International Baccalaureate at Eastern?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I get it now, there's no need for Eastern to improve, or to better serve its catchment area now or at any point down the track. The school is simply wonderful as is. Fantastic! Thank you so much for enlightening us all on the subject. Who knew, a high-performing HS right in our backyard.

I repeat, pointless and tiring. DCPS could clearly care less which bums fill seats at Eastern, as long as the bucks per capita continue to roll in. That may change once political heads start to roll over Ward 6 schools issues, maybe 15 years from now. Until then, hang in there, folks.

It appears to me that many gentrifiers want DCPS to kiss their asses & roll out a red carpet for them.

Not gonna happen.

Why not?

Because DC is concerned about
1. Bringing schools up to par for ALL kids to attend.
2. The urgency is for those currently (forced) in the schools.
3. Kids of gentrifiers have options & will be fine wherever they go. Someone's already said "Well to the suburbs or private we go!" DCPS says "Byeeeee! Now let us continue our efforts at improving schools for all."

DC does not consider the gentrifiers as necessary for schools to improve. However, they view their attendance as proof that improvements are being made. Two very different things.

So, stop lying to yourself about your importance to DCPS. The system has been nearly 100% black since the beginning of time. No one would blink if that never changes. The question has always been: How do we truly serve and educate those (black) kids? If other races join the schools, fine! We can't stop them but we don't need to recruit them either.

You are 100% correct: but don't leave out that the DCPS school system that keeps asking "how do we truly serve and educate ( black ) kids " has failed miserably at it for decades now and continues to ask and have no good answers to that question. Yes, yes there are bright spots and bright students but the VAST MAJORITY have been failed by and even abused by the system for generations now. There is no benefit from hiding this truth. Perhaps it DOES need a student population from a wide range of economic backgrounds tonbeninbthe system for improvement but DCPS is too stupid to know it.

You are also 100% correct: DCPS has been failing kids miserably for decades. They're starting to try to improve the system, have made some inroads but still have a long way to go.

But none of that means that having students of other races in the schools will suddenly improve schools and make them better for the poor darkies. If it were that easy, DCPS would've started a recruiting campaign years ago.

You really seem to overestimate your importance (race, SES) in this school thing. Truth is, no one cares if you head to the burbs or privates. Most secretly applaud you because frankly we do the same and/or don't blame you.

It did. Michelle Rhee was a very public face of it, Kaya Henderson is a milder one. Hell yes, they want high SES families in the mix, and they especially want white families (there are no low-SES white families in DC, which is why "white" is such a go-to proxy for high SES).

Bring the white kids, use them to buttress test scores, and then try to spread them around like butter. No, nobody gives a damn about their education, but they are far more reliable for bringing up test scores than anything else DCPS has tried to throw at the classrooms.

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This thread has gotten really nasty.

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DC will keep getting whiter. Houses in the hip neighborhoods (where the beautiful people live, close to downtown, but with enough money that a couple can squeak through) go for $700 easily. The people who bought those houses will eventually reproduce.

A decade ago, that's what you'd have paid to live in Tenleytown - easily DC's most overpriced and boring hell-neighborhood.

Demographics will solve the problem - the poor will be removed from the school system and the city, because they won't be able to afford to live here. (BTW, look to the race-hate promoters to delay the inevitable.) Test scores will obviously improve, and we will all collectively pat ourselves on the back "for the hard work we did!"

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Did you notice how the entire city is trying to get into the schools in tenleytown? Or that it is 12min metro trip to downtown?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread has gotten really nasty.

"Capitol Hill" threads always do. It's quite repetitive and ridiculous. Wouldn't mind to see this one get locked.

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Anonymous wrote:DC will keep getting whiter. Houses in the hip neighborhoods (where the beautiful people live, close to downtown, but with enough money that a couple can squeak through) go for $700 easily. The people who bought those houses will eventually reproduce.

