Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does MacArthur have as the disciplinary issues of Deal and J-R that can spill out into the neighborhood?

Why is the neighborhood so up in arms over a neighborhood school?

First off, it’s not the neighborhood so much as not more than half a dozen retired folk who live in the neighborhood. These folk dominate the Foxhall Citizens Community Association and, on that basis, make baseless claims to represent the neighborhood. None of the officers are actually elected by the residents of the neighborhood and in reality they represent no one other than themselves.

It’s no exaggeration to say that they welcome wealthy private schools with open arms but yet virulently oppose proposals to locate public schools in their neighborhood. They have supported the LAB School, which occupies the publicly-owned Old Hardy building in Foxhall, on numerous occasions. They were instrumental, for instance, in getting the Old Hardy building designated as a historic building, which complicated the process of using it to house a public school again. They also testified in favor of extending LAB’s lease of Old Hardy, which was opposed by the ANC.

As to why they are this way, we can only speculate. They claim that LAB has been a “good neighbor” with the implication that a public school wouldn’t be. LAB - and GDS, which previously occupied the MacArthur HS campus - obviously have strikingly different demographics than public schools. Maybe that’s what’s going on. Others believe that they have a degree of control over private schools that they do not over public schools. In any case, they are not nice people and have spread a lot of half-truths in order to get what they want.

You sound ageist.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does MacArthur have as the disciplinary issues of Deal and J-R that can spill out into the neighborhood?

Why is the neighborhood so up in arms over a neighborhood school?

First off, it’s not the neighborhood so much as not more than half a dozen retired folk who live in the neighborhood. These folk dominate the Foxhall Citizens Community Association and, on that basis, make baseless claims to represent the neighborhood. None of the officers are actually elected by the residents of the neighborhood and in reality they represent no one other than themselves.

It’s no exaggeration to say that they welcome wealthy private schools with open arms but yet virulently oppose proposals to locate public schools in their neighborhood. They have supported the LAB School, which occupies the publicly-owned Old Hardy building in Foxhall, on numerous occasions. They were instrumental, for instance, in getting the Old Hardy building designated as a historic building, which complicated the process of using it to house a public school again. They also testified in favor of extending LAB’s lease of Old Hardy, which was opposed by the ANC.

As to why they are this way, we can only speculate. They claim that LAB has been a “good neighbor” with the implication that a public school wouldn’t be. LAB - and GDS, which previously occupied the MacArthur HS campus - obviously have strikingly different demographics than public schools. Maybe that’s what’s going on. Others believe that they have a degree of control over private schools that they do not over public schools. In any case, they are not nice people and have spread a lot of half-truths in order to get what they want.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to hear more from MacArthur High School parents. We're considering a condo in Glover Park and our kid will be in 9th this Fall.

Kid is quiet, into music, a bit sporty but not super competitive.

Thoughts on music program?

Are all sports cut or are there some sports -- or even sport clubs -- where all kids can participate?

I see so many mixed reviews -- disorganized, student behavior issues, poor teachers, etc. But then people here say, "Well, my friend's kid likes it."

Which is it?!!

So there are old neighbors - met some this week - who oppose the school and always will because...they just don't want it there. Most of us with kids at Hardy (feeding to MHS) and those with kids at MHS are happy and hear from families with kids there (lots of hardy kids with older sibs) that it is well-run, excellent teachers, small and everyone knows you. Sounds good to me. In a couple years if it draws 50% or more of the graduating Hardy 8th grade class which is on track to be majority neighborhood inboundary kids, it will be a neighborhood high school that of course welcomes and supports kids from all over.

The Foxhall neighborhood is dominated by a few interesting characters who spent much of the pandemic trying to convince the city not to build a public elementary school in their neighborhood and to instead use the buildings that now house MacArthur HS for an elementary school. Thanks to the city’s budgetary crisis and the activism that resulted from showering very gullible people with a relentless stream of falsehoods, the plan to build the elementary school has largely gone away. They are now turning their attention to MacArthur HS in the hope of getting it moved.

To be fair, it never made sense for a new ES there. They redirected the money to add classrooms to the walkable Stoddert.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to hear more from MacArthur High School parents. We're considering a condo in Glover Park and our kid will be in 9th this Fall.

Kid is quiet, into music, a bit sporty but not super competitive.

Thoughts on music program?

Are all sports cut or are there some sports -- or even sport clubs -- where all kids can participate?

I see so many mixed reviews -- disorganized, student behavior issues, poor teachers, etc. But then people here say, "Well, my friend's kid likes it."

Which is it?!!

So there are old neighbors - met some this week - who oppose the school and always will because...they just don't want it there. Most of us with kids at Hardy (feeding to MHS) and those with kids at MHS are happy and hear from families with kids there (lots of hardy kids with older sibs) that it is well-run, excellent teachers, small and everyone knows you. Sounds good to me. In a couple years if it draws 50% or more of the graduating Hardy 8th grade class which is on track to be majority neighborhood inboundary kids, it will be a neighborhood high school that of course welcomes and supports kids from all over.

The Foxhall neighborhood is dominated by a few interesting characters who spent much of the pandemic trying to convince the city not to build a public elementary school in their neighborhood and to instead use the buildings that now house MacArthur HS for an elementary school. Thanks to the city’s budgetary crisis and the activism that resulted from showering very gullible people with a relentless stream of falsehoods, the plan to build the elementary school has largely gone away. They are now turning their attention to MacArthur HS in the hope of getting it moved.

Anonymous wrote:Does MacArthur have as the disciplinary issues of Deal and J-R that can spill out into the neighborhood?

Why is the neighborhood so up in arms over a neighborhood school?

Anonymous wrote:Does MacArthur have as the disciplinary issues of Deal and J-R that can spill out into the neighborhood?

Why is the neighborhood so up in arms over a neighborhood school?

Anonymous wrote:Does MacArthur have as the disciplinary issues of Deal and J-R that can spill out into the neighborhood?

Why is the neighborhood so up in arms over a neighborhood school?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to hear more from MacArthur High School parents. We're considering a condo in Glover Park and our kid will be in 9th this Fall.

Kid is quiet, into music, a bit sporty but not super competitive.

Thoughts on music program?

Are all sports cut or are there some sports -- or even sport clubs -- where all kids can participate?

I see so many mixed reviews -- disorganized, student behavior issues, poor teachers, etc. But then people here say, "Well, my friend's kid likes it."

Which is it?!!

So there are old neighbors - met some this week - who oppose the school and always will because...they just don't want it there. Most of us with kids at Hardy (feeding to MHS) and those with kids at MHS are happy and hear from families with kids there (lots of hardy kids with older sibs) that it is well-run, excellent teachers, small and everyone knows you. Sounds good to me. In a couple years if it draws 50% or more of the graduating Hardy 8th grade class which is on track to be majority neighborhood inboundary kids, it will be a neighborhood high school that of course welcomes and supports kids from all over.