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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The proposals provide that John Eaton ES will be forced out of Deal, and be assigned to Hardy,  What do Eaton parents think of that??[/quote]

Eaton and Oyster were always the most vulnerable.  They're both closer to Hardy than Deal anyway.  Even if there weren't a re-alignment of the boundaries in the political works, it always made sense to anyone who can read a map.[/quote]

Given that Hardy, which looks to be turning into a fine option, is already a designated option for Eaton, and that one of the stated objectives for the boundary rewrite was to reduce overcrowding at Deal, I would like to cordially invite any Eaton parent who did not see this coming to our weekly poker game.[/quote]

It's true.  Eaton has no ability to challenge stuff like this because its population is split between in bounds families who want the school to compete with the likes of Janney and out of bounds families who are just thrilled to be out of their neighborhood schools and don't want to rock the boat.  It's a gem of a school with a warm community, but there is no unified political will there.  And now Eaton will suffer the consequences and once again become a 95% out of bounds school.[/quote]

The ones who traditionally never wanted to rock the boat often were DCPS employees themselves.  (A couple even were parent members of the LSRT, so they were pretty invested in the status quo.)  That was more in the past.  Others, while thrilled to be at Eaton rather than their neighborhood school, fretted that if Eaton became too much like Mann or Janney, IB enrollment would eventually squeeze the OOB enrollment.

However, many parents are likely over this to be vigorous boat rockers.  Some may be readying the torpedoes.

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