An intrinsic problem to the DC charter system - admin becoming unresponsive?
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Anonymous
You're seriously trying to compare Ann Arbor to an urban school system? Try Detroit as a better comparison. Jesus H Christ. Who are these people sometimes??? Get over yourself. |
Anonymous
You're seriously trying to compare Ann Arbor to an urban school system? Try Detroit as a better comparison. Jesus H Christ. Who are these people sometimes??? Get over yourself. |
Anonymous
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Ann Arbor public schools per NCES
29,000 total students; 31 schools; FARMS rate ~20-25% Demographics 4% Latino 16% Black or African American 68% White 10% Asian American 7% multiracial |
Anonymous
I wouldn’t be clamoring to take credit for this s—show of a thread. |
Anonymous
These numbers actually show more diversity and a higher FARMS than at many of DC’s “top schools.” |
Anonymous
The comparison between DC and other school systems is entirely relevant. As people are pointing out in this thread, DC has a plethora of inept or willfully unresponsive admins. Many other school systems are superior in this regard. It's not specifically tied to the makeup of the student body or test scores. It's about how schools respond to parental involvement and concerns. I understand that you're angry about the problems plaguing urban schools, but these intrinsic problems don't let admins of urban schools off the hook. They contribute to the problems when they fail to engage their school communities in a productive way. |
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I hate when my mom talks about the past as if it's relevant to today's time.
And for you other folks, why don;t you go back home and raise your family? Oh I forgot, the jobs are here. |
Anonymous
+1 Would take the administration at my kids’ charter any day over “those parents” who complain about poor communication because they can’t be bothered to read the handbook or calendar. |
Anonymous
So get off this s--show of a thread and find a more productive acdtivity. We're at YY in 2nd grade, 3 years in. We won't be back in the fall for reasons laid out here, on a thread that's damn interesting. You can be that there won't be any sort of exit interview, and that boosters will claim that we moved for job reasons alone, or that our kid couldn't hack the curriculum (both nonsense). When admins can't s much as speak the langauge of instruction at immersion language schools, unresponsive management (both willful and inadvertent) is the predicable byproduct. But you can't point this out at YY without being seen as a spoil sport. Being gone will feel great. |
Anonymous
How about those who complain about poor communication because they can't read the handbook or calendar because it's only in English and they read the language of immersion of the school, not English? Welcome to YY. |
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NP. We bailed on DCI from Capitol Hill after 6th grade not because admins were't responsive, but because the commute was too long and too much hassle for what we got.
We certainly didn't get enough rigor (including in "honors" classes in DD's target language and math) for an academically advanced student. There were just too many low-performing classmates, including high SES classmates. We homeschooled for 7th grade and had a good experience. Have not made up our minds about 8th grade. Don't pretend, people. There's trouble in paradise. |
Anonymous
YY boosters have argued this one before - not worth the translation outlays when hardly any of the YY families (may one or two) are in this situation. The boosters can't see the forest for the trees on the social, cultural or ethical dimensions of immersion. |
Anonymous
YY is just another way for high SES folks to get away from the poors |
Anonymous
| Mostly yes, it's not a serious immersion program even within the constraints of DCPC. But because YY does what it sets out to do pretty well, detractors like the parent who identifies weak administration and teaching across the board 4-5 years in are rare. You go, parent. |
Anonymous
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