Hyde-Addison Parents Starting New School

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please state why starting a new school is "insufferable." Parents don't like their options, so they start a new school. Isn't that the American Way?

We call these "charter schools" here in DC. Look it up.

Except that these parents don't want to try and meet the standards for charters, so they are starting a private school I personally like credentialed teachers, schools with a track record, arts funding, employment regulations etc., so I won't be choosing a private school. The splinter group is, of course, free to do as theory see fit.

A lot of those standards are not required by charter schools. If you want highly qualified teachers, you're taking about public school.

[Anonymous]

Yes but at least charters are accredited. Mysa is not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the problem was that the Mayor promised the UDC space once it's available, but when the parents agreed to it, nobody got back to them about it. Don't have to be from Georgetown and a snowflake's mom to upset over it. You give us options, we choose one and then you disappear on us.
I wouldn't want my kids bussed too far if closer option available. And why give them crap about opening a new school, and yes, they have a right to "crowd" their neighborhood school once it's all new and shiny.

UDC is further away.

UDC = WOTP.

Is UDC easier to get to? Seems like getting up there from G-Town in the morning would be a reverse commute right up Wisconsin, whereas getting over to Columbia Heights would be cross-town. Getting across town on U and Florida and Q at rush hour can be hellish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the problem was that the Mayor promised the UDC space once it's available, but when the parents agreed to it, nobody got back to them about it. Don't have to be from Georgetown and a snowflake's mom to upset over it. You give us options, we choose one and then you disappear on us.
I wouldn't want my kids bussed too far if closer option available. And why give them crap about opening a new school, and yes, they have a right to "crowd" their neighborhood school once it's all new and shiny.

UDC is further away.

UDC = WOTP.

Is UDC easier to get to? Seems like getting up there from G-Town in the morning would be a reverse commute right up Wisconsin, whereas getting over to Columbia Heights would be cross-town. Getting across town on U and Florida and Q at rush hour can be hellish.

Yes, much easier. Have done both trips 100s of times and in both directions. Columbia Heights and U Street are both very busy during rush hour and any hour. All those one-way streets don't help either. You are better off walking the last 2-3 blocks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the problem was that the Mayor promised the UDC space once it's available, but when the parents agreed to it, nobody got back to them about it. Don't have to be from Georgetown and a snowflake's mom to upset over it. You give us options, we choose one and then you disappear on us.
I wouldn't want my kids bussed too far if closer option available. And why give them crap about opening a new school, and yes, they have a right to "crowd" their neighborhood school once it's all new and shiny.

UDC is further away.

Maybe by distance, but not if you consider time. The busses will make the traffic even worse in Columbia Heights/U Street.
UDC is easier for parents to get to also if they have to pick up their kids. Even a bus goes goes up Wisconsin and then few long blocks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please state why starting a new school is "insufferable." Parents don't like their options, so they start a new school. Isn't that the American Way?

We call these "charter schools" here in DC. Look it up.

Except that these parents don't want to try and meet the standards for charters, so they are starting a private school I personally like credentialed teachers, schools with a track record, arts funding, employment regulations etc., so I won't be choosing a private school. The splinter group is, of course, free to do as theory see fit.

A lot of those standards are not required by charter schools. If you want highly qualified teachers, you're taking about public school.

HAHAHA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the problem was that the Mayor promised the UDC space once it's available, but when the parents agreed to it, nobody got back to them about it. Don't have to be from Georgetown and a snowflake's mom to upset over it. You give us options, we choose one and then you disappear on us.
I wouldn't want my kids bussed too far if closer option available. And why give them crap about opening a new school, and yes, they have a right to "crowd" their neighborhood school once it's all new and shiny.

UDC is further away.

Maybe by distance, but not if you consider time. The busses will make the traffic even worse in Columbia Heights/U Street.
UDC is easier for parents to get to also if they have to pick up their kids. Even a bus goes goes up Wisconsin and then few long blocks.

Not necessarily. Hyde is 50% OOB. You don't know where the other enrolled families are coming from and the planning needs to anticipate everyone's needs, not just the families who live in Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Kind of the height of privilege: We don't like what the school is doing, so we'll go ahead and start your own.

You've really burned your bridges with DCPS - I hope Hardy doesn't suffer collateral damage as a result.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the problem was that the Mayor promised the UDC space once it's available, but when the parents agreed to it, nobody got back to them about it. Don't have to be from Georgetown and a snowflake's mom to upset over it. You give us options, we choose one and then you disappear on us.
I wouldn't want my kids bussed too far if closer option available. And why give them crap about opening a new school, and yes, they have a right to "crowd" their neighborhood school once it's all new and shiny.

