Forum Index
»
DC Public and Public Charter Schools
Where should we send our kids to school?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
|
Which DCPS (elementary) to choose? Willing to move. Would like a neighborhood school. Good reading program/focus. Has art and anything other "extras".
|
Anonymous
| You will probably get a lot of replies with the usual suspects: Mann, Janney, Murch, Lafayette. I know some people think well of Shepherd and Key too. |
Anonymous
| Also Hyde, Stoddart in NW. In Capitol Hill, people like Peabody, Watkins, Brent, Maury among others. |
Anonymous
|
Wouldn't recommend Hyde. Also, Stoddart has a lot of problems too.
|
Anonymous
| What is the story on Eaton? |
Anonymous
| 17:21 here -- My daughter went to Hyde and we thought it was great but it's been a few years since we were there. Don't know much about Stoddart except that I knew people who went there and liked it. |
Anonymous
| What about Ross? Tubman? West? Any opinions? |
Anonymous
| thomson? |
Anonymous
| Eaton's test scores are not great. The school has been through a lot of turnover at the top recently, although it finally seems to have a permanent principal that parents like. Quite an urban feel despite the neighborhood--small, hard-surface playground. Not quite a "neighborhood school" in the sense that something like 50% of students are out of boundary. |
Anonymous
Can you add on to this? What are the problems with Stoddert and Hyde? |
Anonymous
| I'd add Oyster and LAMB |
Anonymous
| I'll add a vote for Shepherd. They offer partial immersion dual language (English/Spanish or English/French), they have a great art teacher, and an amazing music teacher/program. |
Anonymous
Yes, what are problems with Stoddert? I live in Glover Park and have heard only good things about the school. |
Anonymous
Check out Stoddert's test scores. They plummeted in the past year. I normally wouldn't focus on test scores so heavily, but seeing as they dropped double digits, that's concerning. |
Anonymous
|
Have a Kindergartener in Stoddert and absolutely adore it. Wonderful, warm, pretty well-run, diverse, tons of green space, active parent body, excellent before- and aftercare program.
But since my child is young, I'm not sure about test scores. The new (past 2 years) principal has been putting a big emphasis on standards and testing, so perhaps it was just a blip? |