Is Brent the best school in Capitol hill?
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Anonymous
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The "Brent guy" represents exactly why Brent continues to evolve into an amazing little elementary school. The Brent guy was relentless in working hard for Brent. The Brent guy was constructive in supporting Brent. He was never afraid to identify areas of improvement. He worked very, very hard to get a viable middle school option for Brent and he can certainly feel proud that the Jefferson Academy was a HUGE leap forward, although not quite there yet. Many children are benefiting from his efforts.
Thrown into all that, the Brent guy is a good guy, a good dad and any school would be thrilled to have him as a parent. |
Anonymous
| Isn't the Brent Guy also affiliated with Eastern's PTSA as active voice? Did he serve as Jefferson PTSA President too? |
Anonymous
No |
Anonymous
Agreed. But even Saints make mistakes sometimes |
Anonymous
| To be thrilled to have the Brent Guy as a parent. Who are we trying to thrill? I've seen in my life-time, lively parents and lacklustre children. Not casting any doubts because it takes all-kinds to make the world go around. Is it "the thrill is gone or I've found my thrill?" |
Anonymous
My take is that they mostly represent the Cluster school. They stand in the way of others trying to make changes that would impact the Cluster. |
Anonymous
He still has kids at Brent. |
Anonymous
| Is he a Brent parent bully? |
Anonymous
| The Brent Guy had the guts to get involved, and committed a lot of his time to doing so. Did I agree with everything he did or said? No, but I was just sitting back at meetings while he carried the weight and stepped up. He has no more extra time than any of the other type A Brent parents. Thank you to the Brent Guy for all you did and continue to do. You and people like you are the reason Brent is sought after, cared for, talked about. |
Anonymous
No. He was a parent leader who was actively involved in trying to get a good middle school option for not only Brent but other students on the Hill. He received a lot of grief from Cluster parents because he dared to say that maybe we should look at the problem as a whole which might mean some changes for Stuart Hobson. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Wow, I just really wanted to know if I should send my child to Brent for PreK. If it really is "the" school on the Hill.
We are not worried about middle schools. |
Anonymous
Yes if you can get in, send your child. Don't worry ... you will be worried soon enough about middle schools. |
Anonymous
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This Brent guy sounds pretty awesome...where can I find one for my school?
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Anonymous
| Yes. Send your kid. Brent is a great school full of dedicated, professional teachers and very involved families. It is a really nice community and your kid will get a perfectly acceptable primary education. |
Anonymous
If you aren't IB, or OOB with sibling preference, henceforth, you won't get in to preK, a good sign in my book. Even knowing that we may not have a MS at the other end, we're glad to have a good ES. The way every Brent-related DCUM thread turns to MS feeder angst is indicative of what a tough issue the school faces on this front. Looks like voting out Tommy Wells, who hasn't lobbied DCPS for the Brent and Maury SH feeds, would be a prerequisite to progress. Maybe Brent parents should consider organizing to back a viable seeming Ward 6 DC Council candidate, one elected to challenge the myopic, old school Cluster mafia. The Cluster has had more than two decades to work to ensure that a variety of families, including the high-SES crowd, has their needs met in the three schools. Relentlessly high IB attrition rates at Watkins and SH attest to the fact that they've dropped the ball. I can't see the rush from Brent to charters and privates abating either - too much momentum there, and Cluster indifference to the optimal SH feeds. But it's sad for the Hill to see kids who grow up together scatter to the four winds so young. The Jefferson feed will never work - if you're going to leave the Hill for MS, why bother with SW when there are vastly superior programs with space in NW, and, seemingly, more coming? The well-intentioned but deeply impractical "Brent guy" was barking up the wrong tree and, hence, wasted the community's time at a critical juncture. I feel no debt of gratitude. So much of what we live here for is community, and the open-ended feeder problem erodes community ties in a big way. |