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[quote=calexander]The first community cabinet meeting was last night.  This was the first in a yearlong series of meetings, so by necessity, there was a lot of table-setting and housekeeping yesterday, and not so much delving into the content.  Overall, I'd say it was productive and it seems like it will be a good working group, which is comprised mostly of parents (of young children) from the programmatic feeders, but also includes other community members such as myself.

Q&A – I’ll try to capture the responses to the most interesting questions.

Question: If I live inbounds for a (future) MacFarland feeder (i.e. West), does my child have to lottery into the dual language program if they are at grade level academically in Spanish?
Response: Yes. The planning office is aware of this issue and is considering options such as giving children who fit into this category greater weight in the lottery. But as of now, yes, they will need to lottery-in.

Question: The dual language program is exciting. What is DCPS doing to make the non-dual language program attractive to families?
Response: I’ll be generous and say that they are still working on this.  The question was asked, but nothing in the response indicated that they are ready to highlight what the top marketing points for the non-language program will be.

Question: The name. Is DCPS open to changing the school’s name from “MacFarland” to something else?
Response: “Eh….” The planning staff seemed reluctant to open that can of worms. The opening line was basically, “Ya know, when you want to change a school name there are a thousand hoops you have to jump through...” 
 I’ll state my bias upfront by saying that I am strongly in favor of changing the name and I know of others on the cabinet that do as well. However, a person who grew up in that feeder is strongly in favor of keeping the name. So, a name change is not off the table, but it is not a battle that the planning staff seems eager to fight. Let us know (by talking to your school or community’s rep).

As soon as the notes from the meeting are published, I will post a link.

Christopher
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