A decade ago, that's what you'd have paid to live in Tenleytown - easily DC's most overpriced and boring hell-neighborhood.

Demographics will solve the problem - the poor will be removed from the school system and the city, because they won't be able to afford to live here. (BTW, look to the race-hate promoters to delay the inevitable.) Test scores will obviously improve, and we will all collectively pat ourselves on the back "for the hard work we did!"

So beautiful people equates to white? Alrighty.

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Good Morning Folks! My name is Amy Boccardi, and I am the IB Coordinator at Eastern SHS. I have been teaching in DCPS for 18 years (where does the time go?) and I am tremendously proud of the work I have been a part of throughout my tenure as an educator in our schools. Please feel free to contact me off-line if you are interested in the IB program at Eastern. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Good Morning Folks! My name is Amy Boccardi, and I am the IB Coordinator at Eastern SHS. I have been teaching in DCPS for 18 years (where does the time go?) and I am tremendously proud of the work I have been a part of throughout my tenure as an educator in our schools. Please feel free to contact me off-line if you are interested in the IB program at Eastern. Thanks.

Amy,
Are DCPS employees told when there's a thread about their schools? Advised to comment? Just curious as I've seen employees comment in several threads. I've never seen a group respond on message boards within their professional capacities before. Only in DC!

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Anonymous wrote:DC will keep getting whiter. Houses in the hip neighborhoods (where the beautiful people live, close to downtown, but with enough money that a couple can squeak through) go for $700 easily. The people who bought those houses will eventually reproduce.

A decade ago, that's what you'd have paid to live in Tenleytown - easily DC's most overpriced and boring hell-neighborhood.

Demographics will solve the problem - the poor will be removed from the school system and the city, because they won't be able to afford to live here. (BTW, look to the race-hate promoters to delay the inevitable.) Test scores will obviously improve, and we will all collectively pat ourselves on the back "for the hard work we did!"

Do you really see this happening?

On the one hand, you have a point about housing. Only those of high SES will be able to afford certain housing.

But can you name one innercity that has become majority white? In the 3,000 years the city has existed. Like, Detroit will never be predominantly white. Neither will Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, etc.

I suspect the extremely expensive housing will go to whom it's always gone-the wealthy who are either older (no school aged kids) or those who go private b/c of lifestyle.

This idea of middle class whites taking over the city seems like a pipe dream after 3,000 years of deeply entrenched history as a black city.

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Anonymous wrote:Good Morning Folks! My name is Amy Boccardi, and I am the IB Coordinator at Eastern SHS. I have been teaching in DCPS for 18 years (where does the time go?) and I am tremendously proud of the work I have been a part of throughout my tenure as an educator in our schools. Please feel free to contact me off-line if you are interested in the IB program at Eastern. Thanks.

Amy,
Are DCPS employees told when there's a thread about their schools? Advised to comment? Just curious as I've seen employees comment in several threads. I've never seen a group respond on message boards within their professional capacities before. Only in DC!

I haven't been told about threads or advised to comment; I just happen to follow several boards as both a parent and educator.

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Anonymous wrote:Good Morning Folks! My name is Amy Boccardi, and I am the IB Coordinator at Eastern SHS. I have been teaching in DCPS for 18 years (where does the time go?) and I am tremendously proud of the work I have been a part of throughout my tenure as an educator in our schools. Please feel free to contact me off-line if you are interested in the IB program at Eastern. Thanks.

Hi Amy,
So glad you are interested in sharing information with us.

How much does it cost DCPS to run the IB program at Eastern (including salaries, program fees, etc)? What is the cost-per-student for every successful IB diploma? How many students graduate with the IB diploma each year?

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Anonymous wrote:Good Morning Folks! My name is Amy Boccardi, and I am the IB Coordinator at Eastern SHS. I have been teaching in DCPS for 18 years (where does the time go?) and I am tremendously proud of the work I have been a part of throughout my tenure as an educator in our schools. Please feel free to contact me off-line if you are interested in the IB program at Eastern. Thanks.

