Shaw Middle School -- what's the plan?

[Anonymous]

Is anyone privy to the DC gov's plans for Shaw Middle School? I know at some point they announced plans to allot money in their budget to renovate (maybe in 2015?), and I noticed that in the info on feeder patterns for shaw elementary schools, DC states that " Anyone living in the new attendance zone for [Seaton/Ross/Thomson/Cleveland/Garrison] ES is zoned for and has a right to attend Shaw MS (a new stand alone MS)"

The only news I can find is on the website of a dog park, which seems to state that a renovation is imminent.

Any new information out there?

[Anonymous]

LOL people ask that every year. I don't know why the PTAs at those schools aren't making more noise about it. Maybe they actually prefer the current setup at Cardozo?

[Anonymous]

This question has been asked for 12 years (longer) the answer is NOTHING!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL people ask that every year. I don't know why the PTAs at those schools aren't making more noise about it. Maybe they actually prefer the current setup at Cardozo?

Hmm. Do you have any knowledge of anything that has transpired over the years? Do you even have kids at one of the schools? Lots of assumptions here. And you seem to be very naive as to how DCPS works when it comes to certain schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL people ask that every year. I don't know why the PTAs at those schools aren't making more noise about it. Maybe they actually prefer the current setup at Cardozo?

Hmm. Do you have any knowledge of anything that has transpired over the years? Do you even have kids at one of the schools? Lots of assumptions here. And you seem to be very naive as to how DCPS works when it comes to certain schools.

No, I haven't the slightest idea. Please enlighten all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL people ask that every year. I don't know why the PTAs at those schools aren't making more noise about it. Maybe they actually prefer the current setup at Cardozo?

Hmm. Do you have any knowledge of anything that has transpired over the years? Do you even have kids at one of the schools? Lots of assumptions here. And you seem to be very naive as to how DCPS works when it comes to certain schools.

No, I haven't the slightest idea. Please enlighten all of us.

Oh, I thought you knew. The parents prefer to send their kids to Cardozo. Just like you said.

[Anonymous]

I live in the neighborhood and our neighborhood association receives regular updates from our ANC Commissioner that there is no news. It could be a great resource for the community, whether it becomes a school or not, but it just continues to sit and fall into disrepair. Mt guess is that it will eventually go to developers.

[Anonymous]

PP here. I assume you were looking at the posting on the Shaw Dog Park website. Pretty sure that is at least 3-4 years old.

[Anonymous]

the school will probably be sold, and turned into condos.

[Anonymous]

As a parent of a current Seaton student, i’d love for it to reopened and provide a solid neighborhood MS option. As a Shaw resident it would be good for it to be something other than an empty building.

[Anonymous]

At some point (2015?) DCPS or another agency issued a report about future school enrollment growth based on population growth estimates from the Office of Planning. They essentially said that they wanted to hold on to Shaw MS because they expected enough growth in the number of students in the future that they would need another middle school in that part of the city. Can't find the report right now, but it's gotta be available online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At some point (2015?) DCPS or another agency issued a report about future school enrollment growth based on population growth estimates from the Office of Planning. They essentially said that they wanted to hold on to Shaw MS because they expected enough growth in the number of students in the future that they would need another middle school in that part of the city. Can't find the report right now, but it's gotta be available online.

Thank you for this! I'm the OP, and I was hoping that someone in the DCUM world might have a contact at DCPS who could shed some light. Maybe time to call myself..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a current Seaton student, i’d love for it to reopened and provide a solid neighborhood MS option. As a Shaw resident it would be good for it to be something other than an empty building.

As a Shaw resident, I couldn't agree with you more. But the reality is Cardozo is chronically underenrolled, and I don't see DCPS opening up another MS if that continues to be the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At some point (2015?) DCPS or another agency issued a report about future school enrollment growth based on population growth estimates from the Office of Planning. They essentially said that they wanted to hold on to Shaw MS because they expected enough growth in the number of students in the future that they would need another middle school in that part of the city. Can't find the report right now, but it's gotta be available online.

Thank you for this! I'm the OP, and I was hoping that someone in the DCUM world might have a contact at DCPS who could shed some light. Maybe time to call myself..

Thread from almost 5 years ago.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/309006.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At some point (2015?) DCPS or another agency issued a report about future school enrollment growth based on population growth estimates from the Office of Planning. They essentially said that they wanted to hold on to Shaw MS because they expected enough growth in the number of students in the future that they would need another middle school in that part of the city. Can't find the report right now, but it's gotta be available online.

Thank you for this! I'm the OP, and I was hoping that someone in the DCUM world might have a contact at DCPS who could shed some light. Maybe time to call myself..

It is the location for the "Center City Middle School" that was proposed at some future date, as part of the boundary revision process in 2014.

https://wamu.org/story/14/06/17/stuck_in_the_middle_dc_plan_could_see_new_middle_schools/

Considering that enrollment has been in decline for Cardozo's middle school program, and that Brookland Middle is seeing weak enrollment, there is no foreseeable way that there will be enough demand for a new middle school at Shaw in the next 10 years. Which was obvious 5 years ago.