Ward 6 Elementary Schools

[Anonymous]

Can we talk smack about Eastern? I miss WSL!

[Anonymous]

Brent is wonderful. A really strong school. Unfortunately the MS situation peals off a huge portion of the students for 5th grade so the test scores are dragged down. Before you correct me, I'm sure that there are some weak 3rd and 4th graders in the pack as well, but I can't imagine that most of the 5th graders leaving doesn't hurt.

Maury is a great school too. Such a wonderful feeling, strong principal, awesome parents.

Ludlow-Taylor is really turning the corner and the new principal is helping. I was one of those who was disappointed they hired a White person, thought it sent a bad message, but I've met her a couple of times now and have been impressed. With the renovation and already solid test scores, it's in good shape.

I love JO Wilson and I love the principal. Look for lots of great things going on there.

Tyler Spanish, SWS, Logan already fabulous resources in the community. Miner is getting huge kudos for the new principal and the early childhood classrooms. Maybe some momentum to stay and diversify it some?

Tyler Regular and Payne are doing an admirable job in the face of a lot of poverty and life problems. It's not an easy task, to be sure.

I don't know enough about Amidon-Bowen to weigh in. Walker-Jones has so much going for it, but the projects right there and poverty level are difficult hurdles to overcome.

So much going on in Ward 6 and so much of it because of parent involvement. Van Ness will be the next recipient of a whole lot of parent hours going to make a school better for every child.

I miss Word Salad! I would love to see Eastern continue its upward movement. Viva Ward 6!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brent is wonderful. A really strong school. Unfortunately the MS situation peals off a huge portion of the students for 5th grade so the test scores are dragged down. Before you correct me, I'm sure that there are some weak 3rd and 4th graders in the pack as well, but I can't imagine that most of the 5th graders leaving doesn't hurt.

Maury is a great school too. Such a wonderful feeling, strong principal, awesome parents.

Ludlow-Taylor is really turning the corner and the new principal is helping. I was one of those who was disappointed they hired a White person, thought it sent a bad message, but I've met her a couple of times now and have been impressed. With the renovation and already solid test scores, it's in good shape.

I love JO Wilson and I love the principal. Look for lots of great things going on there.

Tyler Spanish, SWS, Logan already fabulous resources in the community. Miner is getting huge kudos for the new principal and the early childhood classrooms. Maybe some momentum to stay and diversify it some?

Tyler Regular and Payne are doing an admirable job in the face of a lot of poverty and life problems. It's not an easy task, to be sure.

I don't know enough about Amidon-Bowen to weigh in. Walker-Jones has so much going for it, but the projects right there and poverty level are difficult hurdles to overcome.

So much going on in Ward 6 and so much of it because of parent involvement. Van Ness will be the next recipient of a whole lot of parent hours going to make a school better for every child.

I miss Word Salad! I would love to see Eastern continue its upward movement. Viva Ward 6!

These are only Hill Schools - you've left out Seaton and Walker Jones.

second, enough with Word Salad already. How many times a day are you going to post the same thing. It's getting old.

[Anonymous]

Would it be okay if I said that i would br disappointed in the event that DCPS was to hire a black person as the next principal at Brent? Or would that be blatantly racist because i refused to consider that person on his or her own merits, including education, experience and character?

[Anonymous]

A replacement to the current Brent principal would be welcome. They could be green with purple polka-dots and I wouldn't care. Anyone, but anyone than what we have now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A replacement to the current Brent principal would be welcome. They could be green with purple polka-dots and I wouldn't care. Anyone, but anyone than what we have now.

I'm a current parent and I couldn't disagree more. Don't you know how terrible some DCPS principals are? I want to stick with Principal Young.

[Anonymous]

Some Brent parents don't have the context of working with his predecessor. It was akin to Lord of the Flies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some Brent parents don't have the context of working with his predecessor. It was akin to Lord of the Flies.

Huh? What does this mean?

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with the principal of Brent? He's great in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some Brent parents don't have the context of working with his predecessor. It was akin to Lord of the Flies.

Huh? What does this mean?

The previous principle was not very good at communicating with parents. It was a rocky start for her. I soon realized that I didn't care about the communication because I trusted her vision for the school. She was also able to get a lot done that no other principle could have because of her husband and her connections in DCPS. There were a lot of teachers she was able to get rid of, unfortunately one was a very popular librarian. The others definitely needed to go in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brent is wonderful. A really strong school. Unfortunately the MS situation peals off a huge portion of the students for 5th grade so the test scores are dragged down. Before you correct me, I'm sure that there are some weak 3rd and 4th graders in the pack as well, but I can't imagine that most of the 5th graders leaving doesn't hurt.

Maury is a great school too. Such a wonderful feeling, strong principal, awesome parents.

Ludlow-Taylor is really turning the corner and the new principal is helping. I was one of those who was disappointed they hired a White person, thought it sent a bad message, but I've met her a couple of times now and have been impressed. With the renovation and already solid test scores, it's in good shape.

I love JO Wilson and I love the principal. Look for lots of great things going on there.

Tyler Spanish, SWS, Logan already fabulous resources in the community. Miner is getting huge kudos for the new principal and the early childhood classrooms. Maybe some momentum to stay and diversify it some?

Tyler Regular and Payne are doing an admirable job in the face of a lot of poverty and life problems. It's not an easy task, to be sure.

I don't know enough about Amidon-Bowen to weigh in. Walker-Jones has so much going for it, but the projects right there and poverty level are difficult hurdles to overcome.

So much going on in Ward 6 and so much of it because of parent involvement. Van Ness will be the next recipient of a whole lot of parent hours going to make a school better for every child.

I miss Word Salad! I would love to see Eastern continue its upward movement. Viva Ward 6!

These are only Hill Schools - you've left out Seaton and Walker Jones.

second, enough with Word Salad already. How many times a day are you going to post the same thing. It's getting old.

Sorry, I've never actually posted about Word Salad before. Must be someone else. I did mention Walker Jones. I apologize for leaving out Seaton.

[Anonymous]

Word Salad
Word Salad
Word Salad

(channelling Beetlejuice)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would it be okay if I said that i would br disappointed in the event that DCPS was to hire a black person as the next principal at Brent? Or would that be blatantly racist because i refused to consider that person on his or her own merits, including education, experience and character?

And this is why it is hard to be a minority at brent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with the principal of Brent? He's great in my opinion.

Mine too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would it be okay if I said that i would br disappointed in the event that DCPS was to hire a black person as the next principal at Brent? Or would that be blatantly racist because i refused to consider that person on his or her own merits, including education, experience and character?

And this is why it is hard to be a minority at brent.

Do you fimd logical thought difficult post-lobotomy?