Capital Village closing at the end of the current school year

[Anonymous]

In the financial section of today's PCSB meeting, which is a strange place for such an important announcement.

https://www.livebinders.com/b/3687736

[Anonymous]

Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

I subbed at several schools during the government shutdown and you'd be surprised how may others need to shut down too. I was in a 4th grade class and half of the students could not read or write.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

I subbed at several schools during the government shutdown and you'd be surprised how may others need to shut down too. I was in a 4th grade class and half of the students could not read or write.

For this one it's partially that but mainly they're broke. This is a standalone middle school so they don't have any control over the academic level of the kids coming in at 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

I subbed at several schools during the government shutdown and you'd be surprised how may others need to shut down too. I was in a 4th grade class and half of the students could not read or write.

For this one it's partially that but mainly they're broke. This is a standalone middle school so they don't have any control over the academic level of the kids coming in at 5th grade.

Unfortunately, being broke impacts academic outcomes. Broke schools can't always invest in curricula, PD, sufficient teachers etc. You can see it in the low accountability score for this school (lowest school in the city) versus other schools that also start at 5th or 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

I subbed at several schools during the government shutdown and you'd be surprised how may others need to shut down too. I was in a 4th grade class and half of the students could not read or write.

For this one it's partially that but mainly they're broke. This is a standalone middle school so they don't have any control over the academic level of the kids coming in at 5th grade.

Fair point, but my observations remain even with those schools who had lower and upper classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

I subbed at several schools during the government shutdown and you'd be surprised how may others need to shut down too. I was in a 4th grade class and half of the students could not read or write.

For this one it's partially that but mainly they're broke. This is a standalone middle school so they don't have any control over the academic level of the kids coming in at 5th grade.

Unfortunately, being broke impacts academic outcomes. Broke schools can't always invest in curricula, PD, sufficient teachers etc. You can see it in the low accountability score for this school (lowest school in the city) versus other schools that also start at 5th or 6th grade.

It's only so much a school can do even with money and resources. There were too many needs in one classroom at about 3 schools. I was offered a position at each school I visited. The pay is so low it was laughable. I did not sub at DCPS, they were all Charters.

[Anonymous]

I think aside from academics (and obviously budget and academics are connected, but anyway), they made a fundamental mistake of overestimating what their enrollment would be, and having too big/expensive a space. Then not pivoting fast enough to find a less costly space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wild. Another failed school and how much money thrown at it??

I subbed at several schools during the government shutdown and you'd be surprised how may others need to shut down too. I was in a 4th grade class and half of the students could not read or write.

For this one it's partially that but mainly they're broke. This is a standalone middle school so they don't have any control over the academic level of the kids coming in at 5th grade.

Unfortunately, being broke impacts academic outcomes. Broke schools can't always invest in curricula, PD, sufficient teachers etc. You can see it in the low accountability score for this school (lowest school in the city) versus other schools that also start at 5th or 6th grade.

It's only so much a school can do even with money and resources. There were too many needs in one classroom at about 3 schools. I was offered a position at each school I visited. The pay is so low it was laughable. I did not sub at DCPS, they were all Charters.

True though money can help -- if a school is organized and stable. Haynes and KIPP pay $25-30 an hour for subs, which is comparable to DCPS's $25 an hour.