capital city v. oyster

[Anonymous]

To the E.L. Haynes poster, what are the chances of getting in?

[Anonymous]

Tough call. True, Capitol City goes through 12 (or will grow through 12), but OTOH Oyster is one of the legitimate pearls of DCPS. (Pun not entirely accidental). Plus, if you don't like Oyster MS there's Deal. Or better yet, Latin all the way through 12.

Nice to have choices. There a few charters that can poach students from upper NW schools, do think Cap City is really one of them? Have you gone for a visit since school started?

[Anonymous]

i am interested in gathering more responses to this thread or to the topic of "top" charter v, "top" dcps. my child is only 4, so i do not have any true experience with elementary education issues. but i do wonder things like...

are dcps schools more "stable" than charters due to the current political climate?

is the chance of receiving a creative "out of the box" education (assuming charters here) worth the risk that the charter school may be less regulated, standardized, experienced than dcps?

will a child with (let’s say mild to moderate) special needs fare better in dcps than in charters because dcps has more institutional expertise and programming in these matters?

in the case of oyster, in your experience or opinion, does the language acquisition mitigate any of dcps-related downsides (things that tend to inspire families to look at private, charter, suburban schools)?

[Anonymous]

suggest you read other threads on this forum for a lot of discussion about these topics

[Anonymous]

for 11/2 10:20 At age pre-k 4 the only way to get in for both of these schools is to win a spot on the lottery.

Advice from parent who's BTDT, research and visit at least 4 or 5 schools.

Cap City likely has the edge on special needs over Oyster since all staff (last I heard) are dual-certified in special ed and mainstream.

Oyster is great on many levels. But there are higher-performing bilingual public schools in the nearby suburbs.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:for 11/2 10:20 At age pre-k 4 the only way to get in for both of these schools is to win a spot on the lottery.

Advice from parent who's BTDT, research and visit at least 4 or 5 schools.

Cap City likely has the edge on special needs over Oyster since all staff (last I heard) are dual-certified in special ed and mainstream.

Oyster is great on many levels. But there are higher-performing bilingual public schools in the nearby suburbs.

Good luck!

what are these higher performing bilingual schools in the burbs? key in arlington in no way blows oyster out of the water. are there others? rock creek forest doesn't perform well either and is nearly impossible to get into.

[Anonymous]

plus, they all end at 5th grade, in moco

[Anonymous]

Good point 21:16.

Where's the performance data for Key in Arlington? Similarly, where's the retention date for language programs in FFX county?

OP, there are places in the DC area which are genuinely innovative and high-performance (via any given performance rubric).

Your administration is as a performance I'd never seen one until I had seen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good point 21:16.

Where's the performance data for Key in Arlington? Similarly, where's the retention date for language programs in FFX county?

OP, there are places in the DC area which are genuinely innovative and high-performance (via any given performance rubric).

Your administration is as a performance I'd never seen one until I had seen it.

I keep re-reading this sentence but I can't figure out what it means.