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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Different poster here.  I understand you're upset and in your situation I might feel some of that myself.  But this is how DCPS has been handling renovations.  There's nothing capricious about it.  It's not like they're subjecting H-A to something that other school populations haven't endured.  My kid was at Hardy when it was renovated.  Some families chose to send their kids elsewhere because they didn't want to travel to the swingspace (Hamilton).  Other families chose to suck it up and go there.  It was certainly less convenient for us because even though we were OOB it was not near my husband's office and there wasn't a bus that went directly by the school that my kid could take.  I get that it bothers you and it sucks.  But you're acting a bit too victimized as if DCPS were meting out a punishment to the H-A families that they didn't give to families at other schools.[/quote]

What has upset a lot of H-A families is not simply that the decision is Meyer, but rather the manner in which the decision has been made and the near total absence of information on logistics of the swing in the wake of that decision. To name but one of the many sources of frustration, DCPS laid down a set of criteria for selecting a swing-space and then seemingly abandoned said criteria when doing so ran counter to political pressure (read: the Burleith letting writing campaign). What information they have sent out explaining their decision has been evasive to the point of being nonsensical. So, yes, it has been capricious or at least seemingly so.

Whether or not other communities have endured the same sort of mess surrounding swings is not something I can speak to. However, given the complexity of the cross-town swing into a in-need-of-renovation HS facility that is now being proposed, the inherent exposure of elementary school age children to various environmental risks, and the total incompetence displayed by DCPS thus far, many parents have lost confidence that the swing to Meyer will work out without seriously damaging the quality of instruction and the safety of the children. As the slogan says, the impression many get is that DCPS is simply "winging it". Why anyone would be simply "suck up" such poor quality performance from their elected officials when their children's futures are at stake is beyond me. [b]Perhaps if others hadn't before, we wouldn't be having to deal with it now . . .[/b][/quote]

Ouch.  That was very rude.  Do you remember last spring, weeks before the end of the school year Murch still didn't have a swing space and Lafayette was thrown on the table?  No discussion, no proposal for any swing space before this and they dropped it like a bomb on both communities.  H-A is actually having an easy go of it.  Before your statement I was interested in seeing options.  Now I am all for Meyer and happy to voice my approval to our elected officials.  You have months to plan and prep your kids -- much more than other schools got.  [/quote]

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