Anonymous
Post 10/17/2021 15:55     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
If they are going to build the new elementary school though they need to address first the overcrowding at Wilson. It is so crowded kids can't even take as many classes as they want among a host of other problems. A new elementary school means bringing in many more students both in boundary and out of boundary. Im totally for that but the whole system needs to be resolved and the new high school they might create will not even resolve the overcrowding.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2021 12:53     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


It's great that we are all on here sharing that FCCA isn't the only view on the issue, but they are organized and write to the politicians. We should too.

If you care please email:
mcheh@dccouncil.us
eom@dc.gov
ESilverman@dccouncil.us
PMENDELSON@DCCOUNCIL.US
ABonds@DCCOUNCIL.US
twhite@DCCOUNCIL.US


Also you may want to put in subject line in case they don't read all emails: build the school or build the Foxhall school, something like that. Diversify the Palisades. Build the trail. FCCA doesn't represent me - build the school. Whatever's you are advocating for.


Great idea. Are there any petitions in support of building the new school? I would definitely sign one.

It’s not hard to out-organize a bunch of working parents, but the retired NIMBYs are putting up the only show in town at the moment.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2021 12:52     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


It's great that we are all on here sharing that FCCA isn't the only view on the issue, but they are organized and write to the politicians. We should too.

If you care please email:
mcheh@dccouncil.us
eom@dc.gov
ESilverman@dccouncil.us
PMENDELSON@DCCOUNCIL.US
ABonds@DCCOUNCIL.US
twhite@DCCOUNCIL.US


Also you may want to put in subject line in case they don't read all emails: build the school or build the Foxhall school, something like that. Diversify the Palisades. Build the trail. FCCA doesn't represent me - build the school. Whatever's you are advocating for.


Great idea. Are there any petitions in support of building the new school? I would definitely sign one.

It’s not hard to out-organize a bunch of working parents, but the retired NIMBYs are putting up the only show in town at the moment.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2021 15:06     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


It's great that we are all on here sharing that FCCA isn't the only view on the issue, but they are organized and write to the politicians. We should too.

If you care please email:
mcheh@dccouncil.us
eom@dc.gov
ESilverman@dccouncil.us
PMENDELSON@DCCOUNCIL.US
ABonds@DCCOUNCIL.US
twhite@DCCOUNCIL.US


Also you may want to put in subject line in case they don't read all emails: build the school or build the Foxhall school, something like that. Diversify the Palisades. Build the trail. FCCA doesn't represent me - build the school. Whatever's you are advocating for.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2021 15:04     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


It's great that we are all on here sharing that FCCA isn't the only view on the issue, but they are organized and write to the politicians. We should too.

If you care please email:
mcheh@dccouncil.us
eom@dc.gov
ESilverman@dccouncil.us
PMENDELSON@DCCOUNCIL.US
ABonds@DCCOUNCIL.US
twhite@DCCOUNCIL.US
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2021 19:54     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


Just curious, what outcomes change things for you?
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2021 14:06     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


The delays - and total silence - are completely inexcusable. Is the mayor really allowing herself to be intimidated by racist NIMBYs?


What is funny is there is a large number of parents that want DCPS to build more homes closer to them (classic YIMBYism). I think there is an entire contingent that would rather have stoddert undergo 3 year of renovation chaos then sent their kids to some NIMBY hell-hole.


* 'more schools'
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2021 14:06     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


The delays - and total silence - are completely inexcusable. Is the mayor really allowing herself to be intimidated by racist NIMBYs?


What is funny is there is a large number of parents that want DCPS to build more homes closer to them (classic YIMBYism). I think there is an entire contingent that would rather have stoddert undergo 3 year of renovation chaos then sent their kids to some NIMBY hell-hole.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2021 13:37     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.


The delays - and total silence - are completely inexcusable. Is the mayor really allowing herself to be intimidated by racist NIMBYs?
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2021 11:22     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Some of us in the feeder pattern would really like to know what is happening so that we can move forward and make plans for the future. DCPS’s inability to make a decision is not inspiring confidence, especially coming off of the disastrous pandemic performance. I don’t understand the previous poster who seems to hold DCPS to low/ no standards.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2021 23:28     Subject: ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:So this is a little off the topic, but kinda related. Great schools shows Wilson rated as an 8 which is as high as many of the private high schools in the area, why do so many Foxhall families choose private schools I'd the DC schools have improved to that level? Also the local key school is a 9- the max is 10 so why do they choose all these privates like field and Georgetown or whatever?


About half the kids in Ward 3 do attend public schools and there's no reason to believe Foxhall is any different.

Why do families go private? At high school, for your money your kid gets a lot more attention -- a much lower student/teacher ratio and much, much more attention when it comes to college counseling. At the younger grades? It's hard to get into privates for high school, but if you pony up in the younger grades it's a way in.

Some families like the "country club" aspect of private school that you get to hang out with other families who can swing $40K+ for tuition which means their kids are hanging out with the "right" people.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2021 21:42     Subject: ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
So this is a little off the topic, but kinda related. Great schools shows Wilson rated as an 8 which is as high as many of the private high schools in the area, why do so many Foxhall families choose private schools I'd the DC schools have improved to that level? Also the local key school is a 9- the max is 10 so why do they choose all these privates like field and Georgetown or whatever?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 14:59     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When is DCPS going to decide what they are doing with the new school? It was supposed to be announced in June!


Um. They're a little busy at the moment. Seriously, don't hold your breath. There are a gazillion things that are much more urgent for many more kids.

Roughly 75% of DCPS kids are poor/disadvantaged. 80% percent are not white. 15% have diagnosed disabilities requiring special education.

Then there's things like the digital divide, gun violence and trauma, language barriers, looming evictions, transportation issues, higher cases of and deaths from COVID, stressors like police shooting (WaPo article today), delta variant spread....What am I missing? Oh right. Access to food through schools

Why should DCPS spend more tme and money on future buildings for kids who could probably Zoom for another year from the comfort of some of the nicest homes in the city.

They don't have a solid plan for Foxhall. It's a nice to have problem for a system facing life and death issues today.

Chill out for s bit.


New poster here, I agree that these are bigger issues facing DCPS, but they've had big issues for decades and have continued to make decisions and plans during that time.
Also part of the announcement of the new schools in Ward 3 was about Hardy MS and a possible new HS and that impacts many families futures including out-of-boundary families.
It's not an unreasonable question to ask where the process has disappeared to, and if any of the input from families who are at Hardy or headed there has been taken into account.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2021 23:15     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
Anonymous wrote:When is DCPS going to decide what they are doing with the new school? It was supposed to be announced in June!


Um. They're a little busy at the moment. Seriously, don't hold your breath. There are a gazillion things that are much more urgent for many more kids.

Roughly 75% of DCPS kids are poor/disadvantaged. 80% percent are not white. 15% have diagnosed disabilities requiring special education.

Then there's things like the digital divide, gun violence and trauma, language barriers, looming evictions, transportation issues, higher cases of and deaths from COVID, stressors like police shooting (WaPo article today), delta variant spread....What am I missing? Oh right. Access to food through schools

Why should DCPS spend more tme and money on future buildings for kids who could probably Zoom for another year from the comfort of some of the nicest homes in the city.

They don't have a solid plan for Foxhall. It's a nice to have problem for a system facing life and death issues today.

Chill out for s bit.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2021 19:50     Subject: Re:ANC3D Discussion on Foxhall Elementary / Old Hardy
When is DCPS going to decide what they are doing with the new school? It was supposed to be announced in June!