Where do your kids go to school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. The tread isn’t pointless. I, like you, come on here a lot to get advice about schools. I’m curious where everyone sends their kids to school to see if I’m getting advice solely from people who go to the most popular charters and public schools, or if there is some diversity in where people send their kids.

It's a mixed bag. I always got the feeling that most people who come here don't have children in most popular schools. They are here for advice about the less known schools. The popular schools come up when somebody says something specific about a school plus quite possible NW parents are well represented on DCUM.
Our kids go to NWDC middle and elementary school. While the schools are good, I really like it that we live so close to both of them.

I have a strong suspicion that at least half the people giving advice here don't have kids in any DCPS schools - either yet, or ever. So they're just parroting the perceived wisdom they've read on the board before, which is how "HRCS" went from being a joke term to something people will get incredibly heated about defending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. The tread isn’t pointless. I, like you, come on here a lot to get advice about schools. I’m curious where everyone sends their kids to school to see if I’m getting advice solely from people who go to the most popular charters and public schools, or if there is some diversity in where people send their kids.

You find the school that fits your kid. What good does it knowing that some stranger sent their kid to X school if it wouldn't work for you? That is what i mean by pointless. Now if you asked people if they liked their schools and would recommend them that is a different question.

[Anonymous]

Eaton and Deal.

I think you can get amazing advice on here, but also totally incorrect advice. It's a mixed bag, as with anything. So you just have to use this as one resource and verify / check out using other resources too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. The tread isn’t pointless. I, like you, come on here a lot to get advice about schools. I’m curious where everyone sends their kids to school to see if I’m getting advice solely from people who go to the most popular charters and public schools, or if there is some diversity in where people send their kids.

It's a mixed bag. I always got the feeling that most people who come here don't have children in most popular schools. They are here for advice about the less known schools. The popular schools come up when somebody says something specific about a school plus quite possible NW parents are well represented on DCUM.
Our kids go to NWDC middle and elementary school. While the schools are good, I really like it that we live so close to both of them.

I have a strong suspicion that at least half the people giving advice here don't have kids in any DCPS schools - either yet, or ever. So they're just parroting the perceived wisdom they've read on the board before, which is how "HRCS" went from being a joke term to something people will get incredibly heated about defending.

I don't know. I've found some helpful information on here, and information that turned out to be consistent with my own impressions when I did my own research/tours/etc. After spending a little time on this board, you can pretty easily distinguish the unhelpful comments with no substance from trolls or people with an ax to grind from comments that are thoughtful and helpful.

[Anonymous]

Stokes East End

[Anonymous]

LAMB.

[Anonymous]

A better question is where do you live and where does your kids go to school.

We live in Brightwood and kids attend Powell.

[Anonymous]

I think it's an interesting roll call. I also often wonder if some people even have kids at any school.

LAMB

[Anonymous]

Langley.

[Anonymous]

Two kids at Powell. We live 3 blocks away.

[Anonymous]

Yu Ying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's an interesting roll call. I also often wonder if some people even have kids at any school.

LAMB

+another one

[Anonymous]

Sela

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying

+1 - 16th Street Heights

[Anonymous]

ITS, from sixteenth street heights