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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, they did NOT expand classroom space. There will only be two classes per grade now as before. It was like Murch in that full buildings were temporary buildings.

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This is a distinction without a difference.  While technically it may be true that simply converting today's portable classroom space into brick and mortar classrooms is not expanding current instructional space, it ignores the fact that trailers were added pre-renovation to address an enlarged student body that exceeded the capacity of the old building.  Wouldn't the prudent thing have been to ratchet back the OOB enrollment as IB enrollment climbed, rather than build such a large addition to accommodate a "new normal" school population that is still above 80% OOB?[/quote]

Murch is not 80% OOB[/quote]

So, are posters saying that having  a school have enough space for two classes per grade is too much to ask? It should be kept a tiny boundary and have one class per grade? That makes no sense.

They can roll back OOB enrollment, but the school should have two classes per grade.[/quote]

Perhaps they are suggesting Hearst should eliminate its autism classes, which are expanding next year, and squeeze typical kids back into those spaces? The haters just have no idea what amazing services the school provides and what a good neighbor it is.[/quote]

"Haters"?!  Must you personalize every difference of opinion and call those with whom you disagree "haters"?   Hearst may be a good school.  It is not a neighborhood school by any measure.  Some reasonably question why so much is being invested in building out a school that is overcrowded with a largely commuter population when schools in other neighborhoods are being closed for lack of students.  Wouldn't it be better to have built out the library and multipurpose room, etc. but dialed back the commuter students as local enrollment has risen?  [/quote]

Look, you might not be a "hater" but you simply don't know what you are talking about.  So once again, a history lesson.  Hearst was built to accommodate grades pk-3.  The original building had 8 classrooms, no library, no cafeteria, no common space.   One classroom was being used for the autism class, and another for the library.  So there were really 6 classrooms.  When DCPS decided to make Hearst a pk-5 school, it did not have enough classrooms, EVEN WITH just one class per grade.  So the trailers arrived.  The current renovation adds the classroom space that were always needed as part of the expansion, as well as a cafeteria, library, and auditorium.  So with grades PK, K, and 1 now all almost at 50% IB and rising each year, do you really think it would have made sense to embark on a renovation project that only added the common spaces but not classrooms to accommodate the current capacity of 300?  Talk about short-sighted.[/quote]

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