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Anonymous wrote:I think this choice becomes more difficult if you are choosing between Deal and ITDS, as many families are.

For our family, it was a choice between ITDS, Wells, Brookland Middle and other charters. We happily chose to continue at ITDS, didn’t apply anywhere else and are still happy with this choice.

Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal. Maybe a few handful but definitely nothing significant. You cam see the data.

The choices are really for EOTP families who don’t have decent middle school options.

We looked at DCI, Latin, Basis, ITDS to list in the lottery. Reality is most families will rank the 3 others over ITDS. ITDS tends to be the backup option. Then the lottery will dictate the actual choices you have.

DCI, Latin, and Basis have high schools, so a spot in 5th or 6th guarantees a HS path. ITDS only goes to 8th.

Noted but even if they did not, the rankings would still be above ITDS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I think this choice becomes more difficult if you are choosing between Deal and ITDS, as many families are.

For our family, it was a choice between ITDS, Wells, Brookland Middle and other charters. We happily chose to continue at ITDS, didn’t apply anywhere else and are still happy with this choice.

Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal. Maybe a few handful but definitely nothing significant. You cam see the data.

The choices are really for EOTP families who don’t have decent middle school options.

We looked at DCI, Latin, Basis, ITDS to list in the lottery. Reality is most families will rank the 3 others over ITDS. ITDS tends to be the backup option. Then the lottery will dictate the actual choices you have.

DCI, Latin, and Basis have high schools, so a spot in 5th or 6th guarantees a HS path. ITDS only goes to 8th.

Noted but even if they did not, the rankings would still be above ITDS

Oh come on. Without the high school they would have nowhere near the number and quality of applicants that they have now. You can't just pull the middle school test scores and assume it would be the same with no high school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this choice becomes more difficult if you are choosing between Deal and ITDS, as many families are.

For our family, it was a choice between ITDS, Wells, Brookland Middle and other charters. We happily chose to continue at ITDS, didn’t apply anywhere else and are still happy with this choice.

Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal. Maybe a few handful but definitely nothing significant. You cam see the data.

The choices are really for EOTP families who don’t have decent middle school options.

We looked at DCI, Latin, Basis, ITDS to list in the lottery. Reality is most families will rank the 3 others over ITDS. ITDS tends to be the backup option. Then the lottery will dictate the actual choices you have.

DCI, Latin, and Basis have high schools, so a spot in 5th or 6th guarantees a HS path. ITDS only goes to 8th.

Noted but even if they did not, the rankings would still be above ITDS

Oh come on. Without the high school they would have nowhere near the number and quality of applicants that they have now. You can't just pull the middle school test scores and assume it would be the same with no high school.

But BASIS, Latin and DCI also differ vastly from ITS regarding curriculum and teaching.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this choice becomes more difficult if you are choosing between Deal and ITDS, as many families are.

For our family, it was a choice between ITDS, Wells, Brookland Middle and other charters. We happily chose to continue at ITDS, didn’t apply anywhere else and are still happy with this choice. [/quote]

Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal. Maybe a few handful but definitely nothing significant. You cam see the data.

The choices are really for EOTP families who don’t have decent middle school options.

We looked at [b]DCI, Latin, Basis, ITDS to list in the lottery. Reality is most families will rank the 3 others over ITDS[/b]. ITDS tends to be the backup option. Then the lottery will dictate the actual choices you have.[/quote]

DCI, Latin, and Basis have high schools, so a spot in 5th or 6th guarantees a HS path. ITDS only goes to 8th.[/quote]

Noted but even if they did not, the rankings would still be above ITDS[/quote]

Oh come on. Without the high school they would have nowhere near the number and quality of applicants that they have now. You can't just pull the middle school test scores and assume it would be the same with no high school.[/quote]

But BASIS, Latin and DCI also differ vastly from ITS regarding curriculum and teaching. [/quote]

Well yes. But that doesn't mean people actually like it better. BASIS in particular is full of people who don't especially love the model or it's implementation, but don't have a better option. And if you control for demographics...

[Anonymous]

There is one vocal poster on here that is clearly anti-ITDS for all. If you are happy with the school, never mind. You made a wrong choice. :/ The city we live in… sometimes I lament that I might know these people in real life.

[Anonymous]

Considering I personally know a cohort of families who live inbound for deal but go to ITDS, I must disagree.

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Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Considering I personally know a cohort of families who live inbound for deal but go to ITDS, I must disagree.

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Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal.

There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

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But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

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There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this choice becomes more difficult if you are choosing between Deal and ITDS, as many families are.

