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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will oyster still have in boundary this year?[/quote]

Yes, of course. This year and next and for the foreseeable future. It is only a minority of the Oyster Adams community that would like to change things; the majority (and DCPS) are pretty happy to maintain such a successful and diverse model.[/quote]

How can this be true if it is majority out of boundary to begin with that a majority of the school prizes the in boundary set up for a specialized school?[/quote]

Because a majority of those OOB families want their kids to attend a school in a nice, affluent area...not in the hood.  You can't remove the boundaries and leave Woodley Park without a neighborhood school.  Oyster has been bilingual and on that same corner for over 40 years--nothing major is changing with those boundaries anytime soon.  Plus, if there were no boundaries, those parents would still have to travel to WP to attend the school.  The real reason some people want Oyster's boundaries abolished is that they resent that affluent families can buy their way into the neighborhood/school.  In a word: envy.[/quote]

In the latest survey the vast majorities of in-bound AND out-bound parents wanted the school to remain in the same locations. Why? I don't think it's so much that "hood" factor as much as:
- Why play with fire? If something is working well, why attempt something radical that might well mean the end of the school as a successful, bilingual and diverse institution?
- Everyone at the school already has work, life and transport arrangements in place. Out-boundary parents and teachers live all over the city, not just in one neighborhood, so for a very significant chunk of them moving the school somewhere farther away from current locations would make life much more difficult, not easier. They would be as affected as the in-bound parents and teachers, if not more[/quote]

+1 Most O-A families realize there's not much that will happen radically in the short run of next 2-3 years or however long boundaries are grandfathered. The real issue is about O-A kids who can't/don't want to do bilingual for grades 6-8 having the option of feeding to Deal/Wilson. That's the third rail.

Each of the charter immersion schools are quite different from each other. DCPS immersion schools basically come down to O-A or not O-A, for the moment. Who knows, Powell could become the Oyster of the East in a couple of years. But there's still a big issue of middle and high schools with immersion options.

GL all[/quote]

Sorry, what do you mean about O-A not O-A? As in some are academically strong like O-A and some are not?

Thanks for your perspective![/quote]

NP--I would say yes.  There is no dual immersion school (DCPS or charter) in the city with stronger test scores than Oyster.[/quote]

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