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[quote=Anonymous]agreed.  I think Van Ness will probably be a pretty good school but I don't think it will be even close to 100% in bounds. The DME says there are currently 114 grade-appropriate kids in the neighborhood--it doesn't explain if that's grades PK-5 or in whatever grades Van Ness will take when it opens.  Even if the early grades fill up early on, within 5 years I predict the school having a strong separation between mostly in-bounds lower grades and mostly OOB upper grades.  Why?

* Not every family in the neighborhood wants to try out a new school.  Some will also prefer dual-language, immersion, religious, Montessori, or any number of other DCPS/charter/private options.

* Families will try to get their kids into better feeder patterns.  That will pull out a ton of 5th graders for Latin and BASIS and probably some lower grades as kids lottery into Wilson/DCI feeders or their families move into other neighborhoods or leave the District.  Eastern is not an option for most of the neighborhood residents.

* There just won't be that many older kids in the neighborhood.  The vast majority of housing in the area is rental, most of it studios and 1brs with a handful of 2brs.  Even the condos under construction would be a tight fit with more than one kid.

* It is the closest Jefferson/Eastern feeder via public transit for many families whose in-bound middle and high schools are lower performing.

If this comes to pass, it will be very interesting to see how the school manages the inevitable culture clashes that occur when there are some very rich and some very poor families.  Some DCPS schools and PTAs seem to handle this a lot better than others.[/quote]

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