For our family, it was a choice between ITDS, Wells, Brookland Middle and other charters. We happily chose to continue at ITDS, didn’t apply anywhere else and are still happy with this choice.

Not really. Deal families do not choose ITDS over Deal. Maybe a few handful but definitely nothing significant. You cam see the data.

The choices are really for EOTP families who don’t have decent middle school options.

We looked at DCI, Latin, Basis, ITDS to list in the lottery. Reality is most families will rank the 3 others over ITDS. ITDS tends to be the backup option. Then the lottery will dictate the actual choices you have.

DCI, Latin, and Basis have high schools, so a spot in 5th or 6th guarantees a HS path. ITDS only goes to 8th.

Noted but even if they did not, the rankings would still be above ITDS

Oh come on. Without the high school they would have nowhere near the number and quality of applicants that they have now. You can't just pull the middle school test scores and assume it would be the same with no high school.

But BASIS, Latin and DCI also differ vastly from ITS regarding curriculum and teaching.

…and those schools are also vastly different from each other. The only things they really have in common are: 1) a curricular component (Latin requirement, language immersion/IB, or, in the case of BASIS, “up or out” hardcoreness) that tends to filter the applicant pool and 2) a high school. Anyone saying they are ranking these 3 highest because they are “similar” is doing so because they want a straight shot to HS with a cadre of high SES kids. Nothing wrong with that but let’s at least be honest about it.

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Anonymous wrote:But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

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There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

I'm not sure if that's true. I definitely know people who moved IB for JR for their oldest child to attend after graduating ITDS, but it seems like a lot of them moved their younger kids to Deal and IB elementaries. Others continue to make the drive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

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There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

I'm not sure if that's true. I definitely know people who moved IB for JR for their oldest child to attend after graduating ITDS, but it seems like a lot of them moved their younger kids to Deal and IB elementaries. Others continue to make the drive.

PP above is making up numbers. The data is there and it’s not anywhere close to 5-10%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

Anonymous wrote:

There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

I'm not sure if that's true. I definitely know people who moved IB for JR for their oldest child to attend after graduating ITDS, but it seems like a lot of them moved their younger kids to Deal and IB elementaries. Others continue to make the drive.

PP above is making up numbers. The data is there and it’s not anywhere close to 5-10%

Where is the data? Genuinely curious, the only data set I know of is at least a year out of date. Are you referring to that big OSSE spreadsheet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

Anonymous wrote:

There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

I'm not sure if that's true. I definitely know people who moved IB for JR for their oldest child to attend after graduating ITDS, but it seems like a lot of them moved their younger kids to Deal and IB elementaries. Others continue to make the drive.

PP above is making up numbers. The data is there and it’s not anywhere close to 5-10%

Where is the data? Genuinely curious, the only data set I know of is at least a year out of date. Are you referring to that big OSSE spreadsheet?

One year out of date isn’t going to go from non-reportable (<10 kids total) to 5-10%(!), come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

Anonymous wrote:

There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

I'm not sure if that's true. I definitely know people who moved IB for JR for their oldest child to attend after graduating ITDS, but it seems like a lot of them moved their younger kids to Deal and IB elementaries. Others continue to make the drive.

PP above is making up numbers. The data is there and it’s not anywhere close to 5-10%

Where is the data? Genuinely curious, the only data set I know of is at least a year out of date. Are you referring to that big OSSE spreadsheet?

One year out of date isn’t going to go from non-reportable (<10 kids total) to 5-10%(!), come on.

ITDS has about 450 students I think, so 5% would be 22-ish. I really doubt it's more than that. It's just too far a drive for a lot of people IB for Deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But maybe 5-10% of ITDS families and more some some grades so I think that is sizable.

Anonymous wrote:

There are. It's only like 1% of the total zoned for Deal of course. Having the right to JR as a high school means no worries about getting into other high schools, making ITDS more appealing to some.

I'm not sure if that's true. I definitely know people who moved IB for JR for their oldest child to attend after graduating ITDS, but it seems like a lot of them moved their younger kids to Deal and IB elementaries. Others continue to make the drive.

PP above is making up numbers. The data is there and it’s not anywhere close to 5-10%

I am not PP. I will say I think we can only guess about the percentage of ITDS families who live IB for Deal. However, in my kid's ITDS middle school grade, there are at least two kids IB for Deal. That's out of the ~45 there, so 5% was a pretty reasonable guess for this one class. My older kid was one of three IB for Deal in their graduating class of ~40. So again a pretty reasonable guess.

But there simply isn't a source of data (that I am aware of) about what ITDS kids' IB schools are to say anything with confidence. If you know of this source of data, please share.