A solution for military families in dc?

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Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

garuenteed entry into a charter school? around a specific population.

This is one school that doesn't even exist yet and they wouldn't even get guaranteeed antry - 50% of seats are reserved for military families so if more apply then they'd be in the regular lottery with the local kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the military should move the base somewhere more hospitable. There are plenty of jurisdictions across the land that would welcome a military base and accompanying revenue. Congress fights for these bases.

Do you know how much that would cost? The DIA is on base. It's huge. Not to mention the white house communication center and the helicopters.

This is laughable.

Okay? Move the base WOTR then.

how much revenue are the generating for the host city? Not much. Its untaxable land, most people shop at the stores on base. And yet now we are supposed to havea special school for their kids? Bolling is not a money maker for DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

I presume you have your children at Leckie?

I would if I lived in the zone for the school. If everyone who lived on base actually used the school and concentrated their energy in that one place instead of spreading around the city, it would be one of the best schools in the district.

Why would you want to bus your child all three way across town if you could make your neighborhood school great?

Because I’ve tried to make the neighborhood school better and the administration makes everything difficult.

[Anonymous]

I was thinking guys we should probably move Congress and the White House closer to a military base. More secure. Better real estate value.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

I'm pretty sure they can enroll at any DCPS school they want. While many go to Stoddert, there are many at other schools too.

No. They can enroll at any DCPS neighborhood school if there are seats available / no wait list. They can enter the lottery from another city and have more time to establish residency, but of course they don’t always know they will be coming to DC when the lottery opens. If there is a wait list they have to go to their IB or the back of the WL like anyone else who moves to the city midyear.

The “no waitlist” part is not correct though. Otherwise how would so many military kids end up at Brent, where there are long wait lists? I’m not objecting to the policy. But there is definitely a method by which they can jump to the top of the OOB waitlist at certain schools.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

I'm pretty sure they can enroll at any DCPS school they want. While many go to Stoddert, there are many at other schools too.

No. They can enroll at any DCPS neighborhood school if there are seats available / no wait list. They can enter the lottery from another city and have more time to establish residency, but of course they don’t always know they will be coming to DC when the lottery opens. If there is a wait list they have to go to their IB or the back of the WL like anyone else who moves to the city midyear.

The “no waitlist” part is not correct though. Otherwise how would so many military kids end up at Brent, where there are long wait lists? I’m not objecting to the policy. But there is definitely a method by which they can jump to the top of the OOB waitlist at certain schools.

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Before the common lottery, principals would use their discretion to allow enrollment, and perhaps some military families got into OOB schools this way -- as did others.

But post-common lottery, military families must use the MSDC lottery like anyone else. The only other way would be to petition for a special placement from the chancellor.

[Anonymous]

Is Brent IB for the Marine Barracks? There are some officer's houses there, I think. If so, the kids living there would have a right to Brent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

I'm pretty sure they can enroll at any DCPS school they want. While many go to Stoddert, there are many at other schools too.

No. They can enroll at any DCPS neighborhood school if there are seats available / no wait list. They can enter the lottery from another city and have more time to establish residency, but of course they don’t always know they will be coming to DC when the lottery opens. If there is a wait list they have to go to their IB or the back of the WL like anyone else who moves to the city midyear.

The “no waitlist” part is not correct though. Otherwise how would so many military kids end up at Brent, where there are long wait lists? I’m not objecting to the policy. But there is definitely a method by which they can jump to the top of the OOB waitlist at certain schools.

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Before the common lottery, principals would use their discretion to allow enrollment, and perhaps some military families got into OOB schools this way -- as did others.

But post-common lottery, military families must use the MSDC lottery like anyone else. The only other way would be to petition for a special placement from the chancellor.

okey dokey. just sayin' .. might want to ask around on base.

[Anonymous]

We are a military family on base. I have a few thoughts. Personally my daughter got into a school through the lottery. But I do see a lot of families here that don’t go to leckie so I do wonder if they all got lottery spots or there is another way to get a spot at another school. We keep to ourselves so I don’t know the answer to that.

