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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

How about because two neighboring school districts are overflowing with capacity and the boundaries haven't been redrawn in decades, for starters? You can move IB if you would like! Or apply to charter schools.[/quote]

Janney is apparently over capacity again with just in bounds enrollment.  Eaton, to Hearst's south, still has a majority OOB enrollment despite steady increase in local student population in recent years.  This suggests that some adjustment of the boundary with Janney would make sense, but not necessarily with Eaton.

OOB enrollment can be a good thing -- utilizes spare capacity, provides choice and opportunity, often adds socio-economic diversity, etc[b].  But based on my experience, there can be issues:  the need to drive kids constantly across town when other city agencies are promoting walkability and a less use of cars[/b]; more difficult for parents who live far from the school to be as involved, less community support for by-passed, inferior local schools, etc.  The point is not to stop OOB enrollment, but to question whether schools should be built to a capacity to meet a primarily neighborhood school need or expanded in contemplation of serving a much larger area and population.  [/quote]

My problem is all the assumptions with OOB. I live in Crestwood, which is seven minutes away from Hearst by car.  It is by no means "across town."  DH, who does not drive, plans on biking our kid if we get in.  A number of my neighbors have children at Hearst and have had children attend Hearst for decades.  When I visited the school, one of the moms who lead our Open House tour was a Ward 4 parent and said there were many from Ward 4.  Hearst is majority OOB and has one of the most active parent associations of all the schools WOTP--because of OOB parent involvement.  So what is your experience based on, because what I have seen contradicts what you have experienced.  I bet you are not even a Hearst parent.[/quote]

Wait?  You are outraged at a potential IB parent expressing concern about the preparedness of OOB students.   But you yourself refuse to send your kids to school with your neighborhood kids.   How are you any different at the end of the day?  OP is just saying out loud what you know to be true, but are afraid or unwilling to say. [/quote]

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