How was Hearst Last Year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

No, it is because there is a crazy person on DCUM who brings this nonsense up everytime a Hearst thread comes up. Fraud is NOT a problem at Hearst. Might there be a few people cheating? I guess, but just like any other school. There are also grandparents, nannies, divorced couples, etc. at the school and some of them have MD plates. End of story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So in the absence of the accreditation, is there a commitment by the principal to keep PK and K capped at 20 students? That is the key question.

+1. Another test for the principal. Based on the lack of engagement and communication of PS3 at Hearst, people should not be confident.

EVERY DCPS school has to keep PK4 at no more than 20. It is not a test for the principal at all. As for K, you cannot have it both ways. If IB families want to come, the school cannot, should not, and doesn't want to refuse them. But doing so, means that the numbers have to go up, just like they do at Janney, Murch, etc..

I just don't get this poster. What did the principal do to you? Or I can believe that you are incredibly disappointed that you didn't get PK3 and have to pay another year of daycare, but don't take that out on the school.

You don't get it? Current and future Hearst parents don't want overcrowded K classrooms (i.e. greater than 20) because the principal let's in too many OOB students. What's difficult about understanding that? Janney and Murch have overcrowded classrooms because of an explosion of IB families, but it has been that way for years and that is what the parents signed up for. Don't use the unique circumstances of Janney and Murch to justify an absurd result at Hearst.

I don't think there could be an explosion of IB families at Hearst simply because the boundary of Hearst includes a good bit of commercially zoned street frontage where as Murch and Janney have both a larger area and/or large apartment buildings.
If there are 2 PK4 classes and there are not enough IB families to fill them they will fill them with OBB families. The only way to buffer this is to have one PK4 class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

No, it is because there is a crazy person on DCUM who brings this nonsense up everytime a Hearst thread comes up. Fraud is NOT a problem at Hearst. Might there be a few people cheating? I guess, but just like any other school. There are also grandparents, nannies, divorced couples, etc. at the school and some of them have MD plates. End of story.

There are a lot of MD plates dropping off kids at Hearst. Grandparents and caregivers don't explain the number. This is a pervasive problem at DC elementary schools as you point out,even at Janney which is virtually all in-bounds. It's even easier for out of District families to fly under the radar in schools where most kids don't live in the local area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

No, it is because there is a crazy person on DCUM who brings this nonsense up everytime a Hearst thread comes up. Fraud is NOT a problem at Hearst. Might there be a few people cheating? I guess, but just like any other school. There are also grandparents, nannies, divorced couples, etc. at the school and some of them have MD plates. End of story.

There are a lot of MD plates dropping off kids at Hearst. Grandparents and caregivers don't explain the number. This is a pervasive problem at DC elementary schools as you point out,even at Janney which is virtually all in-bounds. It's even easier for out of District families to fly under the radar in schools where most kids don't live in the local area.

Are you an IB parent? Can you quantify "a lot"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

When I read about the DC police officers charged with residency fraud at a school near the Second District police ststion, the first thought was they were talking about Hearst not Eaton. There's a car with out of state FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) plates that drops off and picks up at Hearst.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

No, it is because there is a crazy person on DCUM who brings this nonsense up everytime a Hearst thread comes up. Fraud is NOT a problem at Hearst. Might there be a few people cheating? I guess, but just like any other school. There are also grandparents, nannies, divorced couples, etc. at the school and some of them have MD plates. End of story.

There are a lot of MD plates dropping off kids at Hearst. Grandparents and caregivers don't explain the number. This is a pervasive problem at DC elementary schools as you point out,even at Janney which is virtually all in-bounds. It's even easier for out of District families to fly under the radar in schools where most kids don't live in the local area.

Hearst is a very small school in which nearly everyone knows everyone. If non-resident students were a serious problem, it would be well-known within the school community. Given that you appear to be relying on license plates rather than first-hand knowledge, I assume that you have no personal connection to the school. I haven't heard anyone personally involved with the school suggest that there is an issue with non-resident students. Would you agree that they probably are more knowledgable on this topic than you are likely to be? If so, would you put this matter to rest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No need to feed the troll. We all know that this particular poster has a very specific perspective that we have heard MANY times before.

It makes one wonder if those who try to shut down this issue are themselves non-DC resident fraudsters who are afraid of exposure.

My concern is that this always seems to come up at Hearst. There have been two recent examples of residency fraud on this forum, one at Eaton and the other at Janney. I don't understand why there is so mich discussion of this issue at Hearst. It sems that OOB is being mixed with the notion of non-DC resident. Seem to be two radically different concepts.

No, it is because there is a crazy person on DCUM who brings this nonsense up everytime a Hearst thread comes up. Fraud is NOT a problem at Hearst. Might there be a few people cheating? I guess, but just like any other school. There are also grandparents, nannies, divorced couples, etc. at the school and some of them have MD plates. End of story.

There are a lot of MD plates dropping off kids at Hearst. Grandparents and caregivers don't explain the number. This is a pervasive problem at DC elementary schools as you point out,even at Janney which is virtually all in-bounds. It's even easier for out of District families to fly under the radar in schools where most kids don't live in the local area.

Guess what, there will be more MD plates next year. Not because of fraud, but they will be relatives and friends to replace the buses that currently bring students from wards 7 and 8 that are being discontinued. Remember what they say about the word ASSume?

[Anonymous]

Oyster became popular with IB Families w the renovation. This pattern has repeated at many schools. I would expect interest among IB families to zoom