What will you do if you don't get into BASIS/Latin?

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Anonymous wrote:We got into BASIS, are high on the waitlist for Latin Cooper Campus, and lower for Latin's main campus. We could also stay at our DCPCS and get into DCI for 6th grade. How do people make these choices?!

Those are all very different schools! What is important to your kid & family?

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Anonymous wrote:We got into BASIS, are high on the waitlist for Latin Cooper Campus, and lower for Latin's main campus. We could also stay at our DCPCS and get into DCI for 6th grade. How do people make these choices?!

We were in the same position last year and went with BASIS. We were very much on the fence about DCI which is why we entered the lottery in the first place, but it was still a hard decision because there is no guarantee of getting back into DCI if we changed our minds. As between BASIS and the Latins, we liked the curriculum at BASIS a bit more and the commute is much better for us. I also liked the fact that BASIS provides a lot of support for the 5th graders--how to be organized and manage your time, how to study, how to take tests. The kids have a lot of independence and accountability. There are things I don't necessarily like, and we are only in our first year there so we'll see how things go, but my child really likes their classes and the other students.

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Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

Latin 100%

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

I would take Latin for a year, and then switch to DCI if your kid doesn't like Latin.

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Anonymous wrote:We got into BASIS, are high on the waitlist for Latin Cooper Campus, and lower for Latin's main campus. We could also stay at our DCPCS and get into DCI for 6th grade. How do people make these choices?!

Those are all very different schools! What is important to your kid & family?

+1. You should choose the school that is the best fit for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

I would take Latin for a year, and then switch to DCI if your kid doesn't like Latin.

PP above doesn't understand the question. We had this choice and chose Latin - but it's a question of how well your kid is doing in the second language and/or what you are willing to do at home to keep it up, and whether you think your kid would do better in a smaller school or a bigger one. FWIW - we are very happy with our choice, and now have lots of friends at DCI who also seem very happy.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

Latin 100%

Sorry- DCI 100%. Latin doesn’t even teach spanish and their math test scores are low. I do like that Latin is smaller but otherwise dci is much better. Also I’m very worried about the cooper expansion.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

I would take Latin for a year, and then switch to DCI if your kid doesn't like Latin.

This is impossible unless you have sibling preference and even then doubtful.

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Anonymous wrote:The test scores at EH are high for white students who aren't ell and don't have disabilities. But they are high for that population at any dcps that has enough of such kids to report. But getting a 4 or 5 on parcc isn't the same as having good language and arts classes, sports and other extracurriculars, and a group of classmates from stable and highly educated families. Some people are happy or ok without those things. Some see the economic diversity at a school like EH as a positive that outweighs any negatives, or at least something tolerable because it allows them to stay in their home on the Hill. Some kids will thrive and others will wish their parents moved to MoCo. There isn't one right answer.

I’m an EH parent and I can tell you my kid is having a great time, teachers have been very responsive, and some of the admins are flat-out wonderful. It’s not a fancy private school where you can pay to filter out real life. Given the US will be majority-minority for our kids I actually think this is crucial for white boys. It is FAR from perfect but calling it “terrible” is ridiculous. PS the kids love the extra curriculars.

(also LOL at the idea that the school has no “stable and highly educated families.” I’d list the credentials we all have but that would be obnoxious. It’s just not dominated by “us” which makes people uncomfortable in theory I get it. But in practice it’s absolutely the least of my concerns.)

If you are implying that people are uncomfortable with diversity and that’s why they’re not choosing EH, then you’re exactly the kind of virtue signaling clueless jerk referenced in the OP. There are plenty of diverse schools that don’t have test scores in the toilet.

A lot of these parents are choosing their Hill lifestyle over their kids academic future, and banking on Walls. It will be interesting to see what happens if their kid doesn’t get in. My guess is Eastern will be too much “real life.” :roll:

That’s exactly what PP suggested - “lack of stable and highly educated families” as a reason not to attend. It’s not virtue signaling for me to a) correct the misperception and b) tell you that it is the least of my concerns. And it’s neither here nor there, but FYI, there are many solid black middle-class families at EH.

I don’t gaf about your “virtue singnaling” accusations because I am actually sending my kid to the school and have no need to signal anything. But yes, I am going to correct ridiculous public statements that the school is “terrible.” You can send your kid wherever you want but you can’t say sh*t like that and not expect to be corrected.

