Where will my Shepherd Elem kid go to middle/high school?

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04/22/2017 22:19

Subject: Where will my Shepherd Elem kid go to middle/high school?

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Anonymous wrote:If 20 families of Afro-Jewish heritage in Shepherd Park can swing an elementary from one middle school to another 8 years from now, then I need to know how to invest in the Illuminati.

Huh?

Try reading the preceding post. Hunh?

Shepherd Park, like all DC neighborhoods, is gentrifying. You can throw out "Oh! But we're multi-generational AA!" and "Oh! We're Jewish!" (btw, I have no idea what that's supposed to mean except that the PP who posted it first wants us to know that liberal white people who won't go to SP elementary with the AA children who ALSO won't go SP elementary are all similarly too wealthy too go to their local elementary.) What they want you to know is that it's because of their SES and not because of racial prejudice.

In the meantime, Wilson (a highly over-rated high school) will likely kick Shepherd Park out of its feeder pattern (via Deal, an also over-rated DCPS - in this case middle school).

I read the preceding post bitch. The argument was that pps were insisting that Shepherd will be a majority white school in 8 years and PP politely explained why that won't be the case. Setting the middle school/high school feed aside, one should not make projections about a DCPS school that has special dynamics that many don't care to understand. So no, dear, Shepherd elementary will not be majority white in 8 years.

When Deal hits 1700 students (in about 2 years) schools are going to get kicked out of the feeder pattern and whoever is closest to another alternative should start making plans now.

There's no need to swear at anyone, btw. That just proves that you're too emotional to think rationally about the subject. It's not persuasive - it's just low class (of course, that may be the one thing that could help you to stay in Deal, so vent away...).

I am not emotional as I don't have a kid at either. However, the preceding "hunh" was condescending and quite bitchy so I call a spade a spade. If you (or the PP if you are someone else) thinks that removing Shepherd is enough (<40-50 kids), while Lafayette, Hearst, Murch, and Janney continue to increase, you're sadly mistaken. Either Lafayette will have to be removed as well, OOB feeders will have to stop, or another middle school and high school need to be created WOTP. While you're at it, a new elementary that pulls kids fron JLMurch needs to open as well. Janney parents have to stop being so anti-change and accept the inevitable. However, nothing will happen for another 7 years.

Why do you think that Janney parents are more anti-change than Murch, Lafayette, or, for that matter, Shepherd parents?

IMO Janey parents were the most vocal about not losing access to Janey during the last boundary discussions. They weren't even at risk of losing Deal/Wilson but they were fighting tooth and nail to not be moved.

Ok, I didn't follow that discussion back then. I suppose you are referencing considerations of rezoning parts of the Janney zone to Hearst. Was any other elementary school zone under the same "threat"? And if so, were they ok with it? (Full disclosure: I don't have kids at Janney yet, and don't live in the areas that could be considered for rezoning.)