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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what happens in 5 years when Deal is bursting at the seams?[/quote]

Hey, if the numbers continue to grow maybe it will go back to the way it was 20 (or even fewer ) years ago when no one in those neighborhoods thought DCPS was good enough for their kids so they all went private. Which meant the schools were never full. Which meant there were lots of spaces for all of those sub-standard OOB people from Foggy Bottom and Capitol Hill, which meant the schools weren't closed.  But then all those schools full of OOB kids started getting better and the economy tanked and suddenly the people who never set foot inside Deal said "hey now we've decided his school is good enough for us so you all need to go!"

And not even a thank you to the OOB folks for holding their spot until they decided the schools were okay after all![/quote]

+1 remember, schools don't accept OOB children out of the goodness of their heart, they do it to maximize their budgets and to meet enrollment targets set by the chancellor's office. [b]So OOB children and their families do their part to help their schools, and my experience has been that most OOB families are more active and engage more readily than many IB families because they feel how fortunate they are to be there.[/b] Discarding those families who have become a part of that school community and those children who have become part of a cohort of student friends who are heading off to Deal together is just wrong. And also remember that OOB gained prominence because IB eschewed their own schools and could dependably be relied on to enroll. At schools like Hardy they still can't be relied on. IB families will say they're coming but will then enroll at Basis or Latin. So don't be hating on committed OOB families for picking up the slack and then expecting for DCPS to fulfill its end of the bargain by ensuring the MS and HS feeder paths. [/quote]

I'm glad this was your experience but my perspective was different at my DS' upper NW elementary school.  While some OOB parents got involved, others did not and used the excuse that they lived to far from the school.  The IB parents were the ones to work the school's major weekend fundraising activities.  Despite the fact that a number of OOB parents had pretty expensive cars at drop off (some with low numbered license plates that ostentatiously indicated DC governemnt political connections), the attitude seemed to be that the IB parents were expected to be the ones to pony up the cash for school causes as well as volunteer hours.  Some OOB parents were great but others seemed to have a chip on their shoulder.[/quote]

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