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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too many out of boundary kids for it to feel like a neighborhood school. [/quote]

It's not intended to be a neighborhood school anymore than Hyde-Addison or Hardy are neighborhood schools. They are schools in very high income neighborhoods that will never have maximum in-bound buy-in because families opt for private over public schools. So they serve the IB families that use public and have space available for OOB families that are able to commute their kids across town for school. That both gives a high performing non-charter lottery option for OOB families and reduces overcrowding at Deal/JR.[/quote]

You know not of what you speak. Yes, Hyde-Addison was just 35% in-boundary last year, by far the lowest of NW schools.

But Hardy was 65% in-boundary and has been consistently trending upwards. It certainly feels like a neighborhood school to my child.

Enrollment percentage from feeds has been steadily growing, so there will be few if any new OOB spots at Hardy in coming years -- just the OOB come from feeders.

Hardy grade sizes are a little larger than what Macarthur can handle, so even as some students go off to application or private schools, there won't be much space for OOB at Macarthur now that Hardy feeds only to Macarthur (remember that the upcoming year is the first year that Hardy students won't have the option of JR).[/quote]

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