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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your friend who works for the city (or anyone with insight) know what grades Van Ness is expected to open with in 2015, and can it support those grades without creeping into Tyler, Brent or Amidon's boundaries?

And what seems to be the most likely place where they'll shake up Brent's boundaries, if at all?  I also like the idea that they should just have Brent route its PreK3 and PreK4 to Van Ness but no boundary change.  That'll give Van Ness some momentum but not piss off Brent parents since preschool is a perk anyhow so take it or leave it.[/quote]

The Capitol Quarter parents are being told that VanNess will open in SY 2015-2016 with PreS3, PreK4, K and maybe 1st.  They'll add a grade a year from there.

DCPS may not touch Brent's boundaries - I'd wager they won't (guessing 60-40 odds they will not).  If they do chop off some of the Brent District, I'm guessing at G Street, or the lower branch of E, on the east side (but nobody knows).  IT's common knowledge that the Capitol RiverFront developers are pushing for a small new district for VanNess, encompassing only new housing.

The irony of Brent rising parents worrying about being pushed to VanNess is that the latter could actually emerge as the better school academically (although getting there from G Street would be a pain).

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It is premature to start putting too many eggs in the Van Ness basket.  The short and long-term academic success of the school will depend on a multitude of factors, including teacher qualifications and experience. the principal, specials and afterschool programming, the funds the PTA is able to raise and contribute, the number of IEP(SN) students, the number of OOB students, etc.  Schools like Ludlow-Taylor would seem to be poised to succeed and serve their neighborhood and yet fail to do so year after year.  DCPS really has to think outside the box here as the optics are not great in terms of spending millions of dollars to open a school with only a few classrooms initially operational. [/quote]

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