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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] No, not Niles, I have never met her. I'm an IB parent who has probably experienced a lot more DCPS craziness than you so my experience is different. I doubt seriously you will be seeing the mass IB exodus you warn so ominously about because the alternatives just aren't very attractive/affordable/feasible (tried to enroll your kid in a private school lately?).[/quote]

This is the unknown. Many parents that I've talked to have indicated that they plan to pursue other options, such as lotterying out, moving, and/or going private. I take them at face value, but you are right that these options [i]may[/i] prove to be unrealistic. An exodus is probably less than likely, but the risk is there, particularly if DCPS continues to keep the information flow to a minimum.

[quote=Anonymous] In two years there will be new IB families in Georgetown, even if some leave due to the swing to Meyer. H-A anyway is and will remain majority OOB so DCPS is not wildly concerned about the entitlement mentality of some IB parents - and that unfortunately is what it looks like when you guys continue to kvetch about how badly you have been treated.[/quote]

I'm not sure that the OOB parents will be much less likely to opt out. Those who work in the vicinity of Georgetown, are on the 30 line, and/or have kids at Hardy will experience the inconvenience every bit as much as the IB parents, if not more. Working parents that depend on before- and/or after-care (and enrichment activities) put together by the H-A PTA will presumably be completely SOL, although no one really knows because DCPS has provided no information whatsoever about how the logistics of the swings will work - all that has been said about busing to and from Meyer has been said on this site.

No one is "kvetching". We just don't have any clue why anyone in DCPS thinks that swinging to Meyer will be a net positive for the school. We'd much rather them allocate the funding to a worthier project than do lasting damage to H-A if they can't organize a proper swing.

[quote=Anonymous] No one said working with DCPS would be easy and I assure you it probably never will be, even when things appear to be going well. But this is the stark reality of public school in DC. At least you are getting upgrades, not cutbacks. What you see as an ugly new building represents what many families lobbied for and dreamed about for years: a real gym, a gathering and theater space, a real cafeteria. A school this size needs those things but space and funds are tight. [/quote]

And that's more or less the point. With the limitations on the space and funds, the potential benefits are somewhat limited. Add in the likelihood of delays and overruns because this is DCG and unanticipated complications because this is Georgetown and this quickly turns into a boondoggle of questionable worth. As far as I can see, this won't go before the Old Georgetown Board for permitting until later this year. From all I know about them and from what I can see of what the new building will look like, I have my doubts whether that they'd sign off on this as it now stands anyway.

[quote=Anonymous] I think you and others who are so unhappy about the Meyer swing need to make your voices heard loud and clear, and not just dwell on your unhappiness that you weren't informed, not enlightened, given no time to decide, etc. That is just petulance at this stage. Tell Miles know that you would rather keep the status quo than go forward with the project. DCPS will certainly be able to use the funds elsewhere. But if you can't pull that off, you need to make the best of it, or leave. [/quote]

We are try to tell them. From all appearances, they don't listen.[/quote]

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