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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hearst’s capacity is 325, and its enrollment for this year is 312. So hardly over capacity. The outrage towards OOB children seems a bit irrational.[/quote]

So basically Hearst will be at capacity in the next year.  The community needs to decide whether Hearst should be enlarged further to maintain significant OOB enrollment.  Would Hearst be okay if DCPS basically imposes a minimum OOB enrollment as they appently are doing as John Eaton is modernized?[/quote]

I think Eaton is being enlarged as it’s being renovated to prepare for a projected increase in IB kids. Hearst has just been renovated, so I don’t know that that’s in the cards.[/quote]

DCPS is insisting that Eaton be expanded to an enrollment level that is significantly higher than projected IB demand.  Even today, Eaton is still 40 percent OOB and yet it is overcapacity in its present building today.  That’s crazy.  Although DCPS cut the size of the renovated Eaton somewhat, DCPs still is pushing a building expansion that exceeds projected local needs.  This will result in further reducing the playground space on the smallest school site in Northwest.  Despite the onerous site constraints, DCPS wants to maintain a significant  OOB presence at Eaton going forward because there are fewer and fewer opportunities to do so in other elementary schools WOTP.[/quote]

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