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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a current Hearst parent, I'm sincerely curious as to what the hysterical Murch parent (I believe it's just one poster) thinks will happen to their child(ren) if they had to make a switch to Hearst (which they won't since it has been stated ad nauseum that these kids will be grandfathered in).  There is no Boogeyman at Hearst.  Hearst is a wonderful little school with a phenomenal community.  However, there are anonymous people posting untruths about the school.

[b]Here is a Truth:[/b]  Hearst 4th graders outscored Murch 4th graders in both reading and math on the 2013 DC CAS.

For the record, I do not believe test scores tell the whole story of any school, and certainly not at Hearst since it is very small.  However, this is an indication that the school is on the rise and that people should dig a little deeper into the numbers before judging our students on the overall score. It's misleading.  The principal, staff and parents have poured a tremendous amount of time, energy and resource into making Hearst a premier school.  I believe you will see our test scores continue to rise across the board and compete with our neighboring schools.  As another poster indicated, it was only a couple of years ago that Hearst was a PK-3 school.   We have gone through some growing pains in recent years but if you walk through our halls, it is evident that that chapter is coming to a close.

Our OOB families (of which at least 85% hail from Wards 4 & 1) are just as committed as our IB families.  That's why no one is an outsider at Hearst.  We do not have an IB/OOB issue.  No one cares where you live at Hearst.  We are all on the same team as are families at charters and privates which are also made up of students from all areas of the district.

A community isn't defined only as a particular neighborhood.  A community can also be made up of people with common attitudes, interests and goals.  The latter describes Hearst where our families come in all colors, religions, and hail from every corner of the city with varying economic statuses, but are unified in our love for our children and our commitment to the school.
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I am one PP - I think there are multiple Murch posters above - Hearst seems like a fine school as I said above. Its OOB profile is not unlike Murch was when we started there with our oldest a few years ago. And diversity is part of what drew us to DCPS. But the change is inconvenient logistically and (this is the source of the strong feelings) it is being presented in the context of a confusing jumble of proposals that threaten Deal/Wilson feeder patters. If Hearst were 3 blocks from my house I would have no problem with it. But my house is 3 blocks from Murch. Does that clarify?[/quote]

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