I don't want to supplement at home

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Anonymous wrote:I'm having trouble figuring out where OP and other parents on this thread think supplementing-at-home starts and ends in its interface with your garden variety domesticity in the homes of affluent, uber educated parents. For example, we are a geography oriented family, meaning that we have "map time" before bed, rather than reading-a-story-time. We play "globe games" in the evenings, just for fun. Does our quirky bedtime routine constitute supplementing? We don't drill the kids in any subject in particular outside of the DCPS curriculum, but speak a language other than English at home (and consistently require the kids to answer in the language), and love history, politics, literature, anthropology, archeology and so forth. The kids pick up on our intellectual interests, and run with some of them in their reading, summer camp and play choices. We will opt out of standardized testing, lacking interest in how our children would score on the PARCC. Are we supplementing by making unusual lifestyle choices, or simply celebrating our joy of nerdy pursuits in a manner that draws in the next generation?

I hate when people do this. This thread is NOT about you and you know this is NOT what PPs were talking about. Go gush about your awesomeoness somewhere else.

It's a fair point. With so many braniacs on the Hill these days, no shortage of kids whose parents earned multiple STEM graduate degrees and have high-powered jobs. These kids tend to learn more at home than at school, even if official supplementing isn't done. At Brent, we've got some students whose parents are NASA engineers, because the agency's HQ is a few blocks away. These parents design Mars rovers and satellites, and instill an appreciation of math learning in their children. I hate it when people pretend that DC public schools are where the children of the highly educated do most of their learning.

Indeed, it's difficult to imagine why such special snowflakes attend school at all! The sun doesn't revolve around them yet, but Mars, its rovers and the satellites already do. Their gravitational pull will affect those test scores at Stuart Hobson any second now - really.

[Anonymous]

If you don't want to supplement at home, try to lottery into BASIS for 5th grade. They're the only school teaching the toughest math and science a math-minded middle schooler could possibly handle, including 5th grade algebra for those who test in.

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Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

[Anonymous]

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Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

[Anonymous]

I just feel like as long as this thread lurches forward, I have to keep interjecting my opinion that this is a city of terrible, whiny, insecure people
I just hope your children have nice au pairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just feel like as long as this thread lurches forward, I have to keep interjecting my opinion that this is a city of terrible, whiny, insecure people
I just hope your children have nice au pairs.

You sound like a peach!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

It depends on your circumstances but why wouldn't you take advantage of the bubble? I used Michigan park as an example but I think that's too sophisticated for people like you. It's okay, financial literacy is not for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

Yeah, the less appealing housing stock alone will prevent most people from trading Upper NW for Michigan Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

Yeah, the less appealing housing stock alone will prevent most people from trading Upper NW for Michigan Park.

Plus the lack of amenities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if they supplement at YY or LAMB outside of language supplementation?

YY family here. We only supplement for things like religious instruction, another language (not Mandarin) and sports and hobbies. The other families we know do the same. I don't know anyone who supplements for academics, math, reading, but we are in an upper grade with a child who is 2-3 grade levels ahead without outside help. Yu Ying does a good job with differentiation in their classrooms.

Yes, you do, you just don't know it. At the 3-week long Johns Hopkins CTY camp our kid attended in Alexandria (for rising 3rd to 5th graders, $2,500), we realized that some of the DCPS and DCPC families participating were keeping the arrangement private. A few parents we know from our DC neighborhood asked us not to tell others that they'd enrolled a child. Even friends in MoCo whose children take "compacted" GT math in the upper elementary grades quietly supplement with tutors, on-line programs, and math camps. They just don't talk about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if they supplement at YY or LAMB outside of language supplementation?

YY family here. We only supplement for things like religious instruction, another language (not Mandarin) and sports and hobbies. The other families we know do the same. I don't know anyone who supplements for academics, math, reading, but we are in an upper grade with a child who is 2-3 grade levels ahead without outside help. Yu Ying does a good job with differentiation in their classrooms.

Yes, you do, you just don't know it. At the 3-week long Johns Hopkins CTY camp our kid attended in Alexandria (for rising 3rd to 5th graders, $2,500), we realized that some of the DCPS and DCPC families participating were keeping the arrangement private. A few parents we know from our DC neighborhood asked us not to tell others that they'd enrolled a child. Even friends in MoCo whose children take "compacted" GT math in the upper elementary grades quietly supplement with tutors, on-line programs, and math camps. They just don't talk about it.

