Matched IB Ludlow Taylor :( What is the lowest WL position worth considering as an option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LT is at 7th and G NE in Ward 6 on Capitol Hill.

I live a few blocks away and have young children. I know 4 families that have children that have attended LT in the last 5 years, and they have all moved on to greener pastures. No one has stayed past 2nd grade. I know more families IB that pay for private school.

What is wrong with this picture?

I think what you're seeing is change in progress. Five years before that, I imagine none of the gentrifiers even sent their kids to LT. Now they stay for several years. In five more years, they may stay the whole time.

Yes, I do think it's progress. I don't think I would have sent my child to LT before this past year. But honestly, I'd be comfortable keeping him in there for the rest of elementary. The school works for us and while we could afford private school if needed, I feel like there is so much more I can do with private school tuition funds that will equally benefit my children's upbringing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LT is at 7th and G NE in Ward 6 on Capitol Hill.

I live a few blocks away and have young children. I know 4 families that have children that have attended LT in the last 5 years, and they have all moved on to greener pastures. No one has stayed past 2nd grade. I know more families IB that pay for private school.

What is wrong with this picture?

Thank you. It is INSANE how defensive these people are about a school that may be on the rise, but that very little is known about - BECAUSE NO ONE WILL TALK ABOUT IT!

I have asked people in person, and I've gotten the most lukewarm, don't ask for specifics / generic answers. So while people are being critical of someone (OP, not sure) not knowing neighbors who send their kids there, I do know neighbors who send their children there and you get no good info out of them. There is a wall. Why? Who knows... They are so defensive, and it can't just be bc of an anonymous forum.

Other neighbors rave about getting into Cap Hill Montessouri at Logan, SWS, Maury and they tell you about what is exciting at their schools. LT people are secretive and highly defensive, and they all leave eventually, so their actions speak much louder than their words.

This is bizarre. Lots of parents such as myself are getting on-line on this thread to post about their good experiences with the school. How is that secretive? I'm starting to understand defensiveness, though. You keep telling everyone you're having a very good experience, and they keep telling you aren't/couldn't possibly have a good experience. It's very annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LT is at 7th and G NE in Ward 6 on Capitol Hill.

I live a few blocks away and have young children. I know 4 families that have children that have attended LT in the last 5 years, and they have all moved on to greener pastures. No one has stayed past 2nd grade. I know more families IB that pay for private school.

What is wrong with this picture?

Thank you. It is INSANE how defensive these people are about a school that may be on the rise, but that very little is known about - BECAUSE NO ONE WILL TALK ABOUT IT!

I have asked people in person, and I've gotten the most lukewarm, don't ask for specifics / generic answers. So while people are being critical of someone (OP, not sure) not knowing neighbors who send their kids there, I do know neighbors who send their children there and you get no good info out of them. There is a wall. Why? Who knows... They are so defensive, and it can't just be bc of an anonymous forum.

Other neighbors rave about getting into Cap Hill Montessouri at Logan, SWS, Maury and they tell you about what is exciting at their schools. LT people are secretive and highly defensive, and they all leave eventually, so their actions speak much louder than their words.

This is bizarre. Lots of parents such as myself are getting on-line on this thread to post about their good experiences with the school. How is that secretive? I'm starting to understand defensiveness, though. You keep telling everyone you're having a very good experience, and they keep telling you aren't/couldn't possibly have a good experience. It's very annoying.

Very true. I think people will read what they want to read and interpret what they want to interpret and the only thing one can do is post their experience. At the end of the day, people need a way to rationalize their decisions. I have been very vocal about L-T to my friends and anyone who asks so definitely not being secretive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I logged on after my self-imposed DCUM evening moratorium specifically for the purpose of flaming you. You, on the basis of scant, if any, knowledge, are criticizing a hard-working and apparently very successful civil servant because her AFFECT is not as deferential to you think all your vaunted Ivyness deserves. Can't you see how that comes off? You really need to check yourself before you get any further into this thing. I don't know what sort of steamrollering you are used to doing in your professional life, but it's not appropriate to apply that ethos here.

Odds are this is Cobbs. Way to specific and personal.

NP here. This message is neither specific nor personal. There is nothing in it that couldn't have been written by any random poster who had read the thread. It is also consistent with 90% of the other replies. Sorry, try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[q

This is bizarre. Lots of parents such as myself are getting on-line on this thread to post about their good experiences with the school. How is that secretive? I'm starting to understand defensiveness, though. You keep telling everyone you're having a very good experience, and they keep telling you aren't/couldn't possibly have a good experience. It's very annoying.

