at least. That's not something we or DCPS should be forcing our kids to "get used to." It's unacceptable when DCPS hasn't done enough or doesn't have enough will to find a more viable alternative, RFK or not.

As soon as RFK demo and clean up is complete and DC takes ownership of RFK, the mayor is going to want to use it for something productive. She hates Brent. No way does she agree to put off her economic development plans after fighting to get DC control of the site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

Could this not be solved by having the busses leave Brent earlier? Or would the early start be too much for the little snowflakes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd trade Brent staying on the Hill for no Brent families sending their kids to Latin.

What does this even mean?

[Anonymous]

I definitely recommend engaging with the school community on this — almost all of the swing space “ideas” on this thread could be quickly debunked with attendance at a community meeting, or a conversation with a SIT or PTA member.

[Anonymous]

If Brent takes a lot of oob kids during the renovation years, I wonder how crowded it will be when they return to the current location and get more ib kids again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

Could this not be solved by having the busses leave Brent earlier? Or would the early start be too much for the little snowflakes?

Definitely snowflakes to not want kids on a bus before 7 am… and then of course, I assume you’re going to watch the kids until school starts/teachers are contractually available? Or perhaps you’re proposing to change school hours entirely for 2 years contrary to the WTU contract? And just assume an earlier end time works fine for families.

Can’t help but think the announcement being post lottery was designed not to have families leave… and, of course, has anyone formally communicated to the families accepting lottery offers? If not, I’d expect a lot of lottery movement once those folks realize…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

Could this not be solved by having the busses leave Brent earlier? Or would the early start be too much for the little snowflakes?

you're a jerk (but you know that already) but for others who are trying to understand the issue, it's worth addressing but there are two problems with this.

The biggest, and most expensive, is expanded hours for aftercare. Starting an hour earlier doesn't mean parents are off work an hour earlier, and all of the sudden they've got to pay for 30% more aftercare. Of course, DCPS nor Brent admin have addressed this yet.

Second, a 4 year old should not have to get up at 6am or whatever hour just because DCPS can't find the will to solve this problem more effectively. It's punative on some level, which is why people are upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Brent takes a lot of oob kids during the renovation years, I wonder how crowded it will be when they return to the current location and get more ib kids again.

Brent is at about 400 kids now, and during the boundary study meetings DCPS said the building specs for modernization would be for 500+
students. Not sure what the student capacity at Meyer would be but seems like regardless there would be some room for a temp OOB increase to phase out when Brent returns to a new spot?

[Anonymous]

There are some weird comments in this thread that are oddly defeatist and also never actually defend the Meyer decision at all. There's just an aggressive nihilism in saying things like "Bowser hates Brent, would never go for it" or "go to a community meeting and they'll explain why this won't work."

these suggestions basically amount to "just take what's fed to you, mommy DCPS knows what's best. don't question the machine."

if you like the Meyer idea, I guess go advocate for it. But nobody really advocates for it beyond "it is what it is, don't fight it." There seems to be indifference or opposition.

We hate it. It's a massive example of DCPS just failing to address the challenges it has in an intelligent or coherent way. It's worth fighting, and I'd encourage everyone to speak up before its too late, even if Muriel Bowser or DCPS central may get annoyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

Could this not be solved by having the busses leave Brent earlier? Or would the early start be too much for the little snowflakes?

Why on earth would the buses leaving from Brent take North Capitol? Why not take 695 followed by the tunnel? I live inbound for Brent and that drive would be 35 or 40 minutes during morning rush hour and 20 minutes at midday. That tunnel moves quickly!!

In any case, plenty of former Brent kids would happily accept longer commutes for Latin. Of course I realize these kids are younger. But they eagerly fill buses for longer commutes to the Potomac School for camp and somehow cope.

I agree this is less than ideal. But it doesn’t sound unbearable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

Could this not be solved by having the busses leave Brent earlier? Or would the early start be too much for the little snowflakes?

you're a jerk (but you know that already) but for others who are trying to understand the issue, it's worth addressing but there are two problems with this.

The biggest, and most expensive, is expanded hours for aftercare. Starting an hour earlier doesn't mean parents are off work an hour earlier, and all of the sudden they've got to pay for 30% more aftercare. Of course, DCPS nor Brent admin have addressed this yet.

Second, a 4 year old should not have to get up at 6am or whatever hour just because DCPS can't find the will to solve this problem more effectively. It's punative on some level, which is why people are upset.

Not OP here, honest question: Brent's aftercare is not hourly/is by the day and admin has already said there will be an aftercare bus. Why would it cost more?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is this hour bus ride coming from? It would take an hour to walk the three miles.

North Capitol during rush hour is among the worst traffic in the city. It legitimately took CHML ECEers 45 minutes+ every morning and CHML is on G St NE already! The afternoon commute isn’t as bad because it’s not also rush hour.

Could this not be solved by having the busses leave Brent earlier? Or would the early start be too much for the little snowflakes?

you're a jerk (but you know that already) but for others who are trying to understand the issue, it's worth addressing but there are two problems with this.

The biggest, and most expensive, is expanded hours for aftercare. Starting an hour earlier doesn't mean parents are off work an hour earlier, and all of the sudden they've got to pay for 30% more aftercare. Of course, DCPS nor Brent admin have addressed this yet.

Second, a 4 year old should not have to get up at 6am or whatever hour just because DCPS can't find the will to solve this problem more effectively. It's punative on some level, which is why people are upset.

Not OP here, honest question: Brent's aftercare is not hourly/is by the day and admin has already said there will be an aftercare bus. Why would it cost more?

Because it's longer. Adding an hour to aftercare adds an hour of costs.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of kids across the city get up before 6am so their parents can drop them at before care and go to their jobs. But sorry if an earlier start would conflict with your orange theory class.