Hyde-Addison Makes Public Plea in Effort to Count Potential Local Students

Hyde-Addison Elementary officials and parents are concerned about at the increasingly popular Georgetown public school. To help the school forecast the number of neighborhood (in-boundary) children planning to attend for the 2011-2012 school year, Principal Dana Nerenberg appealed to the community to submit enrollment forms as soon as possible.

The number of local children deciding to attend will affect both overall enrollment- and thereby classroom configurations- as well as the number of. In an email Nerenberg wrote:

"In-boundary families planning to enroll students in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade at Hyde-Addison for the 2011-2012 school year should let the school staff know plans as soon as possible. Please contact Principal Dana Nerenberg at 202.724.9055 or via email at dana.nerenberg@dc.gov."

Georgetown's public elementary school, ranks high on the list of schools sought by out-of-boundary parents. Last year alone 541 children were placed on a wait list for Hyde-Addison, 271 of those were pre-K lottery applicants.

Hyde-Addison will offer only one pre-K in fall 2011 class, instead of the two offered in 2010, and may combine classes of kindergarten and first grade students to manage overcrowding.

The email from Nerenberg this week was one more example of the school's efforts to accomodate local families and manage demand from out-of-boundary parents as well.

The D.C. Public School (DCPS) out-of-boundary lottery and pre-k lottery opened Friday, Jan. 28 and runs through Feb. 28. If you live in-boundary and want your child to attend Hyde-Addison for pre-k you must apply through the lottery, higher grades are not subject to the lottery.