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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow 50%.  That’s a lot.[/quote]

It’s also an exaggeration. Wilson is built for 1600 and has 2100 enrolled. 50% overenrolled would be 2400. I’m not saying the current situation is great. MacArthur is very necessary. But it’s not literally 50% overenrolled. [/quote]

This trend is just not sustainable.  Is there even a target date for MacArthur?[/quote]

Fall 2023.[/quote]

That is the dream, but having watched DC, I'm guessing the actual date will be more like Fall 2024. The MacArthur site is actually in pretty good state, but DC knows how to slow things down through a combination of incompetence, cronyism, and lack of accountability. (I'm also pretty doubtful the elementary school across the street will also ever be built)

Hardy can fill a middle school of about 800-900 (current 6th grade class is 200). The new site will have room for that. The only OOB at the new high school will be those with feeder rights from elementary school (Hardy will stop taking lottery students starting next year). [/quote]

+1. No permitting or design contracts issued yet (as far as we can tell). The site needs extensive work to be turned into a high school and brought up to DCPS standards for the physical plant. This is before any further renovation/construction for expansion. If the school is to open in Fall 23 and have a significant number of lottery slots (we've heard 30-50%), then most decisions have to be made (including staffing, course offerings etc) by Spring '23 in time for the MySchoolDC lottery. That is 10 months away! Besides, the WaPo article quoted Fall 24 as the opening year even though the Ferrebee announcement (which was drafted over a year ago) optimistically stated Fall 23. My guess is that the current 6th graders at Hardy would be the first cohort.[/quote]\

DCPS has admitted the 30-50% was pretty much a lie. Basically it will be (like wilson/deal) an almost 100% hardy feed-in. There will be OOB, but only through the feeders (at the ES level as hardy isn't taking lottery students either).[/quote]

In the initial announcements Ferebee and Bowser were saying that half the seats would be "set aside" for OOB. I think someone had to pull them aside and explain that's not how DCPS works. [/quote]

They could easily set aside at risk seats if that is their intent.  If so that is just egregious with how much overcrowding there is at Wilson.[/quote]

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