DCPS submitted the final recommendations from the Community Working Group (CWG) for the Foxhall and MacArthur schools in the summer of 2021. We are pleased to announce final decisions from city leadership regarding both buildings, informed by the CWG feedback and recommendations:
- MacArthur will be a high school serving the Hardy Middle School feeder pattern, with a set of seats reserved via the Equitable Access program for students furthest from opportunity. (The Equitable Access program allows schools to reserve seats for students who meet OSSE’s “at-risk of academic failure” criteria, which includes students who receive SNAP/TANF, are experiencing homelessness, are part of the foster care system, or are overage for their grade.)
- Foxhall will be an elementary school serving PK4-5th grade. This will require drawing a new boundary that re-assigns portions of the Key, Mann and Stoddert boundaries, and setting “phase-in” policies for affected schools.
The planned opening of Foxhall will be delayed by one year until at least SY25-26, given procurement and construction timelines. MacArthur is currently planned to open in SY23-24 (as announced in September 2021). We will continue to keep the community informed as there are additional updates.
The final document and supplemental materials are located here. For questions regarding the Foxhall and MacArthur School Planning Community Working Group (CWG), please email our team at DCPS.Planning@k12.dc.gov.
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