Brightwood Schools

[Anonymous]

Speaking of Takoma; their budget release is expecting 100+ new kids for next year. Will they be able to handle it? Seems like a huge influx.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bumping this.

Husband and I are looking at new parts of the city to live (we have a young one and outgrowing our condo)

Brightwood is an area our realtor mentioned. Brightwood, Takoma, and Manor Park.

Reading this was great help. DCUM is awesome. A topic for everyone!

Any more insight on parents who sent their kids to Whittier or Takoma this year? Or the other ward 4 schools (charter included).

Take everything that you read on DCUM with a grain of salt.

+1. People accept low standards in the city. If you are looking that far north, look a few minutes more north in MD for better schools and a guaranteed path thru high school.

People live places for reasons other than schools, you know. And there is more to school than test scores and academic achievement.

Yes there is which includes classroom management, teacher supports, extracurricular, clubs, and facilities - all of which is better in MCPS which is a few minutes more north.

In addition to school, more space, yard, and less crime which has gotten significantly worst in the city and driving families out..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speaking of Takoma; their budget release is expecting 100+ new kids for next year. Will they be able to handle it? Seems like a huge influx.

Last year’s student estimate was too low so my understanding is the school is already educating close to the projected enrollment for next year. The budget for next year is mostly making up for that mistake.

[Anonymous]

I can confirm that PP is correct. About reason for the projection.

[Anonymous]

We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Says a naive parent of a young kid. Get back to us when your kid is in 2nd and up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

People like us are not myths. Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery. Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells. I know others that did lottery out. Almost all for language immersion options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Says a naive parent of a young kid. Get back to us when your kid is in 2nd and up.

+1000. Though this is great for our family since I’m counting on these naive folks to pay a handsome price for the house I’ve been in for 18 years now that we have to leave to get a decent high school education for our kids after discovering even the best case middle school DCPS is boring our kids to tears and rife with behavior issues. We supplemented in the early years too. That’s cool. It works. Not so much later on, but you’ll cross that bridge when it’s burning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

People like us are not myths. Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery. Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells. I know others that did lottery out. Almost all for language immersion options.

Chiming in here as one of those very happy Wells parents!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Says a naive parent of a young kid. Get back to us when your kid is in 2nd and up.

+1000. Though this is great for our family since I’m counting on these naive folks to pay a handsome price for the house I’ve been in for 18 years now that we have to leave to get a decent high school education for our kids after discovering even the best case middle school DCPS is boring our kids to tears and rife with behavior issues. We supplemented in the early years too. That’s cool. It works. Not so much later on, but you’ll cross that bridge when it’s burning.

Are you in Brightwood at Ida B Wells? Can you tell us more specifically what issues you are having with the school? Or are you simply generalizing without experience in Brightwood?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

People like us are not myths. Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery. Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells. I know others that did lottery out. Almost all for language immersion options.

Chiming in here as one of those very happy Wells parents!

NP and I’m curious if you will keep you kid at Coolidge when the time comes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

People like us are not myths. Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery. Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells. I know others that did lottery out. Almost all for language immersion options.

Chiming in here as one of those very happy Wells parents!

NP and I’m curious if you will keep you kid at Coolidge when the time comes.

We all know the answer to that. Notice they aren't responding.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

People like us are not myths. Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery. Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells. I know others that did lottery out. Almost all for language immersion options.

Chiming in here as one of those very happy Wells parents!

NP and I’m curious if you will keep you kid at Coolidge when the time comes.

We all know the answer to that. Notice they aren't responding.

Different poster but we plan to go to Ida B Wells and then cast a wider net for DCPS HS. Unlike MS there are enough application options for HS that we are confident our kid will land somewhere OK. We are also keeping an eye on how the early college program at Coolidge evolves over time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings.

Famous last words.

People like us are not myths. Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery. Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells. I know others that did lottery out. Almost all for language immersion options.

Chiming in here as one of those very happy Wells parents!

NP and I’m curious if you will keep you kid at Coolidge when the time comes.

We all know the answer to that. Notice they aren't responding.

Oh gosh, I’m sorry I wasn’t online constantly! My bad.

We would be happy at Coolidge (I know plenty of families who are) but my kid wants to focus on engineering so they will also apply to McKinley.