Anonymous
11/14/2012 09:41
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Anonymous wrote:Please, please give Prospect's building to SWS. Most familes at SWS now are closer to Prospect than to Van Ness. SWS is amazing. Look at what they have done to the current temporary trailer space in the three short month that they have been there. It is a beautiful, vibrant space. Don't let a big space like Prospect go vacant for one or more years when SWS could capitalize on the space right now, and keep families in DC and happy with and supportive of their school.
What would the school boundaries be in this case? Van Ness already has a catchment area that was in use just a few years ago before it was closed. The idea would be to open van Ness back up to serve this neighborhood with the Sws administration and staff. It isn't just about what is most convenient for the current parents. I would love to see a good middle school charter go into prospect building.
Anonymous
11/14/2012 09:37
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
I would never feel comfortable sending my kid to a DC 6-12th grade school. In fairfax yes, DC now. There are too many incidents of violence, poor behavior, teen pregnancy etc that I would not want my 6th grader to see that every day and assume its normal and acceptable.
Anonymous
11/14/2012 09:22
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Anonymous wrote:Does this mean that Roosevelt will become 6th - 12th grade? Are there other examples of this in DCPS?
Yup...CHEC...and we know how we ALL want our kids to go there.
Anonymous
11/14/2012 09:09
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Please, please give Prospect's building to SWS. Most familes at SWS now are closer to Prospect than to Van Ness. SWS is amazing. Look at what they have done to the current temporary trailer space in the three short month that they have been there. It is a beautiful, vibrant space. Don't let a big space like Prospect go vacant for one or more years when SWS could capitalize on the space right now, and keep families in DC and happy with and supportive of their school.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 23:21
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
very trueAnonymous wrote:High schools in many counties are 6-12. I don't see a problem with this as such.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 23:16
Subject: Re:Where's the list Kaya?
actually it makes much more sense than prek-8Anonymous wrote:Who on earth would want to send their kids to a secondary school within DCPS? I understand the need to close schools, but converting high schools to 6-12 schools seems batty.
middle-schoolers need specialists...math teachers, foreign language teachers, this is a good way to ensure they get that exposure, and some continuity with teaching.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:54
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
High schools in many counties are 6-12. I don't see a problem with this as such.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:47
Subject: Re:Where's the list Kaya?
Who on earth would want to send their kids to a secondary school within DCPS? I understand the need to close schools, but converting high schools to 6-12 schools seems batty.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:37
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Does this mean that Roosevelt will become 6th - 12th grade? Are there other examples of this in DCPS?
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:25
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Posted on DC Watch by Byron Adams, Committee of 100:
In testimony delivered to the DC Historic Preservation Review Board, the Committee of 100 on the Federal City called on that group to reject a District Department of Transportation (DDOT) proposal to locate a streetcar maintenance facility at Spingarn High School in Northeast. The Committee of 100 says that the facility will eliminate green space and “is totally unsympathetic to the aesthetics and architecture of the Spingarn campus.”
Spingarn, located on Benning Road, was the last District school campus constructed in the Colonial Revival style. In addition, the school complex, construction of which began in 1951, was at that time the first predominantly African-American high school built in DC in thirty-five years. In addition, the school is part of a four-school campus that, in conjunction with the adjacent historic Langston Golf Course, provides a college-like setting. As a result, the neighborhood Kingman Park Civic Association has nominated the school and campus to receive landmark status. While the landmark application is pending, no action that would degrade the property can occur. Landmark status, if granted, would make it harder for DDOT to locate the facility at Spingarn.
DDOT would use the facility for the storage and maintenance of streetcars on the proposed H Street/Benning Road line. DDOT originally intended to locate the facility beneath the “Hopscotch Bridge” near Union Station, but it was unable to secure permission to do so from Amtrak, which owns the station and needs the space for its own projects. Once that plan fell through, DDOT hastily chose the city-owned Spingarn site after little more than a cursory review of other alternatives. That is yet another demonstration of the pitfalls of the piecemeal planning process which DDOT has followed. The Committee of 100 continues to support the creation of a world-class streetcar system. But DDOT’s haphazard planning process, studded with artificial deadlines, has consistently put the agency in the position of fighting with the communities it ought to serve.
In testimony delivered to the DC Historic Preservation Review Board, the Committee of 100 on the Federal City called on that group to reject a District Department of Transportation (DDOT) proposal to locate a streetcar maintenance facility at Spingarn High School in Northeast. The Committee of 100 says that the facility will eliminate green space and “is totally unsympathetic to the aesthetics and architecture of the Spingarn campus.”
Spingarn, located on Benning Road, was the last District school campus constructed in the Colonial Revival style. In addition, the school complex, construction of which began in 1951, was at that time the first predominantly African-American high school built in DC in thirty-five years. In addition, the school is part of a four-school campus that, in conjunction with the adjacent historic Langston Golf Course, provides a college-like setting. As a result, the neighborhood Kingman Park Civic Association has nominated the school and campus to receive landmark status. While the landmark application is pending, no action that would degrade the property can occur. Landmark status, if granted, would make it harder for DDOT to locate the facility at Spingarn.
DDOT would use the facility for the storage and maintenance of streetcars on the proposed H Street/Benning Road line. DDOT originally intended to locate the facility beneath the “Hopscotch Bridge” near Union Station, but it was unable to secure permission to do so from Amtrak, which owns the station and needs the space for its own projects. Once that plan fell through, DDOT hastily chose the city-owned Spingarn site after little more than a cursory review of other alternatives. That is yet another demonstration of the pitfalls of the piecemeal planning process which DDOT has followed. The Committee of 100 continues to support the creation of a world-class streetcar system. But DDOT’s haphazard planning process, studded with artificial deadlines, has consistently put the agency in the position of fighting with the communities it ought to serve.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:21
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
So the idea that Ross would move to Garrison is speculation at this stage.Anonymous wrote:Where does it say that Ross will take over the Garrison space? All I see is that Garrison will close and the kids will be moved to Seaton.Anonymous wrote:Francis-Stevens has 200 kids in PS to 8 with 24% in boundary. It will feed to Hyde-Addison. Ross will take over Garrison space.Anonymous wrote:Am surprised about Francis Stevens and Garrison to some extent.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:14
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Anonymous wrote:The proposal says Macfarland kids will go to Roosevelt not Hardy.Anonymous wrote:Hardy is going to go downhill from here on out. They have to receive Macfarland kids? Good luck with them.
Hardy gets Francis Stevens kids.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:10
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
The proposal says Macfarland kids will go to Roosevelt not Hardy.Anonymous wrote:Hardy is going to go downhill from here on out. They have to receive Macfarland kids? Good luck with them.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 22:08
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Anonymous wrote:Where does it say that Ross will take over the Garrison space? All I see is that Garrison will close and the kids will be moved to Seaton.Anonymous wrote:Francis-Stevens has 200 kids in PS to 8 with 24% in boundary. It will feed to Hyde-Addison. Ross will take over Garrison space.Anonymous wrote:Am surprised about Francis Stevens and Garrison to some extent.
Garrison ES
Retain in DCPS inventory and reopen should population/demand increase. Coordinate possible reopening with modernization.
Interim use proposal: Temporary lease for community arts center.
Anonymous
11/13/2012 21:55
Subject: Where's the list Kaya?
Where does it say that Ross will take over the Garrison space? All I see is that Garrison will close and the kids will be moved to Seaton.Anonymous wrote:Francis-Stevens has 200 kids in PS to 8 with 24% in boundary. It will feed to Hyde-Addison. Ross will take over Garrison space.Anonymous wrote:Am surprised about Francis Stevens and Garrison to some extent.