My 2nd grader was just offered a spot at Francis Stevens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the goals of the principal is that 30% of the kids at SWWFS will get in to SWW in the next few years. So if you are higher SES and focused, you probably have a decent chance of getting into the SWW, an application only nationally ranked high school. I've visited SWW (for reasons not related to my children) and been impressed. Probably still good to be in bounds for Wilson when high school is coming up.

And since there's a decent amount of subjectivity in terms of who gets into SWW - if one scores in the top half on the test - this probably could happen although the rest of the city will probably scream that it's rigged.

Regardless I think competition to get into SWW is getting a bit stiffer by the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the goals of the principal is that 30% of the kids at SWWFS will get in to SWW in the next few years. So if you are higher SES and focused, you probably have a decent chance of getting into the SWW, an application only nationally ranked high school. I've visited SWW (for reasons not related to my children) and been impressed. Probably still good to be in bounds for Wilson when high school is coming up.

How does the principal plan to meet this goal? By raising test scores so that kids qualify to apply to SWW? Because other than raising test scores, I don't know how he can commit to getting 30% of the kids into SWW. Also, where are these goals stated? If he just made some inspirational speech at a back-to-school night event, I wouldn't put too much stock into it.

[Anonymous]

I do not personally know the details of the plan. I do know that it involved hiring / approval of the MS teachers by the magnet HS teachers. There is probably more to the plan. I'm not privy to the details and we were not at SWWFS when the switch occurred. My kids are in ECE.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I think this is just an aspiration. In the same settings, he's also said he wants every student to be able to get into an application school, be it Walls, McKinley, Ellington, etc.

I do think 4-5 students got into Walls this coming year. That's about 10% (from a class of 48).