Looking for some feedback on Eastern HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eastern's vaunted IB Diploma Program, established in 2009 under Michelle Rhee, doesn't even offer IB specific classes these days. The kids take AP classes then IB exams, which doesn't work well of course. Eastern remains a non starter for almost all in-boundary middle-class families.

This is false. I teach at Eastern. The students take IB classes and then IB exams. AP courses are separate, as are their exams.

[Anonymous]

Not in every subject. Wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eastern's vaunted IB Diploma Program, established in 2009 under Michelle Rhee, doesn't even offer IB specific classes these days. The kids take AP classes then IB exams, which doesn't work well of course. Eastern remains a non starter for almost all in-boundary middle-class families.

This is false. I teach at Eastern. The students take IB classes and then IB exams. AP courses are separate, as are their exams.

Can you share how big the IB program is? I have heard that sometimes there are as few as 4-5 students in the classes and I don't understand how that works with funding/assigning teachers? Are the IB classes separate or they functionally a section of a general education class?

How many kids are graduating with IB diplomas this year?

[Anonymous]

OP, DCUM is not the place to ask about Eastern. I know two families whose kids graduated from Eastern, and they were very happy there. I suggest you visit the school and talk to current families. Pay no mind to the DCUM crowd about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

Typical social justice hypocrisy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eastern's vaunted IB Diploma Program, established in 2009 under Michelle Rhee, doesn't even offer IB specific classes these days. The kids take AP classes then IB exams, which doesn't work well of course. Eastern remains a non starter for almost all in-boundary middle-class families.

This is false. I teach at Eastern. The students take IB classes and then IB exams. AP courses are separate, as are their exams.

Can you share how big the IB program is? I have heard that sometimes there are as few as 4-5 students in the classes and I don't understand how that works with funding/assigning teachers? Are the IB classes separate or they functionally a section of a general education class?

How many kids are graduating with IB diplomas this year?

I would love to understand how IB works at Eastern with so few students. Are they combining multiple classes together?

[Anonymous]

Eastern IB has a twitter feed--it looks like 24 students in the class of '25 are participating in IB https://twitter.com/EasternIB/status/1661452247853682688

[Anonymous]

Yes, but what kind of IB points totals are these two dozen kids earning? We've known several of these kids from the neighborhood since ES. They've told us of the top Eastern points totals as being in the high 20s in the last couple years. In the DC burbs, it's not unusual to see points totals in the high 30s and 40s in public school school-within-a-school IB programs. Do what you can to sugarcoat that one.

[Anonymous]

IBD passes run from 24 to 45 points.

[Anonymous]

My feedback on Eastern is that nobody there gives a darn about IBD points tallies. It's enough to their admins and parents that kids earn the diploma.

[Anonymous]

OP you won’t get informed opinions here. DCUM doesn’t attract folks who have kids there. DCUM is great for opinions on standardized test scores and how they compare to rich white kids.

[Anonymous]

Come on, some of us have looked seriously at Eastern for our in-boundary children over the years but aren't confident that the school would offer sufficient rigor or safety. The catchment area is more than two-thirds white these days while the school is around 1-2% high ses/white. And the crux of the problem is....lack of good information? Right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you won’t get informed opinions here. DCUM doesn’t attract folks who have kids there. DCUM is great for opinions on standardized test scores and how they compare to rich white kids.

There’s a reason for that, though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you won’t get informed opinions here. DCUM doesn’t attract folks who have kids there. DCUM is great for opinions on standardized test scores and how they compare to rich white kids.

Often standardized test scores are the only information people get. There are actually a lot of people on DCUM who are in Eastern's catchment and would love to find their IB high school is underrated and a great fit for their kid. It would solve a bunch of problems at once.