I don't understand how a neighborhood school can just move out of the neighborhood. That makes no sense. Sure, it has the specialty program but it is also the inbounds-of-right school, no?

What if central decided one year that it was time for Janney to move to Potomac avenue? Do the kids of AU park then need to commute to Potomac ave thereafter? Is a school called janney but not filled 100% with AU park kids really still "Janney"?

Where did you hear this? How did Petworth come up?

Any in-boundary families know what neighborhood stakeholders can do to represent our obvious interest in this? Obviously, the loss of a high-functioning neighborhood elementary school is not going to be acceptable to us. Suppose they can take the middle school over there if they want.

Anonymous wrote:Bruce Monroe currently has 459 students.
http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/bruce-monroe+elementary+school+@+park+view

Why would you think it's under capacity?

It's also 60% in boundary. Oyster is less than 50% overall.

I don;t think BM is a true bilingual school like Oyster. The schools is majority spanish speaking but I don't thnk they offer split instruction in both english and spanish. the school has a huge boundary and is actually two elementary schools combined (the old Bruce Monroe on GA and the former Park View elem). They really should offer a more specialized language program and then they might attract more neighborhood folks.

Bruce Monroe currently has 459 students.
http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/bruce-monroe+elementary+school+@+park+view

Why would you think it's under capacity?

Bruce Monroe is now a dual language school!

OP here. I don't think its true either but I thought I would check with the source..DCUM!
Bruce Monroe is a huge elem building (technically in Park View but four blocks from Petworth Metro). I think it has capacity for 450 students and I don't think its anywhere near that. I would be happy if they would just start a similar program in the space. (but its my IB so I am biased!).

See previous threads.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/289603.page

No decisions have been made. The principal is looking at options. She can't make any unilateral decisions about the school. There will be an elementary school on that location to serve in-boundary students. It just might not be a bilingual program.

I'm an IB parent. Good news IMHO is that it feels like all kinds of parents are working together very civilly to explore the viability of different scenarios. Most would like to keep a bilingual school. It doesn't seem to be as divisive as replacing the previous principal. But I haven't been to the community meetings yet. There was one Tuesday night.

Ummm... this is how rumors spread. Why in the world would Oyster relocate?

Anonymous wrote:Is this true or a rumor going around my neighborhood that Oyster is either expanding or relocating to the Petworth area?

I think I just crapped my pants!

If this were only true (it's 100% not...but if it were!)

Sigh.

Raymond Elementary? I have no idea here, just speculating. This is the first I've heard of this - really wish there was a space near my Petworth home that could house Oyster and make it my inbounds, but Washington Latin already claimed it!

Where in Petworth? Where is there space available?

So it would become a neighborhood school in Petworth? I don't see how this happens if it is not a charter.

Is this true or a rumor going around my neighborhood that Oyster is either expanding or relocating to the Petworth area?