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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the 2016-17 OSSE enrollment data, there are now 538 6th graders at Deal.

However, the total number of 5th graders from the 6 Deal feeders is 439, significantly fewer.

So what will happen for next fall? Will 99+ students move IB for Deal or students now in charters or privates will enroll at Deal?

Or maybe, just maybe, things are leveling off a bit? https://osse.dc.gov/enrollment



we we really think that 99+ students will have moved to the Deal IB zone by the first day of school in 2017 or return to DCPS from charters/private etc?

There currently are 7 Deal feeders, not 6. According to the data you pointed us to, these 7 Deal feeders combined have 511 students in 5th grade:
Bancroft 73
Eaton 72
Janney 93
Hearst 40
Lafayette 101
Murch 79
Shepherd 53

The 5th grade last year had 523 students which is only 12 more than this year's 5th grade.

I think the current 5th graders at Eaton are the last with feeder rights to Deal (unless they have a sibling already attending). If that's correct, the earlier poster's underlying point is correct. Starting in Sep. 2018, Deal presumably would be getting about 70 fewer elementary kids.

[Anonymous]

Shepherd WL IB kids this year for PK3. That's new. https://dcps.dc.gov/page/my-school-dc-lottery-results

[Anonymous]

How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

There's a "Deal bus" that picks up on 16th and goes straight to Deal. I've driven from Shepherd Park to the Tenleytown area in under 15 min with no traffic. Not sure how long it takes with traffic (my Shepherd kid is younger).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

There's a "Deal bus" that picks up on 16th and goes straight to Deal. I've driven from Shepherd Park to the Tenleytown area in under 15 min with no traffic. Not sure how long it takes with traffic (my Shepherd kid is younger).

Isn't it a wmata bus that just happens to be filled with Shepherd kids?

[Anonymous]

Will Deal just add trailers for the overcrowding?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

Puhlease...It takes less than 20 minutes, in traffic. Have you not heard of Waze?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

Puhlease...It takes less than 20 minutes, in traffic. Have you not heard of Waze?

Well, OK, if you have to run an obstacle course every day in order to get your kid to class at Deal within 30 minutes, I guess I wouldn't consider that a hardship -- considering the other options available, if that's the choice you've got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

There's a "Deal bus" that picks up on 16th and goes straight to Deal. I've driven from Shepherd Park to the Tenleytown area in under 15 min with no traffic. Not sure how long it takes with traffic (my Shepherd kid is younger).

Isn't it a wmata bus that just happens to be filled with Shepherd kids?

No, it is a bus dedicated ONLY to Deal students, and adults cannot board.

[Anonymous]

Waste of money.

MacFarland, baby!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Will Deal just add trailers for the overcrowding?

Deal has reached about the limit of how much it can expand. DCPS will have its hand forced because they have already built out about as much as they can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

Puhlease...It takes less than 20 minutes, in traffic. Have you not heard of Waze?

Well, OK, if you have to run an obstacle course every day in order to get your kid to class at Deal within 30 minutes, I guess I wouldn't consider that a hardship -- considering the other options available, if that's the choice you've got.

NP but I drive my kid from SP to Lafayette every day in 6 minutes flat. When we do sunmercamp that has bus next to Wilson it takes 8-10 minutes. We are in the south side of SP and summertime is usually a few minutes faster. It is not bad at all. No traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

Puhlease...It takes less than 20 minutes, in traffic. Have you not heard of Waze?

Well, OK, if you have to run an obstacle course every day in order to get your kid to class at Deal within 30 minutes, I guess I wouldn't consider that a hardship -- considering the other options available, if that's the choice you've got.

NP but I drive my kid from SP to Lafayette every day in 6 minutes flat. When we do sunmercamp that has bus next to Wilson it takes 8-10 minutes. We are in the south side of SP and summertime is usually a few minutes faster. It is not bad at all. No traffic.

So your argument (based on one data point - you) is that because you drive from the SP neighborhood to another elementary school during low traffic summer hours for camp, that the configuration of middle school feeders vis-a-vis traffic is null and void?

Wow - you're a genius! Have you considered curing cancer in a DCUM post?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long does it take the kids who went Shepherd to drive to Deal in the morning, anyway? 45 minutes? Shepherd's near the MD border off 16th street, for goodness' sake!

Puhlease...It takes less than 20 minutes, in traffic. Have you not heard of Waze?

Well, OK, if you have to run an obstacle course every day in order to get your kid to class at Deal within 30 minutes, I guess I wouldn't consider that a hardship -- considering the other options available, if that's the choice you've got.

NP but I drive my kid from SP to Lafayette every day in 6 minutes flat. When we do sunmercamp that has bus next to Wilson it takes 8-10 minutes. We are in the south side of SP and summertime is usually a few minutes faster. It is not bad at all. No traffic.

So your argument (based on one data point - you) is that because you drive from the SP neighborhood to another elementary school during low traffic summer hours for camp, that the configuration of middle school feeders vis-a-vis traffic is null and void?

Wow - you're a genius! Have you considered curing cancer in a DCUM post?

You're a mean person. No, every single day I drive to Lafayette to drop my kid of at school. It takes me about 6-7 minutes. Lafayette to Wilson is another 5-6 minutes during school time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the 2016-17 OSSE enrollment data, there are now 538 6th graders at Deal.

However, the total number of 5th graders from the 6 Deal feeders is 439, significantly fewer.

So what will happen for next fall? Will 99+ students move IB for Deal or students now in charters or privates will enroll at Deal?

Or maybe, just maybe, things are leveling off a bit? https://osse.dc.gov/enrollment



we we really think that 99+ students will have moved to the Deal IB zone by the first day of school in 2017 or return to DCPS from charters/private etc?

There currently are 7 Deal feeders, not 6. According to the data you pointed us to, these 7 Deal feeders combined have 511 students in 5th grade:
Bancroft 73
Eaton 72
Janney 93
Hearst 40
Lafayette 101
Murch 79
Shepherd 53

The 5th grade last year had 523 students which is only 12 more than this year's 5th grade.

I think the current 5th graders at Eaton are the last with feeder rights to Deal (unless they have a sibling already attending). If that's correct, the earlier poster's underlying point is correct. Starting in Sep. 2018, Deal presumably would be getting about 70 fewer elementary kids.

The earlier poster's underlying point is wrong - nothing is leveling off. The current Eaton 4th graders will go to Hardy but then ultimately feed back into Wilson. Wilson will get hit in a few years with a surge of kids. There is no drop-off in the number of kids coming up through the younger grades.