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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is quite difficult for the parents of Ward 5 to make our neighborhood middle school great.  Why Mr. Fenty and Ms Rhee in the idiotic wisdom decided to close all the Ward 5 middle schools.  So when the time comes for my baby to enter middle school, he will be one of those children using auntie's address that is zoned for both Laffayette and Deal.

As for the poster who continues to post about the crab in the barrel mentality, just stop.  It is not fair that there is only one incredibly great middle school in this vast city, and that school happens to be zoned for families who can otherwise afford to send their offspring to a private institution offering the same advantages.  Crab poster, I bet your child is zoned for Deal and that is why you are not ruffled by the inequity.  [/quote]

Crab person here.  Ward five has a number of ES that go through 8th grade.  My children, on the other hand, attend an ES that ends in 5th grade and currently has no good options for MS.  And because we don't have a strong MS option, our ES loses students in 3rd grade, and the lack of a MS option has ripple effects.  Even though we are hosed, we are working to create a MS that will be a strong option.

I doubt there would be any hope for a viable middle school -- especially in a short time-frame -- if Deal wasn’t successful.  It is frustrating and even scary when one looks at the landscape of MS in the District - I am right there with you.  I’m just saying that people should invest their energy in making options that work instead of tearing down one of the few things that is working.  Of course this is with the proviso there are no inequities with Deal’s funding.  I have yet to see data that demonstrates Deal or Hardy or Stuart Hobson receives more than their fair share.  I would rather DC had 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 successful middle schools (out of the approx 14) than having none at all – even if I am boxed out for whatever reason.

What middle school options do Ward 5 students have?  What’s being done to improve those options?  Why is it difficult to improve the MS options for Ward 5?  I am not saying it isn’t difficult, I really don’t know about the situation.  It is a travesty that one’s zip code drastically affects their schooling.  If you didn’t like Fenty, then organize the neighborhood and engage with Gray to make it happen.
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