Anonymous
Post 03/22/2014 08:12     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am just waiting to hear the proposal in April, then I will take action starting from from my school to beyond - Mann elementary - for a joint t
Lawsuit if they abolish IB feeding to Wilson.


The city doesn't owe people the right to feed to a particular high school in perpetuity just because they bought a place with that expectation. In VA, they redraw boundaries all of the time. It's a contentious process, but homeowners don't get to sue. No judge will entertain such a lawsuit.

Now, if some people in the city get to feed to a particular school based on their expensive address , while others get uncertainty, it would be pretty easy for the parents in the controlled choice area to sue claiming unequal treatment under the law.

I do agree that handing people that uncertainty could result in movement to the suburbs. It's so odd that these changes would be contemplated with no reference to San Francisco or Boston. SF has the lowest percentage of families with school aged children of any city in the country.
the parents can certainly argue that the loss of neighborhood rights is an unnecessary burden, and infringes on their ability to control their kids. There is no court-ordered reason to shuffle students around, no desegregation order in place. Wilson and Deal are overcrowded simply because of DC government-initiated policies, instituted in the past 7 yrs or so. I think there is definitely be a judge who will listen to the case
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2014 08:01     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am just waiting to hear the proposal in April, then I will take action starting from from my school to beyond - Mann elementary - for a joint t
Lawsuit if they abolish IB feeding to Wilson.


The city doesn't owe people the right to feed to a particular high school in perpetuity just because they bought a place with that expectation. In VA, they redraw boundaries all of the time. It's a contentious process, but homeowners don't get to sue. No judge will entertain such a lawsuit.

Now, if some people in the city get to feed to a particular school based on their expensive addtess , while others get uncertainty, it would be pretty easy for the parents in the controlled choice area to sue claiming unequal treatment under the law.

I do agree that handing people that uncertainty could result in movement to the suburbs. It's so odd that these changes would be contemplated with no reference to San Francisco or Boston. SF has the lowest percentage of families with school aged children of any city in the country.
maybe that is the goal? get rid of resource-using kids? Unfortunately the average child-free family doesn't need a 4 bedroom home in AU or Tenley
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2014 01:39     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:I am just waiting to hear the proposal in April, then I will take action starting from from my school to beyond - Mann elementary - for a joint t
Lawsuit if they abolish IB feeding to Wilson.


The city doesn't owe people the right to feed to a particular high school in perpetuity just because they bought a place with that expectation. In VA, they redraw boundaries all of the time. It's a contentious process, but homeowners don't get to sue. No judge will entertain such a lawsuit.

Now, if some people in the city get to feed to a particular school based on their expensive addtess , while others get uncertainty, it would be pretty easy for the parents in the controlled choice area to sue claiming unequal treatment under the law.

I do agree that handing people that uncertainty could result in movement to the suburbs. It's so odd that these changes would be contemplated with no reference to San Francisco or Boston. SF has the lowest percentage of families with school aged children of any city in the country.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2014 01:31     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
It is beyond ridiculous that you all think the private schools in DC want or actually NEED your public school kids. Please. Do you really not get how many applicants are turned away from the privates every year. It is not just the top tier of privates either. Most of them turn applicants away due to limited spaces. You folks are delusional if you think there is some private school lobby pushing the DC council to do anything at all. They dont give a rats ass. They don't need to.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2014 00:25     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:I am just waiting to hear the proposal in April, then I will take action starting from from my school to beyond - Mann elementary - for a joint t
Lawsuit if they abolish IB feeding to Wilson.


on what grounds?
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2014 00:10     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
I am just waiting to hear the proposal in April, then I will take action starting from from my school to beyond - Mann elementary - for a joint t
Lawsuit if they abolish IB feeding to Wilson.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 23:26     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:I have a parent who has attended one of these meetings on boundary changes too and can provide my input. Nobody seems to care about the rights of those who are in bound for Wilson, even though they bought a house west of rock creek précisely for that reason. They have in mind vague ideas about controlled choice sets, full lottery and other crap and they have not even thought how long it takes to drive from palisades to Columbia heights (yes, they are thinking of making Cardozo the hs of choice for those who live in palisades). They seem oblivious to the idea that families with kids could go to Montgomery county or Virginia and just leave dc. When you tell them that public schools in NW dc improved not by chance but because of the investment of time and resources by so many ib families who cared about the local community and the nearby public school, thy tell you that everybody should get a chance. They are thinking of building 200 million dollar schools in plots of faraway empty land, call it a magnet and they tell you that if you care you can send your kid there. If I were the administrator of a dc private school I could not be more hopeful about the seeds of the disaster they are planting. If you are a family in the district who cares about the quality of dc public schools either make yourself heard or flee the city now. These people have no clue about what they are doing. Honestly, I can only think they are serving political interests or are working secretly for some private school lobbyist


