Overcrowding at Wilson
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Anonymous
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So the other thread on Wilson got to 15 pages...and this feeds off it but brings up other topics.
First, was told that the enrollment is 650 this year - 550 of that is Deal students - compared to about 400 in previous years. Next year's incoming Deal class is just as big so the issues will continue. Many of the kids I've been talking to - about 1/3 - didn't get required classes and didn't get any electives they wanted. I'm find with the electives for 9th grade but not getting required classes? Can anyone address this? Finally, kids are telling me that they waited up to 4 hours during the school day just to talk to a counselor so they could attempt to switch classes or find out who to talk to. Kids were debating which classes to skip. Shouldn't there be a better system in place??!?! My concern is a lack of budget/preparation by both the school and central DCPS. Anyone have insight? |
Anonymous
| This is a feature, not a bug. Bowser’s goal is to push Wilson families out of the geographic-based system. |
Anonymous
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I am skeptical of those numbers. There are at least 50 SWW 9th graders that went to Deal last year. There were not 600 kids in 8th grade at Deal last year.
I am not saying it is not overcrowded and this is not an issue, just be careful with asserting "facts" |
Anonymous
Well most DC residents do not attend their neighborhood school. From Bowser’s POV, why should only poor people travel to functioning schools? |
Anonymous
Oh please, not this stupidity again. |
Anonymous
| Last year, Deal had 525 8th graders and Hardy had 139, per OSSE's enrollment audit. |
Anonymous
What other DCPS high schools besides Walls and Ellington are “functioning”? These families are not going to travel to Eastern. |
Anonymous
Gee, rather than make more schools decent schools, let’s just increase equity by making everyone have an equally miserable commute. |
Anonymous
Banneker. McKinley's getting more popular, too. |
Anonymous
Let’s be honest, they are far too black for Ward 3 and CCDC parents. They fear their children being one of a few white kids for some reason. |
Anonymous
| Can anybody tell me more about McKinley? |
Anonymous
I'm the PP who mentioned McKinley. I don't know much about it personally, but my (Wilson boundary) neighbors sent their kid there (they're not white, though, so perhaps N/A for some here). |
Anonymous
| Wilson is not the same as Banneker, McKinley, etc because its a by-right neighborhood school. Appealing because there is no lottery/test in drama and because it keeps neighborhood kids and friends together. It's sad that this is the only school of its kind that is properly functioning (even with some issues) in the city. |
Anonymous
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Enrollment is declining at OOB schools. OOB students should return to home schools. It's crazy to build new schools and then watch as students move to Wilson.
Whats the point? |
Anonymous
My n of 1 - I met a (white) neighborhood teen who had just graduated from McKinley. She seemed to have done fine - had just matriculated at a good college, can't remember which. Definitely on our list to consider when it's time. There's also Duke Ellington and Banneker. I'm not likely to move to a NW 1 br apt just to cram my kid into Wilson. If I'm going to move I'll just head up to Silver Spring and get a real house. Granted my kid is still young, albeit old enough that I'm starting to get a clearer picture of the kinds of school that would be a good fit for him. |