Roosevelt HS?

[Anonymous]

I am working with a family with two boys (10 and 11 grade) who will be moving to DC at the end of the month. The boys are MLLs and their IB school is Roosevelt. Sports is important and they are B/B+ students. I have no experience with the school and they will be touring it once they get here. I am well aware of Roosevelt’s stats, still looking for feedback on the school in terms of teacher quality and if admin is supportive and responsive. What other schools should the family consider—CHED, Cardozo, Coolidge, Dunbar? Charters in Petworth?

[Anonymous]

Living in the neighborhood with teens, Roosevelt and Coolidge tend to be seen as fairly interchangeable, and CHEC somewhat more desirable for MLLs. I'd look at the academies they offer in case the boys have any programmatic preference. Also be aware that accessing CHEC would require a (low-barrier) application and Coolidge would require an OOB placement via the lottery (or direct placement if that's available to them under their circumstances).

[Anonymous]

I would also look at CHEC, Coolidge, and Dunbar. If either boy is a serious athlete you might also try to contact the relevant coaches. The Post had an article just the other day about how the DC school lottery system works like a transfer portal for athletes, and coaches do recruit. And having a coach looking out for you will go a long way in terms of support and administrative responsiveness.

[Anonymous]

Take this for what it’s worth, a ranking based on access to AP, IB, etc. CHEC comes out #378 in the entire country and in the top 2%.

https://jaymathewschallengeindex.com/

[Anonymous]

Here is a list of DC public high schools: https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/ that can get more details for each.

I’m not sure what their current school experience is, but starting at any of the schools referenced could be a pretty huge and challenging change for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take this for what it’s worth, a ranking based on access to AP, IB, etc. CHEC comes out #378 in the entire country and in the top 2%.

https://jaymathewschallengeindex.com/

This rating means absolutely nothing without the test scores. And lots of CHEC’s passing AP exam scores are due to AP Spanish. CHEC is not in the top 2% of schools in thr country in any measure besides Jay Matthews’ ridiculous rating system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Living in the neighborhood with teens, Roosevelt and Coolidge tend to be seen as fairly interchangeable, and CHEC somewhat more desirable for MLLs. I'd look at the academies they offer in case the boys have any programmatic preference. Also be aware that accessing CHEC would require a (low-barrier) application and Coolidge would require an OOB placement via the lottery (or direct placement if that's available to them under their circumstances).

Just as a head's up, due to overcrowding I believe Coolidge is severely limiting OOB students. Weirdly DC and DCPS didn't listen to the neighbors when they said you can't build a MS at an already too small HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would also look at CHEC, Coolidge, and Dunbar. If either boy is a serious athlete you might also try to contact the relevant coaches. The Post had an article just the other day about how the DC school lottery system works like a transfer portal for athletes, and coaches do recruit. And having a coach looking out for you will go a long way in terms of support and administrative responsiveness.

Dunbar? Don't put the poor kids there right out the gate. Unless they're used to navigating dynamics in a very challenging urban environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would also look at CHEC, Coolidge, and Dunbar. If either boy is a serious athlete you might also try to contact the relevant coaches. The Post had an article just the other day about how the DC school lottery system works like a transfer portal for athletes, and coaches do recruit. And having a coach looking out for you will go a long way in terms of support and administrative responsiveness.

Dunbar? Don't put the poor kids there right out the gate. Unless they're used to navigating dynamics in a very challenging urban environment.

Unless the kids play football, don’t send them to Dunbar.

And if they do play football, and well enough to make the team at Dunbar, there are parochial schools who will take them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take this for what it’s worth, a ranking based on access to AP, IB, etc. CHEC comes out #378 in the entire country and in the top 2%.

https://jaymathewschallengeindex.com/

This rating means absolutely nothing without the test scores. And lots of CHEC’s passing AP exam scores are due to AP Spanish. CHEC is not in the top 2% of schools in thr country in any measure besides Jay Matthews’ ridiculous rating system.

+1. And access to AP classes is not a problem in DCPS. Dunbar says they offer "Over 13 Advanced Placement Classes". There are AP classes everywhere, the differentiator is whether students are taking and passing the tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take this for what it’s worth, a ranking based on access to AP, IB, etc. CHEC comes out #378 in the entire country and in the top 2%.

https://jaymathewschallengeindex.com/

This rating means absolutely nothing without the test scores. And lots of CHEC’s passing AP exam scores are due to AP Spanish. CHEC is not in the top 2% of schools in thr country in any measure besides Jay Matthews’ ridiculous rating system.

It's funny, I'm never on here but the few times that I have been you're always there ready to jump all over CHEC on this issue. What's your beef with the school? Why so nasty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take this for what it’s worth, a ranking based on access to AP, IB, etc. CHEC comes out #378 in the entire country and in the top 2%.

https://jaymathewschallengeindex.com/

This rating means absolutely nothing without the test scores. And lots of CHEC’s passing AP exam scores are due to AP Spanish. CHEC is not in the top 2% of schools in thr country in any measure besides Jay Matthews’ ridiculous rating system.

The rating means exactly what it says it means. You may not value what it measures, but it's silly to say it means nothing.

[Anonymous]

What is MLL? We are inbound for Roosevelt and no way I would send my kid there.
I see enough as dismissal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is MLL? We are inbound for Roosevelt and no way I would send my kid there.
I see enough as dismissal.

Multilanguage learner.

[Anonymous]

Go to Roosevelt this year because it is going to be very hard to get a space anywhere else with only moving to DC at the end of the month. Start researching and planning for next year options - lottery and application high schools.