Middle Schools - Ward 6 Centric

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A Maury parent here: I think anyone frequenting this discussion with kids in testing grades at Brent, Maury, and Tyler, throw in Ludlow-Taylor and J.O. Wilson, add Payne and Miner (anyone out there?), and, heck, why not Two Rivers, which I don't think has a viable middle school option either (am I wrong?), should know from experience how, in many ways, surprisingly little it actually takes to turn a school around. And how oblivious we ES parents may indeed all be to what's already happening on the ground. Many of the very people who introduced us to Maury some significant years back just before sending their kids off to Hardy because they didn't trust Eliot-Hine are actually now banking on Eliot-Hine. Their Hardy kids transfer to Eastern HS. Their educational sensors are sharp, not clouded by color. I followed their lead once, I can follow them twice.
Yes, it would be so much more comfy to see it all in place waiting for the likes of us to finally "jump in the boat" - or the bandwagon as the case may be. But there is one significant upside to being among the first to jump. You get to steer!
(So what's the next foreign language gonna be, French or Chinese?)

I wouldn't count on Two Rivers. The problem - such as it is - with their middle school (after all, it still scores better than any of the Hill options) is that they expanded by opening the doors. They should have just grown their own students up from 5th to 6th and kept control of the education of their population. Nobody wants to welcome a class of middle schoolers who are used to a disorganized environment and read at a 3rd grade level. Over time, their MS is going to improve, because it's going to retain students instead of taking in new ones.

French is still the most popular 2nd language in Canada, but in the U.S. it is Spanish. Most Americans who speak French have ties to the Caribbean or Africa, not Quebec or France.

Thus, the question should be "what's the next foreign language gonna be, Spanish or Chinese?" Good question. Spanish is more practical, Chinese has more cachet. There's a big market for Spanish in DC, and on the Hill, Tyler is filling it, so my vote would be Spanish. Let Yu Ying figure out Chinese middle school.

If a school has about 600 students it can offer two languages - according to the DCPS Office of Transformation. If a school has 800 students it can offer three.

[Anonymous]

Curious, where did you get this info on # of languages from the Office of Transformation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Maury parent here: I think anyone frequenting this discussion with kids in testing grades at Brent, Maury, and Tyler, throw in Ludlow-Taylor and J.O. Wilson, add Payne and Miner (anyone out there?), and, heck, why not Two Rivers, which I don't think has a viable middle school option either (am I wrong?), should know from experience how, in many ways, surprisingly little it actually takes to turn a school around. And how oblivious we ES parents may indeed all be to what's already happening on the ground. Many of the very people who introduced us to Maury some significant years back just before sending their kids off to Hardy because they didn't trust Eliot-Hine are actually now banking on Eliot-Hine. Their Hardy kids transfer to Eastern HS. Their educational sensors are sharp, not clouded by color. I followed their lead once, I can follow them twice.
Yes, it would be so much more comfy to see it all in place waiting for the likes of us to finally "jump in the boat" - or the bandwagon as the case may be. But there is one significant upside to being among the first to jump. You get to steer!
(So what's the next foreign language gonna be, French or Chinese?)

A large percentage of Two Rivers kids seem to leave at 5th grade to go to Washington Latin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A Maury parent here: I think anyone frequenting this discussion with kids in testing grades at Brent, Maury, and Tyler, throw in Ludlow-Taylor and J.O. Wilson, add Payne and Miner (anyone out there?), and, heck, why not Two Rivers, which I don't think has a viable middle school option either (am I wrong?), should know from experience how, in many ways, surprisingly little it actually takes to turn a school around. And how oblivious we ES parents may indeed all be to what's already happening on the ground. Many of the very people who introduced us to Maury some significant years back just before sending their kids off to Hardy because they didn't trust Eliot-Hine are actually now banking on Eliot-Hine. Their Hardy kids transfer to Eastern HS. Their educational sensors are sharp, not clouded by color. I followed their lead once, I can follow them twice.
Yes, it would be so much more comfy to see it all in place waiting for the likes of us to finally "jump in the boat" - or the bandwagon as the case may be. But there is one significant upside to being among the first to jump. You get to steer!
(So what's the next foreign language gonna be, French or Chinese?)

A large percentage of Two Rivers kids seem to leave at 5th grade to go to Washington Latin.

Maybe so, but as Latin gets harder to get into and Two Rivers improves, there will probably be less of that. I'm not seeing how this automatically improves Eliot Hine. The same parents who abandoned the Hill for Two Rivers at the elementary level, seem like a stretch to be able to attract back for middle school.

[Anonymous]

You can't polish a turd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't polish a turd.

Thank you for your optimism. We'll have to improve the Ward 6 schools without you. I'm heartbroken over the loss.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can't polish a turd.

Thank you for your optimism. We'll have to improve the Ward 6 schools without you. I'm heartbroken over the loss.

yes, now that we've heard from the representative of the complacent assholes, let's get back to the business at hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious, where did you get this info on # of languages from the Office of Transformation?

DCPS came to our school and made a presentation to about 250 parents in attendance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious, where did you get this info on # of languages from the Office of Transformation?

DCPS came to our school and made a presentation to about 250 parents in attendance.

Thx this thread is classic DCUM, a useful nugget of info interspersed with anonymous posters calling each other potty names. Appreciate the nugget (and not the turd calling)!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Curious, where did you get this info on # of languages from the Office of Transformation?

DCPS came to our school and made a presentation to about 250 parents in attendance.

Which school was this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a school has about 600 students it can offer two languages - according to the DCPS Office of Transformation. If a school has 800 students it can offer three.

Deal must have four or five languages in addition to Fencing and Fencing II.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't polish a turd.

You can if you freeze it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a school has about 600 students it can offer two languages - according to the DCPS Office of Transformation. If a school has 800 students it can offer three.

Deal must have four or five languages in addition to Fencing and Fencing II.

English, Spanish, French, Chinese = one language A, 3 choices for language B

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can't polish a turd.

You can if you freeze it.

Bravo, PP. You made me laugh outloud. Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't polish a turd.

Thank you for your optimism. We'll have to improve the Ward 6 schools without you. I'm heartbroken over the loss.

yes, now that we've heard from the representative of the complacent assholes, let's get back to the business at hand.

Considering that you're the one slinging insults at people who want to improve the situation, what does this even mean?

Go suck your di#k elsewhere. 8)