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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Enough already....we have room for two new 4th graders -excellent and welcome!  Is it possible when somebody said they heard the principal say blah, blah, blah that  that the situation was different then?  We have room, we may need the budget,  whatever - but the conspiracy theory stuff is tiresome.

All of you release the wl complainers please go back to some other thread.  [/quote]

No one begrudges the individual students, but if you are a parent waiting on the sidelines and hoping that it becomes more of an IB school, I think this could be relevant. [/quote]

I really don't understand why people hope that Hearst becomes more of an IB school.  What difference does it make?  It is not like OOB students displace IB students since IB students have preference.  Hearst has historically had low IB enrollment and, as far as I understand, the majority are OOB parents who have been instrumental in making Hearst a place the previously uninterested IB parents now want to attend.  Hearst appears to have a great school community, with a number of OOB folks living relatively close to the school and making it a warm place to be.  So why the hope that it becomes more IB?

Signed,

Prospective OOB Ward 4 parent who hopes to get in off the WL![/quote]

I totally understand the desire to increase the number of IB families at any school, and I support it.

But the growing animosity toward OOB students--yes, it's there--really is a concern for this Ward 4 parent.  There's been a lot of great (but understated) promotion of Hearst and it looked like a nice alternative to our IB school, which is not my first choice for education only because it's dual language.  We were also drawn to the small and diverse (!) community of families, but I honestly wouldn't want to take a chance that my kid would be perceived as unwanted or academically challenged just because we don't live in the neighborhood.  It's about a 10 minute drive for us and I don't think Rock Creek Park would or should make much of a difference in ability to fit in and achieve.

I'm also impressed that the principal is attentive and responsive.  I think IB families may be doing her and the school a disservice with so much focus on OOB numbers and the implication that she's making specific promises about it to IB families.  Keep your focus on what makes the school great and try not to make that the impression of a gated community.[/quote]

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