We tried leckie for two years. My last straw was when a teacher told some military families in class that she didn’t care about our experience, her job was to focus on the kids in the ward that needed more support. I think a lot of leckie would be glad to see the military kids go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

I'm pretty sure they can enroll at any DCPS school they want. While many go to Stoddert, there are many at other schools too.

No. They can enroll at any DCPS neighborhood school if there are seats available / no wait list. They can enter the lottery from another city and have more time to establish residency, but of course they don’t always know they will be coming to DC when the lottery opens. If there is a wait list they have to go to their IB or the back of the WL like anyone else who moves to the city midyear.

The “no waitlist” part is not correct though. Otherwise how would so many military kids end up at Brent, where there are long wait lists? I’m not objecting to the policy. But there is definitely a method by which they can jump to the top of the OOB waitlist at certain schools.

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Many military families move every 2-3 years or less but there are also those who are able to stay in the same place for a significant amount of time. They may be enlisted and have more say about location, or they may be officers who are in a specialized field. Or they could just be working things out so their families can stay while they deploy over and over again. Whatever the case, it's entirely possible some of those families got in off of a wait list, just like anybody else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Brent IB for the Marine Barracks? There are some officer's houses there, I think. If so, the kids living there would have a right to Brent.

Tyler is but the Barracks are right by the Brent/Tyler border so families could live in-bounds for Brent and be nearby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the military should move the base somewhere more hospitable. There are plenty of jurisdictions across the land that would welcome a military base and accompanying revenue. Congress fights for these bases.

Do you know how much that would cost? The DIA is on base. It's huge. Not to mention the white house communication center and the helicopters.

This is laughable.

Okay? Move the base WOTR then.

how much revenue are the generating for the host city? Not much. Its untaxable land, most people shop at the stores on base. And yet now we are supposed to havea special school for their kids? Bolling is not a money maker for DC.

Such a naïve view. People shop on or around base? Just analyze that and then claim no revenue comes to the city....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the military should move the base somewhere more hospitable. There are plenty of jurisdictions across the land that would welcome a military base and accompanying revenue. Congress fights for these bases.

Do you know how much that would cost? The DIA is on base. It's huge. Not to mention the white house communication center and the helicopters.

This is laughable.

Okay? Move the base WOTR then.

how much revenue are the generating for the host city? Not much. Its untaxable land, most people shop at the stores on base. And yet now we are supposed to havea special school for their kids? Bolling is not a money maker for DC.

Such a naïve view. People shop on or around base? Just analyze that and then claim no revenue comes to the city....

Most military families rely on the PX or given that location they shop in MD or VA as there is no real retail in that end of DC. But National Harbor is close by. So again, there is no real value to the base being in DC from a revenue perspective.

[Anonymous]

^ you can speak for yourself. We live on base and we grocery shop near the Navy Yard, we eat in DC at least once every weekend, and we use public transit. I get my nails done and hair done in DC and we buy tickets for events in DC. We hardly ever go into Virginia or Maryland.

[Anonymous]

I just want to let readers know that military families from Bolling, of all colors, send their kids to schools other than Leckie. People shouldn’t assume it’s a color issue. I think it’s more the fact that the area in general is pretty bad and high crime. Word of mouth travels fast too and since I have been here I have heard that Leckie is good for the younger kids but not the older kids. Also heard Their administration is not the greatest. I personally scoured this forum to see where the best schools were to try to lottery my kids into before we moved here. I based all my choices on the threads I read and the data that you all provided as locals! Every school my kids have gone to here (4 schools) we legitimately lotteries into. No shortcuts. I always tell people I love the schools in DC. We were in Fairfax schools before we moved here and I like the schools here better! I am so grateful my kids are Going to school in a place with so many opportunities and so much history. I think that DC does a good job in taking care of their military community. Please don’t make generalizations about what we do as military families as a whole because we all make choices that are best for our individual families. Thankfully we have a lot Of choices here!