Hyde-Addison reviews

[Anonymous]

We’re looking at a home that IB for H-A. Can someone share their experience with this school? I mostly see people talk about the JKLMs, but this school looks like it has a good rating as well. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Lots of military kids

[Anonymous]

Historically it has been under enrolled from neighborhood families. The boundaries include Georgetown University, a lot of homes where families send children to private school and smaller rowhouses that attract singles of families without children.

It is a smaller public school with a good reputation. 2 years ago they started the renovation and many families did not follow the school to the temporary spot. They preferred to enroll their children in private. So - it is good enough when it is right there - not good enough when you need to put your child on a school bus to get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Historically it has been under enrolled from neighborhood families. The boundaries include Georgetown University, a lot of homes where families send children to private school and smaller rowhouses that attract singles of families without children.

It is a smaller public school with a good reputation. 2 years ago they started the renovation and many families did not follow the school to the temporary spot. They preferred to enroll their children in private. So - it is good enough when it is right there - not good enough when you need to put your child on a school bus to get there.

Is the renovation ongoing?

[Anonymous]

Visited the school during an open house at its temporary location. Seemed like good instruction was taking place. The temporary location is a good size building with a decent play area. Don’t know how parking and drop offs will be in Georgetown on this cobblestone street. Liked the school during open house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Historically it has been under enrolled from neighborhood families. The boundaries include Georgetown University, a lot of homes where families send children to private school and smaller rowhouses that attract singles of families without children.

It is a smaller public school with a good reputation. 2 years ago they started the renovation and many families did not follow the school to the temporary spot. They preferred to enroll their children in private. So - it is good enough when it is right there - not good enough when you need to put your child on a school bus to get there.

Is the renovation ongoing?

Yes - the school will return to their Georgetown location for the 2019-20 school year.

[Anonymous]

Stuck up bunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of military kids

So hard-working, strong family identity, adaptable to new situations, "resilient" (this year's buzzword), perhaps bringing international experience to the classroom discussion, likely fitness/health-oriented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of military kids

So hard-working, strong family identity, adaptable to new situations, "resilient" (this year's buzzword), perhaps bringing international experience to the classroom discussion, likely fitness/health-oriented.

I didn’t post that as a bad thing. We are a military family. I know a bunch of kids that go there and they are all pretty awesome kids.

[Anonymous]

If a lot of neighborhood families left during the renovation, did they fill those open spots with OB kids? If so, does that mean that the school will be overcrowded when it returns to its regular building and the neighborhood families sign up again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a lot of neighborhood families left during the renovation, did they fill those open spots with OB kids? If so, does that mean that the school will be overcrowded when it returns to its regular building and the neighborhood families sign up again?

They took some OOB students, but not as many as they could have.

Not clear that it will be overcrowded. New school will have more capacity They are in swing space for just 2 years. Many of the families who left are of the demographic group that would always leave Hyde as the 4th/5th grade entry year for private schools approached.

[Anonymous]

Also, to the PP who said there are a lot of military kids, 2 questions:

1. Does that result in a more transient school population or are these more military families who are permanently in DC?

2. Is the parent community more conservative than you’d otherwise expect for Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, to the PP who said there are a lot of military kids, 2 questions:

1. Does that result in a more transient school population or are these more military families who are permanently in DC?

2. Is the parent community more conservative than you’d otherwise expect for Georgetown?

Families are usually here between 3-5 years.

They are probably conservative but I’m a progressive liberal military family so you’d have me! Ha! (My kid is going into pre school so we won’t be there) but yes, probably leans conservative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, to the PP who said there are a lot of military kids, 2 questions:

1. Does that result in a more transient school population or are these more military families who are permanently in DC?

2. Is the parent community more conservative than you’d otherwise expect for Georgetown?

Families are usually here between 3-5 years.

They are probably conservative but I’m a progressive liberal military family so you’d have me! Ha! (My kid is going into pre school so we won’t be there) but yes, probably leans conservative.

Thank you for the info! Maybe we’ll run into each other a couple of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a lot of neighborhood families left during the renovation, did they fill those open spots with OB kids? If so, does that mean that the school will be overcrowded when it returns to its regular building and the neighborhood families sign up again?

They took some OOB students, but not as many as they could have.

Not clear that it will be overcrowded. New school will have more capacity They are in swing space for just 2 years. Many of the families who left are of the demographic group that would always leave Hyde as the 4th/5th grade entry year for private schools approached.

Does that mean that most of the kids from elementary go private rather than continuing on to dcps middle school?