calexander wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

calexander wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounded to me like this was to mobilize people to be ready for the next boundary review -- because they assume/believe WOTP parents will push for some school to be cut from the Deal feeder pattern.

I can't imagine a new chancellor would take that fight during his first year or two, but assuming there is a boundary review in 2023 ... it will be a battle.

This is the lead argument from our intrepid commissioner.

Mobilization is certainly underway. Towards what ends is up for interpretation...

More relevantly, the Ward 3 Ed Net is not viewed as a friendly entity here. At all.

What game are you playing posting this everywhere? It funny you keep posting about it, if I remember correctly at least one of your kids is going to wilson using the Shepherd feeder system. So now you think it is ok to kick out SES out of deal/wilson or you just don't care what happens since you kids are already going to deal/wilson? Stop being an hypocrite!

It seems like you have a personal issue. I write a blog about the happenings at our local ANC meetings. I couldn't very well ignore the topic, introduced by our ANC commissioner, that took up a large chunk of time at the most recent meeting.

And I really didn't offer any opinion about whether Shepherd should stay in the Deal feeder or not, other than suggesting that the likelihood of a change is pretty remote.

We can get together to talk about this anytime.

Mr. Alexander, thank you for all you don in the neighborhood. Keep it up!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you kick out socioeconomic status (SES)?

It is an adjective, not a person.

SES stand for shepherd elementary school you smart ass!

also: SES as in socioeconomic status is not an adjective. it is an acronym for an adjective+noun

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember also that the Wards are going to be redrawn pretty soon too. Population in some parts of the city has grown dramatically.

Is that true? Interesting. Can you include a link?

Ward boundaries are updated every 10 years after the Census. DC wards will likely be updated in late 2021. The boundaries must approves by Council but reflect population growth and movement. SMD and ANC boundaries will also be updated as needed. Too.

Anonymous wrote:We live in SP. I think Stacey mentioned the redistricting because folks heard about the Ward 3 Parents group are working to kick people out. I think it if Lafayette was included in the redistricting since they are a Ward 4 school; it would be an easier pill to swallow. We have friends at Lafayette that continuously (and mistakenly) mention we are OOB in SP for Deal. I think WotP citizens seem to forget that SP has been going to Deal since Paul MS closed and the surrounding ES were converted to EC.

But yes, it is going to get ugly. Ward 3 and Lafayette parents will not be happy until Shepherd and Bancroft are out. It is a West vs East of the Park battle. I just can't see kids who read at a college level going to Coolidge where 73% can't read at grade level.

I'm the PP who posed the question upthread. Rumors of this have been going on for a while, and Shepherd parents have been attending meetings etc. to work on this issue, so I was wondering why he chose to bring it up on the listserv now, apropos of nothing. Did he just hear about it, or did he get any new info about the move to push Shepherd out?

Anonymous wrote:Remember also that the Wards are going to be redrawn pretty soon too. Population in some parts of the city has grown dramatically.

Is that true? Interesting. Can you include a link?

Anonymous wrote:

calexander wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounded to me like this was to mobilize people to be ready for the next boundary review -- because they assume/believe WOTP parents will push for some school to be cut from the Deal feeder pattern.

I can't imagine a new chancellor would take that fight during his first year or two, but assuming there is a boundary review in 2023 ... it will be a battle.

This is the lead argument from our intrepid commissioner.

Mobilization is certainly underway. Towards what ends is up for interpretation...

More relevantly, the Ward 3 Ed Net is not viewed as a friendly entity here. At all.

What game are you playing posting this everywhere? It funny you keep posting about it, if I remember correctly at least one of your kids is going to wilson using the Shepherd feeder system. So now you think it is ok to kick out SES out of deal/wilson or you just don't care what happens since you kids are already going to deal/wilson? Stop being an hypocrite!

It seems like you have a personal issue. I write a blog about the happenings at our local ANC meetings. I couldn't very well ignore the topic, introduced by our ANC commissioner, that took up a large chunk of time at the most recent meeting.

And I really didn't offer any opinion about whether Shepherd should stay in the Deal feeder or not, other than suggesting that the likelihood of a change is pretty remote.

We can get together to talk about this anytime.

Remember also that the Wards are going to be redrawn pretty soon too. Population in some parts of the city has grown dramatically.

Anonymous wrote:We live in SP. I think Stacey mentioned the redistricting because folks heard about the Ward 3 Parents group are working to kick people out. I think it if Lafayette was included in the redistricting since they are a Ward 4 school; it would be an easier pill to swallow. We have friends at Lafayette that continuously (and mistakenly) mention we are OOB in SP for Deal. I think WotP citizens seem to forget that SP has been going to Deal since Paul MS closed and the surrounding ES were converted to EC.