Let me correct you- trust me sending your kid to a subpar school and telling everyone how great it is (while you secretly pay for tutors, college counselors, and scoop up all the opportunities available for kids title one schools) is virtue signaling. You’re fooling no one.

Most parents I know who have sent their kids to EH aren't doing any of these things.

Funny but most people I know are in fact doing all of those things.

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Anonymous wrote:The test scores at EH are high for white students who aren't ell and don't have disabilities. But they are high for that population at any dcps that has enough of such kids to report. But getting a 4 or 5 on parcc isn't the same as having good language and arts classes, sports and other extracurriculars, and a group of classmates from stable and highly educated families. Some people are happy or ok without those things. Some see the economic diversity at a school like EH as a positive that outweighs any negatives, or at least something tolerable because it allows them to stay in their home on the Hill. Some kids will thrive and others will wish their parents moved to MoCo. There isn't one right answer.

I’m an EH parent and I can tell you my kid is having a great time, teachers have been very responsive, and some of the admins are flat-out wonderful. It’s not a fancy private school where you can pay to filter out real life. Given the US will be majority-minority for our kids I actually think this is crucial for white boys. It is FAR from perfect but calling it “terrible” is ridiculous. PS the kids love the extra curriculars.

(also LOL at the idea that the school has no “stable and highly educated families.” I’d list the credentials we all have but that would be obnoxious. It’s just not dominated by “us” which makes people uncomfortable in theory I get it. But in practice it’s absolutely the least of my concerns.)

If you are implying that people are uncomfortable with diversity and that’s why they’re not choosing EH, then you’re exactly the kind of virtue signaling clueless jerk referenced in the OP. There are plenty of diverse schools that don’t have test scores in the toilet.

A lot of these parents are choosing their Hill lifestyle over their kids academic future, and banking on Walls. It will be interesting to see what happens if their kid doesn’t get in. My guess is Eastern will be too much “real life.” :roll:

That’s exactly what PP suggested - “lack of stable and highly educated families” as a reason not to attend. It’s not virtue signaling for me to a) correct the misperception and b) tell you that it is the least of my concerns. And it’s neither here nor there, but FYI, there are many solid black middle-class families at EH.

I don’t gaf about your “virtue singnaling” accusations because I am actually sending my kid to the school and have no need to signal anything. But yes, I am going to correct ridiculous public statements that the school is “terrible.” You can send your kid wherever you want but you can’t say sh*t like that and not expect to be corrected.

Let me correct you- trust me sending your kid to a subpar school and telling everyone how great it is (while you secretly pay for tutors, college counselors, and scoop up all the opportunities available for kids title one schools) is virtue signaling. You’re fooling no one.

What’s your point in attacking people who are telling you they like their kid’s school? What’s that about? You seriously think you can run around calling schools “terrible” and “subpar” and won’t be called out on it? Are you somehow threatened by people sending their kids to schools you avoid? gtfo.

That is so funny coming from you, because you also go around judging people for choosing a charter school or a different dcps. You want to pat yourself on the back for picking a school with a poor reputation and subpar test scores, judge people who won’t send their kids there, and then get angry when we respond that the test scores are poor and the school would be a terrible fit. I think you’re threatened when people point out you’re a virtue signaler and more than a little bit racist.

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Anonymous wrote:The test scores at EH are high for white students who aren't ell and don't have disabilities. But they are high for that population at any dcps that has enough of such kids to report. But getting a 4 or 5 on parcc isn't the same as having good language and arts classes, sports and other extracurriculars, and a group of classmates from stable and highly educated families. Some people are happy or ok without those things. Some see the economic diversity at a school like EH as a positive that outweighs any negatives, or at least something tolerable because it allows them to stay in their home on the Hill. Some kids will thrive and others will wish their parents moved to MoCo. There isn't one right answer.

Thank you for this nuanced response. As someone who lives on the Hill who isn’t white and does have a kid with disabilities, I’ve always felt that the smug parents who pat themselves on the back for “choosing” EH/Eastern were being more than a little bit racist.

I’ve been posting about EH and my kid does have a disability. And what PP posted suggesting there are no good extracurricular opportunities or “stable”
families there is just untrue.