UDC is further away.

Maybe by distance, but not if you consider time. The busses will make the traffic even worse in Columbia Heights/U Street.
UDC is easier for parents to get to also if they have to pick up their kids. Even a bus goes goes up Wisconsin and then few long blocks.

Not necessarily. Hyde is 50% OOB. You don't know where the other enrolled families are coming from and the planning needs to anticipate everyone's needs, not just the families who live in Georgetown.

By that logic ellington should be on the other side of the park.

[Anonymous]

Just curious. Did those 150+ parents ever contact DCPS? Or Grosso and council committee on education? Or DME? SBOE? OSSE? It seems odd to send something to Bowser and Evans about a school and expect anything constructive to come out of it. Parents at Garrison, Ross and other schools have gotten DCPS directly to reverse or change course. I don't recall any actions involving direct appeals to the mayor. Did Hyde-Addison somehow burn bridges after Henderson reversed Rhee on the split principal?

Sorry if I'm missing something. I thought micro-schools were to private schools what tiny houses are to McMansions. More of a lifestyle choice for people who can afford it than a viable alternative to public schools, charter and traditional.

[Anonymous]

Bowser, Grosso, and Niles effectively killed this school. Sure, they'll fill the seats but this school will be damaged. The commute is across town and will take a minimum of one hour each way on a good day. Try it yourself. That's if the busses arrive on time, they have problems bussing the kids to Hardy.
Grosso/Council gave away Hardy and Ellington is $150M over budget and they have the nerve to let this happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bowser, Grosso, and Niles effectively killed this school. Sure, they'll fill the seats but this school will be damaged. The commute is across town and will take a minimum of one hour each way on a good day. Try it yourself. That's if the busses arrive on time, they have problems bussing the kids to Hardy.
Grosso/Council gave away Hardy and Ellington is $150M over budget and they have the nerve to let this happen.

They "gave away Hardy..."[?] Who'd they give it to? WTF...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser, Grosso, and Niles effectively killed this school. Sure, they'll fill the seats but this school will be damaged. The commute is across town and will take a minimum of one hour each way on a good day. Try it yourself. That's if the busses arrive on time, they have problems bussing the kids to Hardy.
Grosso/Council gave away Hardy and Ellington is $150M over budget and they have the nerve to let this happen.

They "gave away Hardy..."[?] Who'd they give it to? WTF...?

I think the PP means the Old Hardy school on Foxhall...which private Lab School has its mitts on, even though all upper NW schools are over capacity and could use a creative pressure release that a property like Old Hardy could offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser, Grosso, and Niles effectively killed this school. Sure, they'll fill the seats but this school will be damaged. The commute is across town and will take a minimum of one hour each way on a good day. Try it yourself. That's if the busses arrive on time, they have problems bussing the kids to Hardy.
Grosso/Council gave away Hardy and Ellington is $150M over budget and they have the nerve to let this happen.

They "gave away Hardy..."[?] Who'd they give it to? WTF...?

I think the PP means the Old Hardy school on Foxhall...which private Lab School has its mitts on, even though all upper NW schools are over capacity and could use a creative pressure release that a property like Old Hardy could offer.

The deal hasn't happened yet, but it's in the works. If you care about public education you need to oppose it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser, Grosso, and Niles effectively killed this school. Sure, they'll fill the seats but this school will be damaged. The commute is across town and will take a minimum of one hour each way on a good day. Try it yourself. That's if the busses arrive on time, they have problems bussing the kids to Hardy.
Grosso/Council gave away Hardy and Ellington is $150M over budget and they have the nerve to let this happen.

They "gave away Hardy..."[?] Who'd they give it to? WTF...?

I think the PP means the Old Hardy school on Foxhall...which private Lab School has its mitts on, even though all upper NW schools are over capacity and could use a creative pressure release that a property like Old Hardy could offer.

fair enough, but it's hard to pin Ellington on Bowser, Niles, or Grosso. At best Bowser could have put brakes on a project far along yet way over budget when she assumed office. Grosso has been a common sense voice of restraint.

I'm no fan of the giant sucking sound that is the Ellington rennovation, but let's point blame where it belongs -- the DC political patronage system abused by Peggy Cafritz