But yes, it is going to get ugly. Ward 3 and Lafayette parents will not be happy until Shepherd and Bancroft are out. It is a West vs East of the Park battle. I just can't see kids who read at a college level going to Coolidge where 73% can't read at grade level.

Remember that lots of Lafayette families live in Ward 3. The catchment area spans both wards.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette and Shepherd to New North and Coolidge. There's plenty of room if you look at how small Coolidge's enrollment is and put the 8th graders in a separate wing there. If it ever fills up, it will be in time for the the 2030s boundary reassignment process.

Bancroft to MacFarland and Roosevelt, with Oyster-Adams serving elementary only and getting the same feeder pattern. You want a DCPS immersion school? You get the immersion school feeders. If you don't like it, SWW @ F-S is the monolingual option for OA.

I like this idea. But with every idea mentioned on any topic that is logical, it will never be what DCPS is thinking.

I agree with the idea, but neither the mayor nor the city administration have the guts. They could do it if they just stuck to their guns. But Lafayette doesn’t make sense geographically and in terms of transportation.

The truth is that the coherent place to break the boundaries for transportation and proximity is at Rock Creek Park. The only reason people don’t is for purposes of getting something better that is within reach. The civil rights integration stuff is being used as a tool for people to get what they want, not serve poor children or integrate the class and race segregation of upper NW.

I live near Powell, Bancroft and Raymond. I’m tired of those people avoiding their local schools and insisting they are the diversity that Deal has and without them it turns into the Third Reich or South Africa or something. My neighborhood middle schools and high schools are undeniably better if those students are forced to come to MacFarland or Roosevelt or Coolidge. DCUM NIMBYs who won’t participate are free to move, but what we need isn’t perpetual access to one overcrowded high school that everyone claims as a property right. It’s an entire school system, especially where localizing integration can make a difference.

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette and Shepherd to New North and Coolidge. There's plenty of room if you look at how small Coolidge's enrollment is and put the 8th graders in a separate wing there. If it ever fills up, it will be in time for the the 2030s boundary reassignment process.

Bancroft to MacFarland and Roosevelt, with Oyster-Adams serving elementary only and getting the same feeder pattern. You want a DCPS immersion school? You get the immersion school feeders. If you don't like it, SWW @ F-S is the monolingual option for OA.

My only issue with this is that DCPS has a HORRIBLE track record dealing with bullying and fighting. Middle School kids should not share space with High School kids. There will be problems and DCPS will not address them (reference the Hardy thread about bullying!)

Anonymous wrote:How do you kick out socioeconomic status (SES)?

It is an adjective, not a person.

SES stand for shepherd elementary school you smart ass!

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette and Shepherd to New North and Coolidge. There's plenty of room if you look at how small Coolidge's enrollment is and put the 8th graders in a separate wing there. If it ever fills up, it will be in time for the the 2030s boundary reassignment process.

Bancroft to MacFarland and Roosevelt, with Oyster-Adams serving elementary only and getting the same feeder pattern. You want a DCPS immersion school? You get the immersion school feeders. If you don't like it, SWW @ F-S is the monolingual option for OA.

I like this idea. But with every idea mentioned on any topic that is logical, it will never be what DCPS is thinking.

Lafayette and Shepherd to New North and Coolidge. There's plenty of room if you look at how small Coolidge's enrollment is and put the 8th graders in a separate wing there. If it ever fills up, it will be in time for the the 2030s boundary reassignment process.

Bancroft to MacFarland and Roosevelt, with Oyster-Adams serving elementary only and getting the same feeder pattern. You want a DCPS immersion school? You get the immersion school feeders. If you don't like it, SWW @ F-S is the monolingual option for OA.

Anonymous wrote:We live in SP. I think Stacey mentioned the redistricting because folks heard about the Ward 3 Parents group are working to kick people out. I think it if Lafayette was included in the redistricting since they are a Ward 4 school; it would be an easier pill to swallow. We have friends at Lafayette that continuously (and mistakenly) mention we are OOB in SP for Deal. I think WotP citizens seem to forget that SP has been going to Deal since Paul MS closed and the surrounding ES were converted to EC.

But yes, it is going to get ugly. Ward 3 and Lafayette parents will not be happy until Shepherd and Bancroft are out. It is a West vs East of the Park battle. I just can't see kids who read at a college level going to Coolidge where 73% can't read at grade level.

Agree 100%, we all know it is about not wanting black kids in their school!

How do you kick out socioeconomic status (SES)?

It is an adjective, not a person.