Is that a full time position or do you teach classes as well?

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Anonymous wrote:DC will keep getting whiter. Houses in the hip neighborhoods (where the beautiful people live, close to downtown, but with enough money that a couple can squeak through) go for $700 easily. The people who bought those houses will eventually reproduce.

A decade ago, that's what you'd have paid to live in Tenleytown - easily DC's most overpriced and boring hell-neighborhood.

Demographics will solve the problem - the poor will be removed from the school system and the city, because they won't be able to afford to live here. (BTW, look to the race-hate promoters to delay the inevitable.) Test scores will obviously improve, and we will all collectively pat ourselves on the back "for the hard work we did!"

Do you really see this happening?

On the one hand, you have a point about housing. Only those of high SES will be able to afford certain housing.

But can you name one innercity that has become majority white? In the 3,000 years the city has existed. Like, Detroit will never be predominantly white. Neither will Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, etc.

I suspect the extremely expensive housing will go to whom it's always gone-the wealthy who are either older (no school aged kids) or those who go private b/c of lifestyle.

This idea of middle class whites taking over the city seems like a pipe dream after 3,000 years of deeply entrenched history as a black city.

All of the cities you mention are hellholes that wealthy people would never consider living in, but DC is more on the path of Manhattan, San Francisco, Seattle, and Brooklyn.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC will keep getting whiter. Houses in the hip neighborhoods (where the beautiful people live, close to downtown, but with enough money that a couple can squeak through) go for $700 easily. The people who bought those houses will eventually reproduce.

A decade ago, that's what you'd have paid to live in Tenleytown - easily DC's most overpriced and boring hell-neighborhood.

Demographics will solve the problem - the poor will be removed from the school system and the city, because they won't be able to afford to live here. (BTW, look to the race-hate promoters to delay the inevitable.) Test scores will obviously improve, and we will all collectively pat ourselves on the back "for the hard work we did!"

Do you really see this happening?

On the one hand, you have a point about housing. Only those of high SES will be able to afford certain housing.

But can you name one innercity that has become majority white? In the 3,000 years the city has existed. Like, Detroit will never be predominantly white. Neither will Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, etc.

I suspect the extremely expensive housing will go to whom it's always gone-the wealthy who are either older (no school aged kids) or those who go private b/c of lifestyle.

This idea of middle class whites taking over the city seems like a pipe dream after 3,000 years of deeply entrenched history as a black city.

All of the cities you mention are hellholes that wealthy people would never consider living in, but DC is more on the path of Manhattan, San Francisco, Seattle, and Brooklyn.

That's OPINION.

The fact is that major innercities like DC have not become predominatly white, despite an influx of gentrifiers for decades. There are middle class/wealthy, highly-educated Whites and minorities in all of those areas. But that hasn't changed demographics one bit.

DC, quite frankly, is as much of a hell hole as any other innercity. In some ways its worse. DC is definitely not on the path to Manhattan & the other places you've mentioned. You've gotta be trolling me.

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I don't think anyone reaches out to a DCPS employee specifically but our principal lives in the community and everyone at the school reads the DCUM...you know that theory "you must keep your enemies close." It was never ever a secret on how DCPS put the Eastern school community on edge about the nay-sayers of Ward 6 (Capitol Hill). Do many remember on how...Eastern wanted to become part of the Ward 7 community when the redistricting was discussed? As I remembered the Capitol Hill Community would say "technically" Eastern is not located on Capitol Hill....so the motto of Pride of Capitol Hill" is misleading. I digress.

I would recommend for this nay-sayers not to only speak with Ms. Boccardi but by all means have a discussion with Ms. Skerritt, the principal. The IB program at Eastern is doing extremely well and the first graduating class has produced some outstanding students. Each year offers promises to be better than the first and before your know it, the Best IB Program will be housed at Eastern.

Kudos, to the Eastern faculty y'all are rockstars... Eastern's Education Matter.