In boundary Hardy families don't go to Hardy. Well, only 14% of them do. So no amount of boundary shifting will affect them, they make choices outside of the feeder pattern. Unless, of course, Mary Cheh wants to feed them to Deal. At whose expense?

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but I am not sure that the well off parents that exist in Ward 3 will be willing to play ball and work to make another middle and high school work and be as good as Deal. As much as I would like to say screw them, I do get that we need the social capital these parents bring into the system.

Can you elaborate on why you would like to tell me and my neighbors to screw ourselves? I assume you are talking to me here, because I live 4 short blocks north of Deal and will get to stay in-bounds no matter what the outcome of boundary tinkering.

What have I done wrong, in your eyes? Or is it when I don't happily agree to cross town and inject my magical SES into lower performing middle schools, passing Deal as I head on out of my neighborhood, THAT is when I should screw myself? Enlighten.

I assumed he was talking about families that are in-boundary for Hardy.

I was the poster you are quoting. As long as wealthy people say I deserve better because I have earned the great school ect, there is nothing to say, you take care of yourself and the rest of us struggle with the crumbs. I would love to say we don't need the well off, we will do well enough but the reality is that communities where the well off are able to segregate themselves, really are not better off because they have to spend more to maintain that segregation and other communities will suffer from less resources. Ideally in my eyes it would not rest on only one or two middle schools and one high school being the preserve for success in DCPS. I am not asking to bus ward 3 kids to Ballou but would like to see more options that begging my way into Deal and Wilson. Instead it feels like well off parents are trying to cordon it off from the rest of us.

but I am not sure that the well off parents that exist in Ward 3 will be willing to play ball and work to make another middle and high school work and be as good as Deal. As much as I would like to say screw them, I do get that we need the social capital these parents bring into the system.

Can you elaborate on why you would like to tell me and my neighbors to screw ourselves? I assume you are talking to me here, because I live 4 short blocks north of Deal and will get to stay in-bounds no matter what the outcome of boundary tinkering.

What have I done wrong, in your eyes? Or is it when I don't happily agree to cross town and inject my magical SES into lower performing middle schools, passing Deal as I head on out of my neighborhood, THAT is when I should screw myself? Enlighten.

I have to agree at this point there is no optimal outcome to the redistricting. Some kids are going to loose and some well off parents are going to be pissed. The District will not be better off if Deal is further segregated, but I am not sure that the well off parents that exist in Ward 3 will be willing to play ball and work to make another middle and high school work and be as good as Deal. As much as I would like to say screw them, I do get that we need the social capital these parents bring into the system.

Maybe Bancroft and Shepherd needs to be oust from the Deal feeder because they are the furthest away? And if that's not enough then Eaton to Hardy. Maybe so, but Shepherd students really don't have a traditional middle school to attend. Paul Junior High has been a charter school for over 5 years (which isn't guaranteed to them). I guess their option is between Whittier and Brightwood. These seem to be an option, but can those two pre-k through 8th grade schools handle the capacity? This will be a tough job for whoever is selected to sit on this board.

Yes, I'm cofused as well by that statement. We attended the Eaton Open House and was truly impressed. Test schools in math and reading are in the top 5 among charters and public. The parents that took us on the tour shared nice information about programming and the staff. The students were engaged--and most importantly, it had an extremely nice, caring atmosphere.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't worry...you will get your charters in NW. Politically, nobody wants public schools--charters are reforming education and folks in DCPS are closing schools to make room. Schools like Hearst and Eaton will transition to being charters.

"Schools like Hearst and Eaton"....what does that mean?

Just trying to understand the discussion.

I'm not the PP you're quoting, but I'm pretty sure that translates into "schools that have super-high percentage of the student body as OOB."

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry...you will get your charters in NW. Politically, nobody wants public schools--charters are reforming education and folks in DCPS are closing schools to make room. Schools like Hearst and Eaton will transition to being charters.

"Schools like Hearst and Eaton"....what does that mean?

Just trying to understand the discussion.

Anonymous wrote:DCPS wants to cut loose John Eaton from the Deal feeder system and pair it with Hardy. The reason is simple politics. (1) It would be politically untenable in DC that Deal's boundaries no longer extend east of Rock Creek Park, although that change would be a logical solution to Deal overcrowding. (2) While Eaton serves a lot more kids from the Cleveland Park neighborhood than 10 years ago, it is still a majority OOB school. DCPS knows that it will have fewer energized, mad-as-hornets parents on its hands if it moves Eaton versus some other Ward 3 school out of Deal. The flip side is that Eaton provides Deal with diversity as the result of its OOB populaton. Move Eaton out and Deal becomes noticeably less African-American.

If they cut off Bancroft, would there be many Latinos left at Deal?

DCPS wants to cut loose John Eaton from the Deal feeder system and pair it with Hardy. The reason is simple politics. (1) It would be politically untenable in DC that Deal's boundaries no longer extend east of Rock Creek Park, although that change would be a logical solution to Deal overcrowding. (2) While Eaton serves a lot more kids from the Cleveland Park neighborhood than 10 years ago, it is still a majority OOB school. DCPS knows that it will have fewer energized, mad-as-hornets parents on its hands if it moves Eaton versus some other Ward 3 school out of Deal. The flip side is that Eaton provides Deal with diversity as the result of its OOB populaton. Move Eaton out and Deal becomes noticeably less African-American.

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry...you will get your charters in NW. Politically, nobody wants public schools--charters are reforming education and folks in DCPS are closing schools to make room. Schools like Hearst and Eaton will transition to being charters.

Yours is a Troll post to inflame. Eaton will always be DCPS. No one in the charter community wants to displace good DCPS or mid-priced private schools in Ward 3. More schools are needed and charters can add to the mix if there is Ward 3 demand -- and only if.

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry...you will get your charters in NW. Politically, nobody wants public schools--charters are reforming education and folks in DCPS are closing schools to make room. Schools like Hearst and Eaton will transition to being charters.

Good Lawd!....Did you this pull that out of your arse? I do not know what DCPS school reassignment info you are privy to, but to suffice it to say, you have no basis to make a statement that Eaton, Hearst or any school is going to "transition" into charter's. More than likely an "autonomy" base curriculum will take place over time. Having children that attended both schools, I am full aware of the short and mid range goals for both school and those schools are not slated for becoming charter schools.

Don't worry...you will get your charters in NW. Politically, nobody wants public schools--charters are reforming education and folks in DCPS are closing schools to make room. Schools like Hearst and Eaton will transition to being charters.

We need more adequate public schools, mid-priced private schools, and at least one charter school like Latin in Ward 3.