Anonymous wrote:St. Anselm's too. And it's just like DCPS. Yeah. Sure. Just like it. Nooooo difference at all.

Physical separation at Latin now and in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in the MacFarland/Roosevelt feeder pattern. DS is very young and we still have time to figure out what we're doing, but there is no way in hell I'm sending him to a 6-12.

It doesn't matter where the school is or who the students are. Sixth graders do not need to be on the same campus as high schoolers.

Basis does this, also Cathedral and St Albans....

you read this, or skipped this part?
6-12 CAN and DOES work
Not saying it WILL work here, but there is some precedent for these consolidations

St. Anselm's too. And it's just like DCPS. Yeah. Sure. Just like it. Nooooo difference at all.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the MacFarland/Roosevelt feeder pattern. DS is very young and we still have time to figure out what we're doing, but there is no way in hell I'm sending him to a 6-12.

It doesn't matter where the school is or who the students are. Sixth graders do not need to be on the same campus as high schoolers.

Basis does this, also Cathedral and St Albans....

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Indeed. I am in Ward 4 with a small child but we are in a downtown charter. There are a growing number of white middle class folks (by DC standards, anyway) like us moving into our neighborhood, buying homes and putting down roots.

which is great (that you're committed. . . not that you're white ). you still deserve a viable neighborhood school option. I find it puzzling how much ground DCPS is willing to cede wholesale to charters. The randomness of charter spaces can translate to logistical nightmares or sometimes perfect scenarios -- dropping your kid off at a great school a few doors from work or right on the wayis the dream for all of us, no?

Yes, of course. That whole "putting down roots" thing will only last if the DCPS system improves, at least for me. We're giving it a few years and if we don't feel good about it and see improvement in the neighborhood schools, we'll move, plain and simple. For me, it's all about the mentality of the families and kids at the schools - I want my kid to be in a school where the majority of people value education and where it is not an ongoing ordeal to make sure he's in a good school. Getting into PS3 felt like a massive ordeal.

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Indeed. I am in Ward 4 with a small child but we are in a downtown charter. There are a growing number of white middle class folks (by DC standards, anyway) like us moving into our neighborhood, buying homes and putting down roots.

which is great (that you're committed. . . not that you're white ). you still deserve a viable neighborhood school option. I find it puzzling how much ground DCPS is willing to cede wholesale to charters. The randomness of charter spaces can translate to logistical nightmares or sometimes perfect scenarios -- dropping your kid off at a great school a few doors from work or right on the wayis the dream for all of us, no?

Anonymous wrote:Boundaries and feeders schools will not have to change. Did they change when 26 schools were closed earlier? Stop saying that 6th grader will go to Roosevelt, the plan is to make Roosevelt-McFarland a campus with both schools having separate buildings but one agenda. This is just like when it was decided to rid the system of the Junior Highs and develop middle schools and all of sudden the cry of "my babies!!!" Here we are decades later and the outcry are the same "my babies"

Wrong. The plan is to close the buildings altogether. Did you read the DCPS power point?

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Anonymous wrote:Just read a comment on LL:

The plan is for Francis to be used by School Without Walls.

Well that doesn't make any effing sense. What will they with the SWW property? Sell it to GW?

SWW is expanding and will be housed at two sites.

That just seems odd too, sorry. Will it be split up by grades, or what?

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Anonymous wrote:Well that power point blows the myth of the babyboom out of the water. Maybe in some areas it looks like it but city as a whole? Down, way down.

The "baby boom" kids aren't 5 years old yet. How many age 0-4 kids are about to hit the system I wonder?

Well that, and let's be honest - how many low-income families have fled to PG and parts of Montgomery counties as more DC neighborhoods are gentrified? My take is that these kids have been replaced with the kids of higher-income families that are buying expensive property in DC.

The distribution is telling. In the short term centrally located neighborhoods closer to downtown project modest growth while Wards 4, 5, 7, 8 show most of the losses. The projected growth over the next decade is significant throughout much of DC. that suggests more families with young children projected to stay in DC (Millenials starting families). I think you're also seeing a trend of higher income families fanning out beyond where they've traditionally been clustered.

Indeed. I am in Ward 4 with a small child but we are in a downtown charter. There are a growing number of white middle class folks (by DC standards, anyway) like us moving into our neighborhood, buying homes and putting down roots.

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Anonymous 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.

actually it makes much more sense than prek-8
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.

+1 And I for one don't love the idea of 13 year olds in the same building as my 3 yo.

When your 3 year old is 11, will you want him in the same building as 18 and 19 year olds?

No. I'm a firm believer in separate primary, middle and high schools personally. Just totally different develomental periods, IMO. So I'm not a fan of K-8 or 6-12 models.

Boundaries and feeders schools will not have to change. Did they change when 26 schools were closed earlier? Stop saying that 6th grader will go to Roosevelt, the plan is to make Roosevelt-McFarland a campus with both schools having separate buildings but one agenda. This is just like when it was decided to rid the system of the Junior Highs and develop middle schools and all of sudden the cry of "my babies!!!" Here we are decades later and the outcry are the same "my babies"

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Anonymous 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.

Roosevelt always smells like reefer. Great place to send 6th graders!

Did you just say reefer Gramps? I am curious when did you enter the school and made it all the way to the restroom (prefered weed smoking lounge). I'm sure if you go to the parking lot or band room in the 'burbs Sr. high schools,you can catch a wiff of hemp in the air. Yes, I agree that six graders do not belong with 12th graders. But, don't put down Roosevelt because of your disapproval of grade placements.

Roosevelt sounds like the perfect spot for the girl who walks past my house each morning in her MacFarland uniform, finishing up her last joint before school.

So now that the list is out when do the changes in boundaries/feeders begin? Jan or Feb'v

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Anonymous 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.

Roosevelt always smells like reefer. Great place to send 6th graders!

Did you just say reefer Gramps? I am curious when did you enter the school and made it all the way to the restroom (prefered weed smoking lounge). I'm sure if you go to the parking lot or band room in the 'burbs Sr. high schools,you can catch a wiff of hemp in the air. Yes, I agree that six graders do not belong with 12th graders. But, don't put down Roosevelt because of your disapproval of grade placements.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the MacFarland/Roosevelt feeder pattern. DS is very young and we still have time to figure out what we're doing, but there is no way in hell I'm sending him to a 6-12.

It doesn't matter where the school is or who the students are. Sixth graders do not need to be on the same campus as high schoolers.

We're also in that feeder pattern. Trust me, you wouldn't have wanted your child to go to MacFarland, either. We loved our elementary school, but (reluctantly) pulled our child out when he got into a charter that goes through 8th grade.

When I saw that MacFarland was closing, I briefly regretted having taken our son away from his neighborhood school. I didn't think they could come up with a solution that was even worse than the status quo--but lo and behold, Roosevelt came to the rescue.