Marie Reed - English Track

[Anonymous]

I'm considering Marie Reed for my child, as it's close to our house, I hear good things about it, and the test scores are decent. It's on our short list.

However - we would definitely want English track, we're not interested in immersion (and my kid is already in 1st grade and doesn't speak any Spanish, so it's a bit late)

I'm realizing a lot of what I'm reading about Marie Reed (and hearing about on the playground) is from people in the Spanish track. Is the English track also good? Is it possible to see test scores divided by track? Anyone here at Marie Reed on the English track in mid-to-upper elementary who can comment on their experience?

[Anonymous]

We got into MR English track in later elementary - there's a definite divide between two tracks - most of higher achieving students are in the Spanish track. However, you should have a handful of kids on grade level in the classroom and the kid will get to participate in all the aftercare activities and school events. Worth considering if it's walking distance to you.

[Anonymous]

To add to that - middle school option for English track is practically non-existent, so you will lose a lot of higher achieving classmates as they per off in 5th for charters and feeders.

[Anonymous]

There is a definite divide between the 2 tracks and I agree with the other poster who said high achieving kids are generally (not exclusively!) in the bilingual track.

The teachers we had in the English track were great and we had a good experience there. One thing to consider - there is only a single English class per grade so the kids will be together every year, for good and bad.

It is a Title I school with all that implies - free lunch and aftercare for all! But also a high population of kids in need.

[Anonymous]

What is the middle school track for English? Deal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a definite divide between the 2 tracks and I agree with the other poster who said high achieving kids are generally (not exclusively!) in the bilingual track.

The teachers we had in the English track were great and we had a good experience there. One thing to consider - there is only a single English class per grade so the kids will be together every year, for good and bad.

It is a Title I school with all that implies - free lunch and aftercare for all! But also a high population of kids in need.

Marie Reed is on its way out as a Title I school. So there won’t be anymore free lunch for all in the next 2-3 years.

[Anonymous]

Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the middle school track for English? Deal?

lol, no. they only have rights to CHEC, which is bilingual. DCPS should either change this by giving the monolingual program rights to Francis or the new Shaw middle school, or by making the whole school bilingual and having an alternative elementary school (presumably Cooke) for those who don't want Spanish...though Cooke also feeds to CHEC at the moment, as does Tubman.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

For starters, there are not any low income white children attending Marie Reed. The school is barely able to find enough black and Latino children to qualify for Title I.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

For starters, there are not any low income white children attending Marie Reed. The school is barely able to find enough black and Latino children to qualify for Title I.

A lot of the black children enrolling at Marie Reed now are from affluent families or they are adopted by white parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

For starters, there are not any low income white children attending Marie Reed. The school is barely able to find enough black and Latino children to qualify for Title I.

A lot of the black children enrolling at Marie Reed now are from affluent families or they are adopted by white parents.

LOL! Black affluent families are not sending their kids to DCPS let alone a title 1 school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

For starters, there are not any low income white children attending Marie Reed. The school is barely able to find enough black and Latino children to qualify for Title I.

A lot of the black children enrolling at Marie Reed now are from affluent families or they are adopted by white parents.

LOL! Black affluent families are not sending their kids to DCPS let alone a title 1 school.

And how do you know? Unless you’re black you aren’t qualified to answer this question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

For starters, there are not any low income white children attending Marie Reed. The school is barely able to find enough black and Latino children to qualify for Title I.

A lot of the black children enrolling at Marie Reed now are from affluent families or they are adopted by white parents.

LOL! Black affluent families are not sending their kids to DCPS let alone a title 1 school.

And how do you know? Unless you’re black you aren’t qualified to answer this question.

Because I know a number of affluent black families. Even middle class black families which I also know are not sending their kids to DCPS and especially not title 1

Sounds like you don’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll only want to use low income black and brown children for things like free lunch and after care. They should only provide these things to the low income black and black children who need them. They need to start making ya’ll pay the full price for it.

They will start paying for those things when the school stops being Title I in a few years. (And I'm not sure why you want low income white children excluded from free lunch and aftercare...)

For starters, there are not any low income white children attending Marie Reed. The school is barely able to find enough black and Latino children to qualify for Title I.

A lot of the black children enrolling at Marie Reed now are from affluent families or they are adopted by white parents.

LOL! Black affluent families are not sending their kids to DCPS let alone a title 1 school.

And how do you know? Unless you’re black you aren’t qualified to answer this question.

Because I know a number of affluent black families. Even middle class black families which I also know are not sending their kids to DCPS and especially not title 1

Sounds like you don’t.

Well I’m black and UMC. My child attends Marie Reed. Like I said, if you aren’t black and don’t interact with black people on a regular basis, you don’t have a say in this matter.