Interesting. Do you mind sharing which DC neighborhood? I find it so bizarre that people outwardly put down supplementation only to do so in private. It is as if your child is less intelligent if he/she requires supplementation. Also, even though the OP says she/he does not want to supplement, she/he does so in the broader sense. Personally, I think it is fine to do so and no parent should feel that they need to hide from it or be ashamed of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

Yeah, the less appealing housing stock alone will prevent most people from trading Upper NW for Michigan Park.

Oh, please. I've parked in Friendship Heights while shopping in the area. The housing stock is laughable. There's a very good reason people buy large, attractive houses in Mt. P or Columbia Heights, or Bloomingdale or whatever. The actual built city in upper NW is quite often incredibly ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

Yeah, the less appealing housing stock alone will prevent most people from trading Upper NW for Michigan Park.

Oh, please. I've parked in Friendship Heights while shopping in the area. The housing stock is laughable. There's a very good reason people buy large, attractive houses in Mt. P or Columbia Heights, or Bloomingdale or whatever. The actual built city in upper NW is quite often incredibly ugly.

There are some very beautiful houses WOTP... for $2-$3 million...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Looks like there are a few dozen folks WOTP at Yu Ying and LAMB, and more from the Hill (not just Brent zone): http://www.dcpcsb.org/washington-yu-ying-pcs-student-location-map and http://www.dcpcsb.org/latin-american-montessori-bi...ngual-pcs-student-location-map

Part of the reason why there are relatively few is that if you get in to a HRCS and live WOTP, you may move closer to your kid's school in a couple years. Why pay WOTP prices and have that commute if you think you'd be happy all the way through DCI?

If you look closely at the maps you provided, you see that the LAMB families west of the park are mostly living in rental or condo buildings. Those parents might feel like moving, because it's easy to pack up one U-Haul when you're renting. The +/- 12 SFH dwellers who live in Ward 3 and attend YY aren't going to see the family home in Chevy Chase and move to Ft Totten. C'mon. These are not interchangeable things.

I looked at the map and nowhere did it note that people were living in rental properties.

Furthermore, it makes a ton of sense to sell your Chevy Chase or woodley park or Capitol Hill home and move to Michigan park right now. Housing costs are soaring, interest rates are low, and if you don't care about schools, it makes sense to move to a closer and cheaper neighborhood.

Said no one ever

Maybe in your circle- the financially illiterate.

Exactly the smart money is leaving Chevy Chase/Woodley Park for Michigan Park

Forgot this

Yeah, the less appealing housing stock alone will prevent most people from trading Upper NW for Michigan Park.

Oh, please. I've parked in Friendship Heights while shopping in the area. The housing stock is laughable. There's a very good reason people buy large, attractive houses in Mt. P or Columbia Heights, or Bloomingdale or whatever. The actual built city in upper NW is quite often incredibly ugly.

There are some very beautiful houses WOTP... for $2-$3 million...

Sure, there are also some very beautiful houses on the Hill and downtown for $2-$3 million. What's your point? None of those families are desperately talking up their local DCPS on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if they supplement at YY or LAMB outside of language supplementation?

YY family here. We only supplement for things like religious instruction, another language (not Mandarin) and sports and hobbies. The other families we know do the same. I don't know anyone who supplements for academics, math, reading, but we are in an upper grade with a child who is 2-3 grade levels ahead without outside help. Yu Ying does a good job with differentiation in their classrooms.

Yes, you do, you just don't know it. At the 3-week long Johns Hopkins CTY camp our kid attended in Alexandria (for rising 3rd to 5th graders, $2,500), we realized that some of the DCPS and DCPC families participating were keeping the arrangement private. A few parents we know from our DC neighborhood asked us not to tell others that they'd enrolled a child. Even friends in MoCo whose children take "compacted" GT math in the upper elementary grades quietly supplement with tutors, on-line programs, and math camps. They just don't talk about it.

Interesting. Do you mind sharing which DC neighborhood? I find it so bizarre that people outwardly put down supplementation only to do so in private. It is as if your child is less intelligent if he/she requires supplementation. Also, even though the OP says she/he does not want to supplement, she/he does so in the broader sense. Personally, I think it is fine to do so and no parent should feel that they need to hide from it or be ashamed of it.

That is weird. We supplement. I don't broadcast it, but if you asked me directly, I'd tell you that I do. There's nothing wrong with it.