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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh, that quoted Cheh email was posted upthread in July 2020. It would have been great to know it would be a middle school, but aren't we now discussing whether 1. Hardy MS will move there or 2. A high school, or 3. 9th grade only, sharing principal with Wilson?
It just so happens those numbers are how I rank the options. [/quote]

That's also the ranking of what would make the most sense, but probably the opposite of probability of happening because . . . DCPS.[/quote]

The options are (1) a new middle school which would feed to Wilson HS; (2) a new high school (either at the MacArthur property OR at Hardy, with Hardy MS moving to MacArthur); or (3) a 9th grade academy (at either location).[/quote]

Personally, I rank them (1) new high school; (2) 9th grade academy; (3) new middle school.  Wilson is already nearly 2,000 students and projected to get much bigger.  A new middle school will blow it up.  Frankly, if a new middle school is opened up, it is not going to feed to Wilson anyway.  Wilson will be so large that Hardy and the new middle school will have to feed to Cardozo or some other high school.[/quote]

That's something a lot of people don't get. Wilson is projected to be 2800 students by 2028 if nothing is done. A feeder is going to have to be dropped, and it isn't going to be Deal. The choice for Hardy is whether it feeds a new HS on Wisconsin or MacArthur, or an existing school further east. [/quote]

I agree that a new HS is the right answer. But the 9th grade academy idea is horrible. Even the presentation deck makes clear that it solves very few problems and creates a bunch of new ones. I am worried, though, that it seems like the easiest to execute for fall 2022 and the least politically fraught and thus will be what DCPS selects. [/quote]

The Wilson catchment area is huge, having everyone in it travel to Wisconsin or MacArthur is a big lift. People plan their lives around transportation and having two campuses with completely different transportation profiles is going to be hard for everyone. [/quote]

How can some families manage that lift down to Wisconsin or MacArthur?  Especially if they have to pick up elementary school kids from a different school/neighborhood then to fly down to the Hardy spot to get their middle schooler?? Most people I know moved to the area for the public schools in particular and now will have no way to get to school without having to drive. Someone raised a good point about how DCPS is letting River School move into an already crowded school area. How is this possible? Cheh knows about the River School trying to come to Tenleytown and is okay with that happening? The 9th grade academy is not such a great idea IMO. it is just a bandaid and not a solution. [/quote]

I'm sorry, you lost me at "River School." This is the public schools forum. Private schools forum is two up. [/quote]

I think that person was responding, appropriately so, about moving kids back and forth between Wisconsin/MacArthur. Seems relevant to me. If you don't care for it you know you can just ignore.

Does anyone know what bus goes down there since we can't take Metro? [/quote]

First three sentences made sense. But then "Someone raised a good point about how DCPS is letting River School move into an already crowded school area." A John-Oliver-worthy non-sequitur. DCPS isn't letting anyone move anywhere, it's the Zoning Board that controls that. And I'm not sure how a school on Nebraska Avenue affects the ability of people who live in-boundary for Shepherd or Bancroft to get to Wisconsin Ave. [/quote]

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