Anonymous
10/05/2022 22:06
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
(continuing the post)
This school is designed to be very white and very rich, there is almost no way the city can do anything to change that. Hell the relatively liberal GDS thought that site was a problem as being in the middle of NIMBY-land too (plus consolidation).
GDS pulls students from the entire DMV region. They need to be near a transit hub.
Exactly. which is why the DCPS claim that it will open up OOB seats is a quite silly notion for some family that lives out in Anacosta.
Anonymous
10/04/2022 13:36
Subject: Re:New Mcarthur High School
But seriously, the idea of safer halls works for me- and my kid not having to fight to get the classes the need /time and schedules straightened out and not waiting on long lines to finally talk to a human being....I'd take the new school any day. Curious who is actually happy with how post covid JR is working for their kid?
Anonymous
10/04/2022 11:30
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
(continuing the post)
This school is designed to be very white and very rich, there is almost no way the city can do anything to change that. Hell the relatively liberal GDS thought that site was a problem as being in the middle of NIMBY-land too (plus consolidation).
It is in the middle of no place and really hard to get to from anywhere in the city plus no public transportation.
A bus literally stops in front of the school.
A bus that works for about 3 in-boundary students.
Whoever these people are that keep talking about it being a better commute than J-R don't know the roads, traffic patterns, and transportation routes of this part of town. All roads lead to Tenleytown.
Anonymous
10/04/2022 11:23
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
(continuing the post)
This school is designed to be very white and very rich, there is almost no way the city can do anything to change that. Hell the relatively liberal GDS thought that site was a problem as being in the middle of NIMBY-land too (plus consolidation).
It is in the middle of no place and really hard to get to from anywhere in the city plus no public transportation.
A bus literally stops in front of the school.
Anonymous
10/04/2022 08:07
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
(continuing the post)
This school is designed to be very white and very rich, there is almost no way the city can do anything to change that. Hell the relatively liberal GDS thought that site was a problem as being in the middle of NIMBY-land too (plus consolidation).
It is in the middle of no place and really hard to get to from anywhere in the city plus no public transportation.
Anonymous
10/04/2022 07:22
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
I’ve been watching our commute times in the mornings, and Google maps keeps showing me the M4 Southbound turning into the D6 at Sibley and going all the way down MacArthur past the school (rather than turning at Arizona to make the loop) so that it’s not even necessary to transfer buses.
Anonymous
10/04/2022 00:44
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
(continuing the post)
This school is designed to be very white and very rich, there is almost no way the city can do anything to change that. Hell the relatively liberal GDS thought that site was a problem as being in the middle of NIMBY-land too (plus consolidation).
GDS pulls students from the entire DMV region. They need to be near a transit hub.
Anonymous
10/03/2022 23:16
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
(continuing the post)
This school is designed to be very white and very rich, there is almost no way the city can do anything to change that. Hell the relatively liberal GDS thought that site was a problem as being in the middle of NIMBY-land too (plus consolidation).
Anonymous
10/03/2022 23:14
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
It is very bad for the Eaton students, mostly good for Stoddert, overwhelmingly good for HA and key and mixed for Mann. But using travel times (as the lowest of walk, public transit, or bike), it is better for the majority of current IB hardy students. Now for OOB Hardy students, it will be worse for every single one of them. This assumes that that no new bus routes are made.
This school only really works as a commute for about 75% of IB Hardy students, or less than 50% of the current hardy population (if you include OOB students), math is 75%IB shorter commute*62%IB = 47%
Anonymous
10/03/2022 10:30
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
If you lived in bounds for Hardy, you’d know that MacArthur is not a better commute for most of the in-bounds students.
Anonymous
10/03/2022 10:07
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
if i lived in-bound for hardy, id choose the new school over JR. id want the better commute. JR is huge (even if that size allows for more AP class offerings etc.). eventually, even if you have a sibling at JR, you might choose the new school if thats where neighborhood peers are going. but there will be a sizeable citywide oob contingent at the new hs for awhile. by opening a new school w/in the hardy boundary, dcps avoided rezoning some of the deal feeder schools out of deal/JR.
Anonymous
10/03/2022 09:37
Subject: New Mcarthur High School
Anonymous wrote:move where exactly? move when - 6th grade? 9th? high school issues aside, living in dc eotp has lots of advantages - good public transit, reasonable commutes downtown, city amenities, etc.
The burbs, like everyone else.
Look, if someone hasn't told you to move yet if you don't like DC schools, I'm impressed. The rest of us have fit the possibility of moving into our plans for years.