Link to Grandfathering to Deal?

[Anonymous]

I can't find it - a friend is looking to buy IB for West and I thought they used to have the option of Deal and were grandfathered?

Any help would be appreciated.

[jsteele]

Press release:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Boundaries%20Release%20(February%202015)%20_0.pdf

FAQ:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Boundary%20Tweaks%20FAQ%20(2).pdf

Another document that I'm not sure how to describe:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/grandfather%20and%20boundaries%20graphics.pdf

I'm not sure if it is the entire West area, but I know 16th Street Heights and Crestwood are grandfathered until 2022.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Press release:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Boundaries%20Release%20(February%202015)%20_0.pdf

FAQ:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Boundary%20Tweaks%20FAQ%20(2).pdf

Another document that I'm not sure how to describe:

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/grandfather%20and%20boundaries%20graphics.pdf

I'm not sure if it is the entire West area, but I know 16th Street Heights and Crestwood are grandfathered until 2022.

Thanks - links no longer work - other than the document that had no name

[jsteele]

The parenthesis in the URLs are causing the links not to work. I tried various formatting tricks to see if I could get them to work, but no success. At any rate, they work in this post, so just go there:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/375673.page#6584647

[Anonymous]

What grade are the kids in? Grandfathering only goes for a few more years.

What block is it on? Only about half the boundary is part of that grandfathering.

[Anonymous]

If you put the address into the boundary finder, you should tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What grade are the kids in? Grandfathering only goes for a few more years.

What block is it on? Only about half the boundary is part of that grandfathering.

Current 2nd grader.
The way I read it is - if you had rights to Deal. Current 2nd grader will maintain rights to Deal - EVEN if not enrolled in DCPS and coming from private or a charter.

But - it also says 3 to 4 years after the middle school opens. So MacFarland opened in 2016 - so 2020 would be 4 years. Is there a chance that DCPS changes their policy? Or would you be OK going with this?

[Anonymous]

It will be reconsidered in 2022 in a boundary review based on the 2020 census.

That could also be changed earlier if some politician wanted to take a bold stand/shoot themselves in the foot.

[Anonymous]

Question on Grandfathering -
1st off thanks for the links.

When reading the language from the final recommendations, it looks like it only applies to children who are currently enrolled (or had a sibling enrolled in DCPS)

Starting in 2015-16 all NEW students shall be assigned to the newly zoned school. NEW students are defined as:
• Students moving into an area that has been assigned to a different school;
• Charter school students or out-of-boundary DCPS students who wish to return to their DCPS
neighborhood school from their charter school or out-of-boundary DCPS school; or
• Students who are attending a school for the first time (e.g., at the entry grade) who live in

How is this really applied?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What grade are the kids in? Grandfathering only goes for a few more years.

What block is it on? Only about half the boundary is part of that grandfathering.

Current 2nd grader.
The way I read it is - if you had rights to Deal. Current 2nd grader will maintain rights to Deal - EVEN if not enrolled in DCPS and coming from private or a charter.

But - it also says 3 to 4 years after the middle school opens. So MacFarland opened in 2016 - so 2020 would be 4 years. Is there a chance that DCPS changes their policy? Or would you be OK going with this?

MacFarland opened in 2016, but only for the Spanish bilingual program. So I don't think that would be considered the actual opening as a neighborhood school. Regardless, the boundaries will probably not be revisited until the 2022 boundary review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question on Grandfathering -
1st off thanks for the links.

When reading the language from the final recommendations, it looks like it only applies to children who are currently enrolled (or had a sibling enrolled in DCPS)

Starting in 2015-16 all NEW students shall be assigned to the newly zoned school. NEW students are defined as:
• Students moving into an area that has been assigned to a different school;
• Charter school students or out-of-boundary DCPS students who wish to return to their DCPS
neighborhood school from their charter school or out-of-boundary DCPS school; or
• Students who are attending a school for the first time (e.g., at the entry grade) who live in

How is this really applied?

Not sure exactly what these requirements mean, but I just checked for my soon to be 6th grader who lives in 16th Street Heights (with me!) and attends a charter. She was listed as having the right to attend Deal without having to put it on the lottery. So technically we have until August 26 to decide if she will go to Deal or her charter midddle school.

[Anonymous]

So my kids are in charters now. if I bought or rented a house this summer on what it says on the school boundary DCGIS site, was zoned for West, Deal, AND Macfarland, and the HS is Roosevelt, could I send my kids to Deal and then Wilson? How does this work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my kids are in charters now. if I bought or rented a house this summer on what it says on the school boundary DCGIS site, was zoned for West, Deal, AND Macfarland, and the HS is Roosevelt, could I send my kids to Deal and then Wilson? How does this work?

Deal has Feeder Rights to Wilson. If you are IB and attend Deal - you have rights to EITHER enroll in the feeder pattern to Wilson OR your boundary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my kids are in charters now. if I bought or rented a house this summer on what it says on the school boundary DCGIS site, was zoned for West, Deal, AND Macfarland, and the HS is Roosevelt, could I send my kids to Deal and then Wilson? How does this work?

Assuming that the language / example in this link are outdated:
"students NOT currently attending a DCPS school and who DO NOT have a sibling in a DCPS school:
• Starting in SY 2015-16, your child will have the right to attend only the newly assigned DCPS school."

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Deal.pdf

If you want to enroll your child in Deal - it appears you might be able to through 2022.

[Anonymous]

Per PDFs, Deal grandfathering goes to 2022-23, so yes to 2018-19 2nd graders not to the younger ones.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Deal.pdf

This PDF of the map keeps moving around but basically:
# the boundary up where everybody cares about keys on which side of Arkansas Ave you live on. West and you’re in until 2022-23, east and you’re just out.
#The line then runs up to Georgia near Farragut. Again west of Georgia in until 2022-23, east out. Then west of Georgia up to and south of Kennedy over to 16th
For the few who live west of 16th you’re still in but . . .
# Above Kennedy and east of 16th (and south of Walter Reed), you’ve never been in the Deal boundary and you don’t get in pending a policy change in the future.