Don’t you dare presume what would work for my disabled child. I bet you’re a white Karen who walks around judging everyone for their school choice while their white children get suspended over at eastern due to poor parenting. Give me a break. Keep your mouth shut about what you don’t understand.

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Anonymous wrote:The test scores at EH are high for white students who aren't ell and don't have disabilities. But they are high for that population at any dcps that has enough of such kids to report. But getting a 4 or 5 on parcc isn't the same as having good language and arts classes, sports and other extracurriculars, and a group of classmates from stable and highly educated families. Some people are happy or ok without those things. Some see the economic diversity at a school like EH as a positive that outweighs any negatives, or at least something tolerable because it allows them to stay in their home on the Hill. Some kids will thrive and others will wish their parents moved to MoCo. There isn't one right answer.

I’m an EH parent and I can tell you my kid is having a great time, teachers have been very responsive, and some of the admins are flat-out wonderful. It’s not a fancy private school where you can pay to filter out real life. Given the US will be majority-minority for our kids I actually think this is crucial for white boys. It is FAR from perfect but calling it “terrible” is ridiculous. PS the kids love the extra curriculars.

(also LOL at the idea that the school has no “stable and highly educated families.” I’d list the credentials we all have but that would be obnoxious. It’s just not dominated by “us” which makes people uncomfortable in theory I get it. But in practice it’s absolutely the least of my concerns.)

If you are implying that people are uncomfortable with diversity and that’s why they’re not choosing EH, then you’re exactly the kind of virtue signaling clueless jerk referenced in the OP. There are plenty of diverse schools that don’t have test scores in the toilet.

A lot of these parents are choosing their Hill lifestyle over their kids academic future, and banking on Walls. It will be interesting to see what happens if their kid doesn’t get in. My guess is Eastern will be too much “real life.” :roll:

That’s exactly what PP suggested - “lack of stable and highly educated families” as a reason not to attend. It’s not virtue signaling for me to a) correct the misperception and b) tell you that it is the least of my concerns. And it’s neither here nor there, but FYI, there are many solid black middle-class families at EH.

I don’t gaf about your “virtue singnaling” accusations because I am actually sending my kid to the school and have no need to signal anything. But yes, I am going to correct ridiculous public statements that the school is “terrible.” You can send your kid wherever you want but you can’t say sh*t like that and not expect to be corrected.

Let me correct you- trust me sending your kid to a subpar school and telling everyone how great it is (while you secretly pay for tutors, college counselors, and scoop up all the opportunities available for kids title one schools) is virtue signaling. You’re fooling no one.

What’s your point in attacking people who are telling you they like their kid’s school? What’s that about? You seriously think you can run around calling schools “terrible” and “subpar” and won’t be called out on it? Are you somehow threatened by people sending their kids to schools you avoid? gtfo.

That is so funny coming from you, because you also go around judging people for choosing a charter school or a different dcps. You want to pat yourself on the back for picking a school with a poor reputation and subpar test scores, judge people who won’t send their kids there, and then get angry when we respond that the test scores are poor and the school would be a terrible fit. I think you’re threatened when people point out you’re a virtue signaler and more than a little bit racist.

+1. NP. PP above is a virtue signaler and a booster like so many from poorly performing schools.

It’s ludicrous to think that UMC families are not supplementing at EH. Of course they are. Sure the low SES families, which is the overwhelming majority at the school, might nit be supplementing but we are on DCUM and those are the not the families we are talking about and those are not the families represented on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

Probably Latin. But I don't think you can go wrong. How much do you care about language?

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has the experience to offer an opinion on what you would do with a Latin offer this year but also a known spot at DCI next year?

Latin 100%

Sorry- DCI 100%. Latin doesn’t even teach spanish and their math test scores are low. I do like that Latin is smaller but otherwise dci is much better. Also I’m very worried about the cooper expansion.

We toured, explored, and talked to students and staff at Latin. We are going DCI. Much better language offerings, tracks more in middle school, so much better facilities and extracurricular, clubs, sports, IB program a plus, and most of DS friends are planning on going. I also love the study abroad option available at the school. We also know families with older siblings at DCI and talking to them and their child, both have been happy.


BTW, we looked at Basis too since our kid is higher performing and crossed both Latin and Basis off the list.