I agree this is so strange. I don't live in the neighborhood but know a few L-T parents through other activities and they are all very happy to talk about their experiences. I had a good conversation with one parent about the level of hatred for Cobbs by some neighbors, which frankly sounds kind of deranged considering they don't send their kids to the school.

[Anonymous]

I wish I would hear enthusiasm about the school from any LT parent with a child over the age of 6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I would hear enthusiasm about the school from any LT parent with a child over the age of 6.

You can probably call the school and ask for contact info for people on the PTA who would like to share their experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish I would hear enthusiasm about the school from any LT parent with a child over the age of 6.

You can probably call the school and ask for contact info for people on the PTA who would like to share their experience.

Riiiight. . . .

[Anonymous]

We might be relocating to the DC area this summer and so I'm desperately researching schools. Reading this thread on L-T has been interesting, and it sounds like it might be the school for us. Can with upper grade kids answer some practical questions for me?

How strict is the uniform policy? Our current school has uniforms... but there's no enforcement, and the rules are loose. (No restrictions on types of shoes or socks, hoodies are allowed, shirts don't have to be tucked in, etc.) Is this true here?

What kind of math do they use?

Are there any gifted programs? Music? Specifically strings?

All we have to do to get in is move into the school's cachement zone--this is correct?

How big are the classes?

Do the upper grades get recess every day? Cluster classes? (Science, art, computers, etc?)

In closing, a few words on all this randomness about the principal: I've heard similar complaints leveled against the principal we have now at our PS in New York. She's not warm and fuzzy, it's true--but being warm and fuzzy also isn't her job. Her job is to navigate the system and make sure the children in her care are provided for--all of them. From what you've all said, it sounds like she's actually doing a great job. A little yelling on the playground is not how I judge a school. Then again, I have also worked at a school, and come to realize that in a playground full of screaming children, sometimes I must raise my voice to get to be heard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish I would hear enthusiasm about the school from any LT parent with a child over the age of 6.

You can probably call the school and ask for contact info for people on the PTA who would like to share their experience.

Riiiight. . . .

So you've tried and you were unsuccessful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BWAHAHA - I also live in the neighborhood, and I'm dying trying to imagine which dillweed is the OP. I agree that you're probably not as beloved as you think, OP. I think L-T will be just fine without you. Good luck with your 120+ waitlist numbers.

What is a dillweed?!

"Popularized by the Beavis and Butt-head TV series, "dillweed" is a derogatory term used to describe irrational/dumb behavior and low intellectual capabilities"

typically someone who donates significant time and money to a school is not of low intellectual capabilities. From your choice of vocabulary, though, sounds like you have plenty of experience yourself in that realm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I logged on after my self-imposed DCUM evening moratorium specifically for the purpose of flaming you. You, on the basis of scant, if any, knowledge, are criticizing a hard-working and apparently very successful civil servant because her AFFECT is not as deferential to you think all your vaunted Ivyness deserves. Can't you see how that comes off? You really need to check yourself before you get any further into this thing. I don't know what sort of steamrollering you are used to doing in your professional life, but it's not appropriate to apply that ethos here.

Odds are this is Cobbs. Way to specific and personal.

LOL. I doubt she has time for that...no offense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BWAHAHA - I also live in the neighborhood, and I'm dying trying to imagine which dillweed is the OP. I agree that you're probably not as beloved as you think, OP. I think L-T will be just fine without you. Good luck with your 120+ waitlist numbers.

What is a dillweed?!

"Popularized by the Beavis and Butt-head TV series, "dillweed" is a derogatory term used to describe irrational/dumb behavior and low intellectual capabilities"

typically someone who donates significant time and money to a school is not of low intellectual capabilities. From your choice of vocabulary, though, sounds like you have plenty of experience yourself in that realm.

I am not PP, but the OP did say they donated money to other schools in the area, but had done no research about his or her own IB school. Then proceeded to apply to said school, again without knowing anything about it other than stories from many years ago. Now are matched with a school that they didn't research at all. Not exactly the brightest bulb, notwithstanding the purported Ivy degree.

[Anonymous]

I know this sounds crazy but where your degree is from is not a mark of your intelligence. Let's stop playing that card.

[Anonymous]

I know many a moron with an Ivy League degree and many a genius who attended public universities (and no university at all). And all that in between!!!