What happened to Brent?

[Anonymous]

What happened?

The star/score system isn't a great metric.

First, they test only the older kids. And Schools get points for a range of things you may or may not care about, like number of teachers > 15 year tenure.

[Anonymous]

For political reasons, DCPS had to come up with a metric that wouldn't accord every school that's overwhelmingly white 5 stars. They did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For political reasons, DCPS had to come up with a metric that wouldn't accord every school that's overwhelmingly white 5 stars. They did.

Wow- or Brent isn’t a 5 star school. Which is fine. But why do folks dismiss anything that doesn’t validate their previously held beliefs?
Not cool.

[Anonymous]

What's not cool is this goofy new rating system. Where's the credit for 100% in-boundary K classes? Where's the credit for more than 80% in-boundary this school year, up from around 5% in-boundary 20 years ago? Yes, that's right. No credit. No good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's not cool is this goofy new rating system. Where's the credit for 100% in-boundary K classes? Where's the credit for more than 80% in-boundary this school year, up from around 5% in-boundary 20 years ago? Yes, that's right. No credit. No good.

Well for starters it's a city-wide rating system, and that metric isn't applicable to charter schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

New principal is absolutely fantastic for examining everything and pushing for constant improvement - for kids below, at, and above grade level. So I look forward to seeing how things change in the coming years.

what were her results at Janney for this?

IMO she was not fantastic - it was her way or her way.

[Anonymous]

Right, her way or her way. At least we've got somebody who makes tough decisions and leads. We didn't have that for 6 years before her, and it was seriously frustrating.

Most of us at Brent don't need the sun, the moon and the stars in a head for the school to work for our families, not EotP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's not cool is this goofy new rating system. Where's the credit for 100% in-boundary K classes? Where's the credit for more than 80% in-boundary this school year, up from around 5% in-boundary 20 years ago? Yes, that's right. No credit. No good.

Well for starters it's a city-wide rating system, and that metric isn't applicable to charter schools.

It's a dumb politically correct and only vaguely rational city-wide rating system. Next topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's not cool is this goofy new rating system. Where's the credit for 100% in-boundary K classes? Where's the credit for more than 80% in-boundary this school year, up from around 5% in-boundary 20 years ago? Yes, that's right. No credit. No good.

You want credit for only having IB kids?

[Anonymous]

Not the poster you're responding to but YES.

Brent was a failing school 20 years ago that didn't serve kids well, OOB or IB, and wasn't popular.

Why would we want to go back to that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they still have a bullying problem? That could be part of it.

Oh come on. What idiotic things people post. We've been at Brent for 7 years for several children (two shy, one with an obvious disability) and seen almost no bullying along the way. The new playground monitors/outdoor activity leaders this year have been terrific. Brent playground mania is a thing of the past, despite the squeeze on space due to the 2 trailers.

+1. We’ve had students there since 2011 and would never have described it as having a bullying problem. There have been some kids with significant behavior issues but that’s not the same thing at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not the poster you're responding to but YES.

Brent was a failing school 20 years ago that didn't serve kids well, OOB or IB, and wasn't popular.

Why would we want to go back to that?

Another different poster but I agree that schools should receive credit for retaining IB kids. In a system of choice, having a high IB percentage means that even with options, people are sticking with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not the poster you're responding to but YES.

Brent was a failing school 20 years ago that didn't serve kids well, OOB or IB, and wasn't popular.

Why would we want to go back to that?

Wow- a 4 star school with 1 star parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the poster you're responding to but YES.

Brent was a failing school 20 years ago that didn't serve kids well, OOB or IB, and wasn't popular.

Why would we want to go back to that?

Another different poster but I agree that schools should receive credit for retaining IB kids. In a system of choice, having a high IB percentage means that even with options, people are sticking with you.

Nope. That’s about real estate. Not the school.

[Anonymous]

What? There are a bunch of DCPS elementary schools in the District surrounded by valuable real estate that in-boundary high SES parents avoid after early childhood programs, mostly in lower NW and around Cap Hill.

It takes a functional school to draw parents in and keep them.