Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 16:58     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, the real solution is to build another ES in upper NW DC, which is not going to happen but is the natural solution when all neighboring schools are also overcrowded. Then some ES will need to be rezoned to Hardy.
Is Wilsok over crowded?


The last thing we need to do is build another ES in upper NW. If Eaton (45% IB) and Hearst (27% IB) had realistic boundaries and average W3 IB participation rates (85%), there would space for 359 kids.

If Janney parents to prefer to have kids sitting on each other laps, so be it.


Hearst is only desirable to Janney parents if they can fully take it over and reconfigure it to their specific needs (a la an early childhood campus for Janney). Of course, the needs and desires of current Hearst families weren't even considered because apparently Janney has a birth right over all things Ward 3 .


No, but as long as DC is to have a neighborhood school system in theory, the needs and desires of those in Ward 3 have to take longterm priority over those in other parts of the city who understandably want to Continue to enjoy wide access to schools like Hearst.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 16:57     Subject: Re:Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
So, not including SWW, Ellington and Banneker, or the EC's:

Anacostia: 661
Ballou: 755
Coolidge: 395
Dunbar: 653
Eastern: 1025
Woodson: 639
McKinley Tech: 645
Roosevelt: 476



Deal: 1312
Wilson: 1788

How many more kids can fit into Deal and Wilson???

Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 16:56     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The proposal around making Hearst PK-2 and Janney 3-5 would mean that those in the Hearst boundary would attend Janney for grades 3-5. So this is not about making Hearst a "Janney annex," but rather a way of reallocating students to deal with building capacity issues.


Makes sense. Which is why it will not happen.


How does it make sense? Why not just shift the boundary? That seems a much more logical way to reallocate students.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 16:52     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:Hands off Hearst, mo-fos.


--the view from a Largo, MD parent.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 16:51     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:The proposal around making Hearst PK-2 and Janney 3-5 would mean that those in the Hearst boundary would attend Janney for grades 3-5. So this is not about making Hearst a "Janney annex," but rather a way of reallocating students to deal with building capacity issues.


Makes sense. Which is why it will not happen.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 16:46     Subject: Re:Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OOB Students should have to reapply for middle school and high school.


Discussed and rejected during the DME boundary process. Not going to happen.


Yep. The numbers are just going to keep on getting bigger. And there will OOB set-asides in addition to the feeder system. Buckle up.

Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 15:26     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The proposal around making Hearst PK-2 and Janney 3-5 would mean that those in the Hearst boundary would attend Janney for grades 3-5. So this is not about making Hearst a "Janney annex," but rather a way of reallocating students to deal with building capacity issues.


Sort of like the Peabody-Watkins model.


...which is an endless source of bitching among Hill parents on the western end of that boundary
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 15:02     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:The proposal around making Hearst PK-2 and Janney 3-5 would mean that those in the Hearst boundary would attend Janney for grades 3-5. So this is not about making Hearst a "Janney annex," but rather a way of reallocating students to deal with building capacity issues.


No thank you.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 14:01     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:The proposal around making Hearst PK-2 and Janney 3-5 would mean that those in the Hearst boundary would attend Janney for grades 3-5. So this is not about making Hearst a "Janney annex," but rather a way of reallocating students to deal with building capacity issues.


Sort of like the Peabody-Watkins model.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 14:00     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
The proposal around making Hearst PK-2 and Janney 3-5 would mean that those in the Hearst boundary would attend Janney for grades 3-5. So this is not about making Hearst a "Janney annex," but rather a way of reallocating students to deal with building capacity issues.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 13:58     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Hands off Hearst, mo-fos.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 13:34     Subject: Re:Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
How many OOB at Deal? At Wilson?
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 13:30     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:I'd like to see an updated report from the DME's office about how the numbers are changing, so we all can see whether last year's plan is still on track to solve anything. I fear a tidal wave of kids is coming from several schools that will swamp Deal and Wilson in the coming years.


I don't think you need to see updated numbers to tell you that Deal and Wilson will be swamped. The old numbers told you that. The boundary process only made pretty minor -- but politically difficult -- changes so you shouldn't have expected it to have solved this.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 11:55     Subject: Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
How over-crowded is Deal now?

Look at today's number of students and in 3 years add 200 kids to that total.
I bet that would give a fairly accurate estimate.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2015 11:54     Subject: Re:Janney third grade parents--what do you think of the giant class sizes?
Anonymous wrote:OOB Students should have to reapply for middle school and high school.


Discussed and rejected during the DME boundary process. Not going to happen.