AA Boys at JKLMM

[Anonymous]

My DC is in K at Janney. 25 kids. 2 AA, a few white South Americans, a few Asian/South Asian, the rest white. I was pretty surprised at how few AA kids I see.

[Anonymous]

Janney second grade parent here. This post prompted me to get out the directory during this 2 hour delay.
In Janney second grade:
121 students
4 --black students with black parents
3 --black students with 1 white, 1 black parent
2 --black students adopted to white parents

[Anonymous]

In my DC's 4th grade class (23 kids), there are 5 black kids, 3 South Americans, a few Europeans.

[Anonymous]

You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

Just curious, why shouldn't "Murch" be attached to JKLM?

[Anonymous]

OP, if you are interested in a diverse school in NWDC in your neighborhood, you might look at Hearst.

[Anonymous]

I think the most important thing is the quality of education at a school, not the "diversity". I think parents need to focus on this, rather than the percentage of kids who "look" a certain way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

Just curious, why shouldn't "Murch" be attached to JKLM?

NP. Some people correctly point out that, if there can be only one /M/, it should probably be the M school with the higher scores, the better facility, and the higher SES parent body. The clear winner there is Mann. However there may be two /M/ schools in Ward 3. If so, then there's no reason not to throw in Murch. Whose facility is overcrowded, whose parent body is less uniformly high income, and, oddly, whose standardized test scores have fallen every year for the past several years, to the point that they're now lower than a bunch of other schools.

As a neighborhood parent, that last point is the most compelling one. Especially because current Murch parents publicly and proudly announce that they don't care. See previous DCUM threads.

[Anonymous]

11:31 I agree that the quality of the education (however you might measure that) is among the most important things to look for in a school. But as the parent of mixed-race children, I also want my children to look around and see all kinds of different people, both among teachers and fellow students. And as a PP noted, boys already have a hard time in most school settings -- and the research clearly shows that active boys, and active AA boys, are the first to be labeled disruptive.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 kids at Janney and this year neither has ANY African American kids in their classes. Last year one of my children had a African American classmate (singular).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you are interested in a diverse school in NWDC in your neighborhood, you might look at Hearst.

Hearst may be a school in the neighborhood but it is decidedly not a "neighborhood school." Fewer than 20% of the students come from in-boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

Just curious, why shouldn't "Murch" be attached to JKLM?

NP. Some people correctly point out that, if there can be only one /M/, it should probably be the M school with the higher scores, the better facility, and the higher SES parent body. The clear winner there is Mann. However there may be two /M/ schools in Ward 3. If so, then there's no reason not to throw in Murch. Whose facility is overcrowded, whose parent body is less uniformly high income, and, oddly, whose standardized test scores have fallen every year for the past several years, to the point that they're now lower than a bunch of other schools.

As a neighborhood parent, that last point is the most compelling one. Especially because current Murch parents publicly and proudly announce that they don't care. See previous DCUM threads.

This is bizarre. What's behind Murch's tumbling scores? And why would the parents profess not to care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the most important thing is the quality of education at a school, not the "diversity". I think parents need to focus on this, rather than the percentage of kids who "look" a certain way.

+ 100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11:31 I agree that the quality of the education (however you might measure that) is among the most important things to look for in a school. But as the parent of mixed-race children, I also want my children to look around and see all kinds of different people, both among teachers and fellow students. And as a PP noted, boys already have a hard time in most school settings -- and the research clearly shows that active boys, and active AA boys, are the first to be labeled disruptive.

This is just like our family. I would look at Stoddert, Murch, Hearst and Shepherd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:31 I agree that the quality of the education (however you might measure that) is among the most important things to look for in a school. But as the parent of mixed-race children, I also want my children to look around and see all kinds of different people, both among teachers and fellow students. And as a PP noted, boys already have a hard time in most school settings -- and the research clearly shows that active boys, and active AA boys, are the first to be labeled disruptive.

This is just like our family. I would look at Stoddert, Murch, Hearst and Shepherd.

Remember that Murch and Hearst feed to Deal for middle school. Stoddert feeds to Hardy, which is not as good.