DCI or Stuart Hobson for anxious child

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Anonymous wrote:Which would you pick? Both are a commute, though SH is marginally closer. High school is not a concern because we'll be moving after middle school. She's bilingual. She has friends planning to go to both. She does well in school, typically above grade level, but not super advanced. I'm mostly worried about the school environment. Disruptive behaviors in class really stress her out. She's on medication and in therapy, but it's still hard, so a relatively well organized environment would really help her.

Her brother is the grade below and struggles more in school (though is mostly on grade level) and has ADHD, and I'd love advice for him too.

Are you in a DCI feeder? You will not get into Spanish unless you are in a feeder.

OP here - yes.

This feels like hot BS. If you didn’t put dci as number one for feeder preference, you didn’t get in. If you live on Capitol Hill and are inbounds, you would know dci is pretty far away.

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NP

This is patently false and not how the lottery works. Assuming you don't get into the schools you rank above it, putting a school at #3 vs. #1 DOES NOT impact whether you get an offer there.

If you put:

#1: Deal
#2: Inspired Teaching
#3: DCI (with feeder preference)

And you get a meh number, you obviously won't get into Deal, and you won't get into ITDS, but you'll probably get into DCI. Your chances of getting into DCI with that same meh lottery number do not change if you just put DCI #1.

True order of preference, people. True order of preference.

Please contact my school dc and confirm this because I was DIRECTLY TOLD by my school dc phone that I had to list dci first to get feeder preference. I was not told this by dci but I was told this by myschool dc. It didn’t matter to me bc dci was our first choice but you really want to confirm this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is at a DCI feeder, did they do a shadow day at DCI? that would give them a good sense of how chaotic the school is.

There is more teacher turnover at DCI, but Stuart-Hobson has more of those really old-school teachers no one can ever get rid of.

It really depends on what makes your kid anxious. My anxious kid just powered through DCI middle school, but was a bundle of nerves and we struggled with truancy.

This doesn’t seem like a ringing endorsement.

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Anonymous wrote:Which would you pick? Both are a commute, though SH is marginally closer. High school is not a concern because we'll be moving after middle school. She's bilingual. She has friends planning to go to both. She does well in school, typically above grade level, but not super advanced. I'm mostly worried about the school environment. Disruptive behaviors in class really stress her out. She's on medication and in therapy, but it's still hard, so a relatively well organized environment would really help her.

Her brother is the grade below and struggles more in school (though is mostly on grade level) and has ADHD, and I'd love advice for him too.

Are you in a DCI feeder? You will not get into Spanish unless you are in a feeder.

OP here - yes.

This feels like hot BS. If you didn’t put dci as number one for feeder preference, you didn’t get in. If you live on Capitol Hill and are inbounds, you would know dci is pretty far away.

Write better fanfiction.

NP

This is patently false and not how the lottery works. Assuming you don't get into the schools you rank above it, putting a school at #3 vs. #1 DOES NOT impact whether you get an offer there.

If you put:

#1: Deal
#2: Inspired Teaching
#3: DCI (with feeder preference)

And you get a meh number, you obviously won't get into Deal, and you won't get into ITDS, but you'll probably get into DCI. Your chances of getting into DCI with that same meh lottery number do not change if you just put DCI #1.

True order of preference, people. True order of preference.

Please contact my school dc and confirm this because I was DIRECTLY TOLD by my school dc phone that I had to list dci first to get feeder preference. I was not told this by dci but I was told this by myschool dc. It didn’t matter to me bc dci was our first choice but you really want to confirm this.

This is the exact language on DCI's admissions page:

Do member school students have to rank DCI 1st on the My School DC application?
You should rank schools in the order of your true preference. If you are matched with a school that you rank above DCI, you will lose your priority benefit to DCI.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OChUXlUN_KHLWrv1Mz3x4Ism2xD8KkZl/edit

[Anonymous]

DCI parent of middle schooler here. FWIW, no major behavior issues in my kids class. My kid is in the higher track classes so I can’t comment on the other tracks. Hallways can be crowded between classes though.

[Anonymous]

DCI middle school parent here. I found transition to middle school to be very well managed for the 6th graders, and liked the way that student proficiency is used to place in math, English, and language levels. If your kid is at a DCI feeder now they will also know more kids at DCI.

