Anonymous
11/26/2012 20:05
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:13:06, so I agree that Immersion programs and other such gimicks are here to stay. But I do not think that your family or your DC is a prize to be won by DCPS. [b]You are a number, for now, but a someone who is not in DC for the long haul.[/b[
This really is kind of silly; as if bonus points are awarded for long-term residency.
What we need in DC is massive numbers of middle-class residents. Residents who will actually pay taxes. It's not altogether clear that "someone who is not in DC for the long haul" is less desirable than someone who is in DC for a childless decade, then the first decade of their child's life (before moving elsewhere). I know for a lot of old school DC residents, a fetish is made over whether or not you're a native, but the truth is that middle-class people move. That's life in the modern era.
And so long as the total number of middle-class people in DC is on an upward trend, and we're keeping those numbers up, I don't think it particularly matters if that population is somewhat transient.
Hell, we're probably better off with a wealthy, transient, and younger population in DC. Especially when compared to the multiple generations of "lifelong residents" who've never held a job, and are raised by parents who've never held a job either.
Nothing silly at all about wanting a school system that does more than postpone your move to a private or the burbs. Being in for the long haul does matter, when people are we get better ES, MS, and HS. So many of our schools now focus on ECE and then just teeter out at 2/3rd grade, because we know that the majority of middle class parents will leave anyway.
Anonymous
11/26/2012 11:33
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:the demographics of SW are changing a lot faster than the demographics of Amidon-Bowen. I live in the neighborhood and would love to send kids there one day but am still up in the air about whether that is feasible. And I am doing more than reading here to both figure out what type of school it is and make it stronger.
So I live in SW too, just a stones throw from Amidon. And I agree that the school is not a right fit for us yet, but soon enough the community will warrant a new school culture. Not sure that people on this board are also not doing more than 'reading here'. Not sure who you are taking issue with and why you would assume that those of us who care/talk about DCPS only talk.
I would bet the only reason enrollment increased at amidon, was because more people were shut out of oob lotteries and charters elsewhere (not because they did some minor renovations to the facility). Yes, their is a baby/toddler boom in the neighborhood, but every school age child I knew when we still lived there, found a spot elsewhere... consolidating amidon-bowen made sense geographically, but really hurt amidon's chances of turning around...