Say it ain't so!
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 23:12     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
I have a parent who has attended one of these meetings on boundary changes too and can provide my input. Nobody seems to care about the rights of those who are in bound for Wilson, even though they bought a house west of rock creek précisely for that reason. They have in mind vague ideas about controlled choice sets, full lottery and other crap and they have not even thought how long it takes to drive from palisades to Columbia heights (yes, they are thinking of making Cardozo the hs of choice for those who live in palisades). They seem oblivious to the idea that families with kids could go to Montgomery county or Virginia and just leave dc. When you tell them that public schools in NW dc improved not by chance but because of the investment of time and resources by so many ib families who cared about the local community and the nearby public school, thy tell you that everybody should get a chance. They are thinking of building 200 million dollar schools in plots of faraway empty land, call it a magnet and they tell you that if you care you can send your kid there. If I were the administrator of a dc private school I could not be more hopeful about the seeds of the disaster they are planting. If you are a family in the district who cares about the quality of dc public schools either make yourself heard or flee the city now. These people have no clue about what they are doing. Honestly, I can only think they are serving political interests or are working secretly for some private school lobbyist
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 23:06     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
The Ward 2 people collected the wisdom of all those though leaders, expressing themselves in 140 char or less.

http://storify.com/W2EdNetwork/controlled-choice-forum-held-by-education-leaders
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 22:58     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
not everyone will have the $ for private PP, get real. what do you think well-educated washingtonians would do not have family wealth and work in challenging but not lucrative government positions have been doing for decades to educate their kids.

it's not private school. it's the burbs.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 22:47     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I doubt many people will leave if they implement DC-wide HS. I am surprised all these parents who tell me how great Janney, Lafayette, Murch, etc. have such little faith in DCPS as a whole.


I have one at Deal and another at a JKLM. There is no way that I would entertain sending my child to any neighborhood DCPS high school other than Wilson. We have the means by which to send our DC to private but as of yet haven't felt the need. However, even the rumors of a HS lottery have made me think about hedging my bets by applying to privates for 9th.


You would not send your child to a test-in school? I do think more will go private and not move out to MD or VA.


Not PP, but she said the only neighborhood DCPS high school she would consider was Wilson. Seems like she might still consider test-in schools (and maybe charters too).
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 22:44     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I doubt many people will leave if they implement DC-wide HS. I am surprised all these parents who tell me how great Janney, Lafayette, Murch, etc. have such little faith in DCPS as a whole.


I have one at Deal and another at a JKLM. There is no way that I would entertain sending my child to any neighborhood DCPS high school other than Wilson. We have the means by which to send our DC to private but as of yet haven't felt the need. However, even the rumors of a HS lottery have made me think about hedging my bets by applying to privates for 9th.


You would not send your child to a test-in school? I do think more will go private and not move out to MD or VA.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 20:59     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Go read #controlledchoice thread on Twitter right now to see what DC and national Ed though leaders think about experimenting with Washington DC. There is apparently a conference about it somewhere in town today.


You can watch the video of the event here:
http://www.edexcellence.net/events/encouraging-integrated-schools-in-the-district-of-columbia


Hello DC student body is ~70% FARMS. If all schools became that 70% than the vast majority -- at least those lacking great leaders and strong teachers across the board -- would be failing.

Integrate this a@@holes.

Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 19:53     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:Go read #controlledchoice thread on Twitter right now to see what DC and national Ed though leaders think about experimenting with Washington DC. There is apparently a conference about it somewhere in town today.


You can watch the video of the event here:
http://www.edexcellence.net/events/encouraging-integrated-schools-in-the-district-of-columbia
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2014 19:34     Subject: When are boundary changes being announced?
Anonymous wrote:I doubt many people will leave if they implement DC-wide HS. I am surprised all these parents who tell me how great Janney, Lafayette, Murch, etc. have such little faith in DCPS as a whole.


I have one at Deal and another at a JKLM. There is no way that I would entertain sending my child to any neighborhood DCPS high school other than Wilson. We have the means by which to send our DC to private but as of yet haven't felt the need. However, even the rumors of a HS lottery have made me think about hedging my bets by applying to privates for 9th.