Hyde-Addison Parents Starting New School

[Anonymous]

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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

I thought I might like and trust Grosso on education topics until he tried to pull the Lab School stunt...bringing up consideration of a 50 year (?!) lease on the old hardy school right at holiday time hoping no one would notice and pitching it as "emergency" legislation when there was still 4+ years on the current lease. he proved himself to be a sleaze in my book. no more trust for that dbag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I thought I might like and trust Grosso on education topics until he tried to pull the Lab School stunt...bringing up consideration of a 50 year (?!) lease on the old hardy school right at holiday time hoping no one would notice and pitching it as "emergency" legislation when there was still 4+ years on the current lease. he proved himself to be a sleaze in my book. no more trust for that dbag.

for the cost of renovating the dilapidated old Hardy building they could build two new ones. so not a big deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I thought I might like and trust Grosso on education topics until he tried to pull the Lab School stunt...bringing up consideration of a 50 year (?!) lease on the old hardy school right at holiday time hoping no one would notice and pitching it as "emergency" legislation when there was still 4+ years on the current lease. he proved himself to be a sleaze in my book. no more trust for that dbag.

for the cost of renovating the dilapidated old Hardy building they could build two new ones. so not a big deal

Lab School talking point.

And nonsense. The key to old Hardy isn't the building, it's the land. Where else in Ward 3 could you build a school? And the building isn't that bad, it's the same design as the original buildings at Stoddert, Mann and Key. All of them were successfully renovated and expanded.

Oh look: the Council just introduced another bill to try and give the building away again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I thought I might like and trust Grosso on education topics until he tried to pull the Lab School stunt...bringing up consideration of a 50 year (?!) lease on the old hardy school right at holiday time hoping no one would notice and pitching it as "emergency" legislation when there was still 4+ years on the current lease. he proved himself to be a sleaze in my book. no more trust for that dbag.

for the cost of renovating the dilapidated old Hardy building they could build two new ones. so not a big deal

Lab School talking point.

And nonsense. The key to old Hardy isn't the building, it's the land. Where else in Ward 3 could you build a school? And the building isn't that bad, it's the same design as the original buildings at Stoddert, Mann and Key. All of them were successfully renovated and expanded.

Oh look: the Council just introduced another bill to try and give the building away again.

Well 37% of Lab school students are District residents...

Hmm...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I thought I might like and trust Grosso on education topics until he tried to pull the Lab School stunt...bringing up consideration of a 50 year (?!) lease on the old hardy school right at holiday time hoping no one would notice and pitching it as "emergency" legislation when there was still 4+ years on the current lease. he proved himself to be a sleaze in my book. no more trust for that dbag.

for the cost of renovating the dilapidated old Hardy building they could build two new ones. so not a big deal

Lab School talking point.

And nonsense. The key to old Hardy isn't the building, it's the land. Where else in Ward 3 could you build a school? And the building isn't that bad, it's the same design as the original buildings at Stoddert, Mann and Key. All of them were successfully renovated and expanded.

Oh look: the Council just introduced another bill to try and give the building away again.

Well 37% of Lab school students are District residents...



Hmm...

Well, another Lab School talking point.

Lab is a private school. There are dozens of private schools in DC, and among them, 37% DC residents is incredibly low, it might just be the lowest. And you don't see the others getting handouts from the DC government.

[Anonymous]

The lab school lease should be a separate talking point and an S/O thread.

Marrying the two issues IRL would only alienate (further, I suspect) DCPS from supporting parents on the busing issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The lab school lease should be a separate talking point and an S/O thread.

Marrying the two issues IRL would only alienate (further, I suspect) DCPS from supporting parents on the busing issue.

There is a 20+ page thread in the local politics section:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/606702.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
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.

Relax, people. It's not Sidwell, it's a special education school for kids with diagnosed learning disabilities. It's been in DC for 50 years. They've leased old Hardy since 2008 after a charter school failed on that site. Lab needs to repair the1930s-era building for the health and safety of 90 kids, including kids from Wards 2 and 3 who weren't getting the education they are guaranteed under federal disability law in neighborhood schools. Lab is not expanding or doing major reno. The building will be in better shape if and when DCPS wants it back.

Can we get back to the issue of Hyde-Addison? What is the status of this spinoff school?

[Anonymous]

To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

I can't believe Hyde-Addison families would pursue this microschool plan rather than deal with buses. The school will still have the same terrific staff, correct? Wow, if I were a teacher at HA I'd be hurt that my school community would abandon me in preference of some made-up nothing school. But this is quite a boon for OOB families. Good luck to them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

I can't believe Hyde-Addison families would pursue this microschool plan rather than deal with buses. The school will still have the same terrific staff, correct? Wow, if I were a teacher at HA I'd be hurt that my school community would abandon me in preference of some made-up nothing school. But this is quite a boon for OOB families. Good luck to them!

Then when they return to HA in a couple years, they will complain about class size and all the OOB kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

I can't believe Hyde-Addison families would pursue this microschool plan rather than deal with buses. The school will still have the same terrific staff, correct? Wow, if I were a teacher at HA I'd be hurt that my school community would abandon me in preference of some made-up nothing school. But this is quite a boon for OOB families. Good luck to them!

The families want to stay in the neighborhood. That is not so hard to understand; everyone has their preferences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

I can't believe Hyde-Addison families would pursue this microschool plan rather than deal with buses. The school will still have the same terrific staff, correct? Wow, if I were a teacher at HA I'd be hurt that my school community would abandon me in preference of some made-up nothing school. But this is quite a boon for OOB families. Good luck to them!

The families want to stay in the neighborhood. That is not so hard to understand; everyone has their preferences.

This may be the ultimate snowflakey behavior. The relocation is only temporary and not that big a deal. My kid's school is being renovated and we are doing the bus now and it really isn't that bad. My SIL's kids had to do this in MD (Takoma Park) several years ago and everyone survived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

I can't believe Hyde-Addison families would pursue this microschool plan rather than deal with buses. The school will still have the same terrific staff, correct? Wow, if I were a teacher at HA I'd be hurt that my school community would abandon me in preference of some made-up nothing school. But this is quite a boon for OOB families. Good luck to them!

The families want to stay in the neighborhood. That is not so hard to understand; everyone has their preferences.

And they can pay $20,000 per year to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question on status of the spinoff school:

It's an elementary microschool (a Mysa middle school opened in Bethesda this year). Here are some details from an update that came out last week. Information sessions are in the works, the next round is coming up this Wednesday:

http://mysaschool.org/
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/02/let-the-student-become-the-master/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-735056-micro-schools.html

I can't believe Hyde-Addison families would pursue this microschool plan rather than deal with buses. The school will still have the same terrific staff, correct? Wow, if I were a teacher at HA I'd be hurt that my school community would abandon me in preference of some made-up nothing school. But this is quite a boon for OOB families. Good luck to them!

The families want to stay in the neighborhood. That is not so hard to understand; everyone has their preferences.

And they can pay $20,000 per year to do it.

Yes, they apparently can. Like many other DC parents. And maybe the biggest about Hyde was the location/ walkability. So move on and worry about your own family!