How bad is Miner Elementary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have friends in the PK3 program (white, if it matters). They like it and are not playing the lottery for pk4.

Are they moving then?

Apparently not. Per the PP they like the school and are not planning to lottery for PK4.

[Anonymous]

"How bad is Miner Elementary?" is an unusual way to start a constructive dialogue with the engaged and passionate community we are building at Miner. The nuanced difficulties we face across DCPS with gentrification, school turnaround, diversity, and inclusion - all set in a deeply, historically difficult bureaucratic system led by DCPS and the District at large - are much bigger than one elementary school and the challenges and opportunities we face. At Miner, we are working to build a school based on shared values, which is much more difficult than looking to build a school that draws in middle class families "just because." Here is an excellent article for light reading: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/16/509325266/how-the-systemic-segregation-of-schools-is-maintained-by-individual-choices

If you're interested in Miner's community, please feel free to reach out. We are absolutely transparent and hope we can welcome those who share our values into the fold!

-hh

Holly Harper | hollygion at gmail.com
Miner Elementary PTO Communications Chair
Principal, Blue Bike Communications
Text: [phone] (seriously, text first)
Tweeting (rarely) @hollybluebike.

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure there are several posts in this thread about you specifically, Holly. (Good things from my perspective!)

[Anonymous]

THANKS! Wow. I try.

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure there are several posts in this thread about you specifically, Holly. (Good things from my perspective!)