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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a bloomingdale res who is bound for (and attends) another school, but I've been watching this whole Langley thing with a lot of interest, and remember a time 5+ years ago when most parents who had recently moved into the neighborhood found it inconceivable to attend. It is astounding how quickly that changed!

about three years ago, a huge cohort of neighborhood parents got in (and didn't get into any charters, initially--the crew now in K), and they collectively decided to make the best of it. Many meetings, etc. There has been a TON of attrition from that group -- most peeled off for charters either that year, the next year, or this year -- but to me, it seems like the activity of that group jump started this whole movement to attend Langley. The next year was a bit less scared, and it seems like the crew in PreK3 now doesn't even remember the time when Langely was a non-option.

There are also so, so many kids in that boundary now -- it seems to me that now that people are opting in and enrollment is rising (as someone said, this is less about displacement and more just a rise in enrollment, with the rise coming from middle class and UMC people), Langely is inevitably going to be a good school.

As someone who walks everyday to their DCPS, i feel there are huge, huge benefits to attending your neighborhood school. There is just another layer of connectivity that doesn't exist in charters. [/quote]

I agree, it has been a rapid change.  People really, really want Langley to work and the neighborhood can afford enough fundraising.  It's just a matter of building it up.  We also do not attend, but I donate because there is only one way to get my beloved neighborhood out from under this miserable lottery and that is a good school of right.

To be fair, and not to diminish the efforts of the "crew", the boundary change looping in Bloomingdale (denying them IB access to Seaton) made a difference.  The new principal is good, and the one befote her good too--it just takes a while.  And the overall baby boom of the neighborhood making it harder to get into HRCS.[/quote]

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