Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I have first-hand knowledge that it is now too late to relocate Ellington to a different location (which could have saved its students thousands of commute hours/year. That's another DCPS missed trains). So for the purpose of this thread I suggest that we keep it off the list.
That is a shame, I heard on WAMU today that the huge SW waterfront development where construction is about to start will include a new 6000 seat performance theater. Together with the Arena Stage complex down Maine Ave,, that vibrant area will soon be a second major arts venue. The present Jefferson middle school site could be rebuilt as a new Ellington, steps from the Metro (including the central L'Enfant transfer hub) and synergistically part of this new arts area. Best of all, it would have been more accessible to more of its students than the Georgetown site. The "C" in DCPS sure doesn't stand for "creative" thinking!
Anonymous wrote:Just made myself laugh...been spending way too much time on all of this. As for name how about " new deal" get it...roosevelts new deal?
Anonymous wrote:Just made myself laugh...been spending way too much time on all of this. As for name how about " new deal" get it...roosevelts new deal?
Anonymous wrote:
I have first-hand knowledge that it is now too late to relocate Ellington to a different location (which could have saved its students thousands of commute hours/year. That's another DCPS missed trains). So for the purpose of this thread I suggest that we keep it off the list.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The best opportunity seemed to be to relocate the Duke Ellington school (to Roosevelt even?) and have a closer location for the students who would be coming from Hardy - but given that renovation is now about to start & is has an emphasis on the arts focus of the mission, that seems like a painfully bad lost opportunity.
It's also a shame that the redistricting of having more Eaton & Oyster etc also come to Hardy could mean nearly all of Hardy could be IB in just a couple years - which would quickly get closer to a "Deal for All" - it's about half the size of Deal -- smaller middle schools can be highly preferable.
Key School families would have to go more than 5 miles to get to either Roosevelt or Cardozo during rush hour traffic vs. around 2 to get to Wilson -- so that sounds untenable (right now extremely few Key School kids go to Hardy as it is - having been shut out of the Deal boundary for years)
P.S. As a DC-native, changing the name of a school like Roosevelt would cause riots - it has too deep history and roots in the city.
I have first-hand knowledge that it is now too late to relocate Ellington to a different location (which could have saved its students thousands of commute hours/year. That's another DCPS missed trains). So for the purpose of this thread I suggest that we keep it off the list.
That is a shame, I heard on WAMU today that the huge SW waterfront development where construction is about to start will include a new 6000 seat performance theater. Together with the Arena Stage complex down Maine Ave,, that vibrant area will soon be a second major arts venue. The present Jefferson middle school site could be rebuilt as a new Ellington, steps from the Metro (including the central L'Enfant transfer hub) and synergistically part of this new arts area. Best of all, it would have been more accessible to more of its students than the Georgetown site. The "C" in DCPS sure doesn't stand for "creative" thinking!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The best opportunity seemed to be to relocate the Duke Ellington school (to Roosevelt even?) and have a closer location for the students who would be coming from Hardy - but given that renovation is now about to start & is has an emphasis on the arts focus of the mission, that seems like a painfully bad lost opportunity.
It's also a shame that the redistricting of having more Eaton & Oyster etc also come to Hardy could mean nearly all of Hardy could be IB in just a couple years - which would quickly get closer to a "Deal for All" - it's about half the size of Deal -- smaller middle schools can be highly preferable.
Key School families would have to go more than 5 miles to get to either Roosevelt or Cardozo during rush hour traffic vs. around 2 to get to Wilson -- so that sounds untenable (right now extremely few Key School kids go to Hardy as it is - having been shut out of the Deal boundary for years)
P.S. As a DC-native, changing the name of a school like Roosevelt would cause riots - it has too deep history and roots in the city.
I have first-hand knowledge that it is now too late to relocate Ellington to a different location (which could have saved its students thousands of commute hours/year. That's another DCPS missed trains). So for the purpose of this thread I suggest that we keep it off the list.
Anonymous wrote:I think the reason you think it's too big of a switch for WOTP families is because the Roosevelt building is located in a neighborhood that is majority AA. However, I'm not pitching the DC-CAS proficient HS idea to WOTP families.
There are quite enough involved EOTP parents of all races and incomes to populate a high school. That's really the issue EOTP---that while in the aggregate you have enough motivated engaged students (and families) to create another decently performing HS, you do not have enough of those families concentrated in any one EOTP HS boundary-area in sufficient numbers to make a qualitative performance difference. So lump all those kids (and their families) together at one DC-CAS proficient MS/HS.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The best opportunity seemed to be to relocate the Duke Ellington school (to Roosevelt even?) and have a closer location for the students who would be coming from Hardy - but given that renovation is now about to start & is has an emphasis on the arts focus of the mission, that seems like a painfully bad lost opportunity.
It's also a shame that the redistricting of having more Eaton & Oyster etc also come to Hardy could mean nearly all of Hardy could be IB in just a couple years - which would quickly get closer to a "Deal for All" - it's about half the size of Deal -- smaller middle schools can be highly preferable.
Key School families would have to go more than 5 miles to get to either Roosevelt or Cardozo during rush hour traffic vs. around 2 to get to Wilson -- so that sounds untenable (right now extremely few Key School kids go to Hardy as it is - having been shut out of the Deal boundary for years)
P.S. As a DC-native, changing the name of a school like Roosevelt would cause riots - it has too deep history and roots in the city.
I have first-hand knowledge that it is now too late to relocate Ellington to a different location (which could have saved its students thousands of commute hours/year. That's another DCPS missed trains). So for the purpose of this thread I suggest that we keep it off the list.
Anonymous wrote:people here keep talking about how a new roosevelt would be too far for Key kids -- I don't think the idea was for for them to go to Roosevelt, but for kids for whom that school is more convenient, to have a good school within reach.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the reason you think it's too big of a switch for WOTP families is because the Roosevelt building is located in a neighborhood that is majority AA. However, I'm not pitching the DC-CAS proficient HS idea to WOTP families.
There are quite enough involved EOTP parents of all races and incomes to populate a high school. That's really the issue EOTP---that while in the aggregate you have enough motivated engaged students (and families) to create another decently performing HS, you do not have enough of those families concentrated in any one EOTP HS boundary-area in sufficient numbers to make a qualitative performance difference. So lump all those kids (and their families) together at one DC-CAS proficient MS/HS.
I don't think that's true. Maybe not at this point in time, but you certainly would in the next 6 - 10 years. There's more and more turnover EOTP from older households to younger families and all these kids will need a middle school and a high school. Roosevelt/MacFarland are easily accessible from Petworth Metro
Thank you, Jeff, for starting this thread.
The number of DC-CAS proficient students EOTP is a statistic that is readily available via OSSE by any member of the public who can navigate the site. It would take a bit more work, but is also possible, to learn the proficiency rate of eotp kids currently attending wotp schools