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If your kid is good at languages, wants to study abroad, or is interested in stem, or likes performing arts or sports, DCI is a great choice. Also DCI runs from 6th grade to 12th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is good at languages, wants to study abroad, or is interested in stem, or likes performing arts or sports, DCI is a great choice. Also DCI runs from 6th grade to 12th grade.

OP is moving after middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:DCI has less experienced teachers and more turnover. It is bigger than SH and can seem pretty chaotic at times. We have a kid with an IEP and were at a feeder and we did not opt for DCI after getting feedback from other parents of children with IEPs and 504s.

We went private. We planned to do it anyhow for high school but decided to make the leap for MS. We know we are fortunate to have this choice.

[Anonymous]

This is a no brainer. DCi doesn’t have fights at school, valing, or those things and you have a good high school too.

If your kid OP can’t handle a medium size school like DCI with her anxiety then you should look into privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a no brainer. DCi doesn’t have fights at school, valing, or those things and you have a good high school too.

If your kid OP can’t handle a medium size school like DCI with her anxiety then you should look into privates.

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[Anonymous]

OP, I’m not familiar with DCI, but am intimately acquainted with Stuart-Hobson since I work there. Like most middle schools, it has its challenges (hallway transitions can be noisy, DCPS mandates don’t always make sense) but it’s a solid school with a large cohort of high-performing kids and increasing buy-in from families who live in boundary.

Off the top of my head, I can think of dozens of girls at Stuart-Hobson who sound similar to your daughter, and they are having good experiences at the school. Advanced course offerings in math, award-winning extracurricular activities, an incredible school library, and most importantly, solid teachers with classroom management experience.

However, Stuart-Hobson can’t compete with DCI when it comes to language offerings, so I w

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I’m not familiar with DCI, but am intimately acquainted with Stuart-Hobson since I work there. Like most middle schools, it has its challenges (hallway transitions can be noisy, DCPS mandates don’t always make sense) but it’s a solid school with a large cohort of high-performing kids and increasing buy-in from families who live in boundary.

Off the top of my head, I can think of dozens of girls at Stuart-Hobson who sound similar to your daughter, and they are having good experiences at the school. Advanced course offerings in math, award-winning extracurricular activities, an incredible school library, and most importantly, solid teachers with classroom management experience.

However, Stuart-Hobson can’t compete with DCI when it comes to language offerings, so I w

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So I would go for DCI if she wants to continue advancing in her second language.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I’m not familiar with DCI, but am intimately acquainted with Stuart-Hobson since I work there. Like most middle schools, it has its challenges (hallway transitions can be noisy, DCPS mandates don’t always make sense) but it’s a solid school with a large cohort of high-performing kids and increasing buy-in from families who live in boundary.

Off the top of my head, I can think of dozens of girls at Stuart-Hobson who sound similar to your daughter, and they are having good experiences at the school. Advanced course offerings in math, award-winning extracurricular activities, an incredible school library, and most importantly, solid teachers with classroom management experience.

However, Stuart-Hobson can’t compete with DCI when it comes to language offerings, so I w

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So I would go for DCI if she wants to continue advancing in her second language.

DCI has way more advance offerings in math. SH math is not advance, it’s basically grade level.

[Anonymous]

Send your kids to private school. They're only here in this environment for a short time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I’m not familiar with DCI, but am intimately acquainted with Stuart-Hobson since I work there. Like most middle schools, it has its challenges (hallway transitions can be noisy, DCPS mandates don’t always make sense) but it’s a solid school with a large cohort of high-performing kids and increasing buy-in from families who live in boundary.

Off the top of my head, I can think of dozens of girls at Stuart-Hobson who sound similar to your daughter, and they are having good experiences at the school. Advanced course offerings in math, award-winning extracurricular activities, an incredible school library, and most importantly, solid teachers with classroom management experience.

However, Stuart-Hobson can’t compete with DCI when it comes to language offerings, so I w

Sent too soon!

So I would go for DCI if she wants to continue advancing in her second language.

DCI has way more advance offerings in math. SH math is not advance, it’s basically grade level.

Haha, this poster shows up on every thread that mentions SH to bash their math offerings. You can tell it’s the same person because they write “advance” math instead of “advanced.”