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[quote=Anonymous]I would like to point out something when considering why Hearst has a low in-bound percentage.  There are many issues at play here, but one of them is simply geography.  Other nearby schools with high in-bound percentages also have a much higher number of actual families to draw from.  If you look at the Hearst boundaries, you realize that a huge part of that boundary includes UDC, 20+ embassies, 5 school campuses, Fannie Mae, Rock Creek Park, Hearst Park, and a retirement home.  You can also rule out the $1m+ houses on Tilden and Upton, who wouldn't send their kids to any public school.  So that leaves less than 20 city blocks or so of actual families that might consider Hearst.  This is a much smaller number than other neighborhoods.  Even if every school-aged kid in boundary went to Hearst it still wouldn't even fill the school to capacity.

The IB numbers will be shifting soon enough.  The pre-k and kindergarten classes are closer to 30% in-bound and everyone we know is staying except a few people who are leaving the area altogether.

And to the person who is ruling out the neighborhood because you want a neighborhood school, I had that concern as well but I can tell you that we've made many local friends, regularly walk to and from school with other kids, have other parents pick up our kids when we are late, etc.  Sure, I'd love to have even more neighbors go to Hearst but I don't feel isolated.  And we enjoy hanging out with friends in other neighborhoods as well.[/quote]

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