Joe Weedon wants permission to send his daughter to Walls

[Anonymous]

“In Eastern, the Weedons see a school on the rise. A school with a strong principal that could offer their daughter robust social and extracurricular options, but a school they aren’t entirely convinced would provide her the academic rigor she is seeking.”

So even Weedon, whose been on the Eastern PTO thinks the academic rigor is lacking? Wow.

[Anonymous]

“According to city data, 130 students who live within Eastern’s boundary attend Basis DC charter school and Washington Latin Public Charter School. More than 100 students attend School Without Walls, a prestigious application high school that Malia Weedon is considering. And nearly 80 attend Friendship Public Charter School, a respected charter network with a mostly African American student body.”

Hmmmm wait for DCI to enter the mix.

[Anonymous]

“While the Weedons have seen the social and community benefits that come with attending their neighborhood middle school, they have also encountered the challenges. Most prominently: high turnover among teachers and administrators, which leads to an unstable academic environment. His daughter says she has become an expert card player because of all the free time she has had with substitute teachers.”

Amazing. I am hopeful that my children will learn more than cards in middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“In Eastern, the Weedons see a school on the rise. A school with a strong principal that could offer their daughter robust social and extracurricular options, but a school they aren’t entirely convinced would provide her the academic rigor she is seeking.”

So even Weedon, whose been on the Eastern PTO thinks the academic rigor is lacking? Wow.

Would you prefer that he pretend it is all unicorns and rainbows? Having a realistic view of how things are is necessary to eventually effectuate positive change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Christine Clapp, whose two children attend Maury Elementary and are years away from high school, attended a theory of knowledge class at Eastern last year, observing students discuss how historians create knowledge and humans learn to process that knowledge as fact.

The invitation was part of Principal Sah Brown’s plan to introduce residents to Eastern.

Clapp, who is white, came away impressed. After the visit, it was decided.

Her children would attend Eastern.

“I want my kids to know they are no better than any other kids from any other background and to pull them out of their feeder school because it’s predominantly black school, that sends the wrong message,” Clapp said.”

One Tok class is not enough to make me choose Eastern. ToK is taught at every IB school, like for instance, DCI.

I wonder what this parent would think of my kids, who aren’t white and choose charter. I’m not sending my kids to E-H or Eastern.

I think the point is that the Eastern class showed her that it's good enough for her kids, not that it's uniquely good.

I think her statements are specifically about her and her family's values. I admire her efforts - not sure I will make the same decisions, but very glad to have parents like her around.

Hmm I do not care for people who send the message that those of us with high academic standards are racists.

I see that you're not making an effort to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“According to city data, 130 students who live within Eastern’s boundary attend Basis DC charter school and Washington Latin Public Charter School. More than 100 students attend School Without Walls, a prestigious application high school that Malia Weedon is considering. And nearly 80 attend Friendship Public Charter School, a respected charter network with a mostly African American student body.”

Hmmmm wait for DCI to enter the mix.

And if you add in all the high school students in private and parochial, you probably have over 400 families actively avoiding Eastern. It’s chicken and egg - test scores will bring the families, but you need the students to bring the test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Christine Clapp, whose two children attend Maury Elementary and are years away from high school, attended a theory of knowledge class at Eastern last year, observing students discuss how historians create knowledge and humans learn to process that knowledge as fact.

The invitation was part of Principal Sah Brown’s plan to introduce residents to Eastern.

Clapp, who is white, came away impressed. After the visit, it was decided.

Her children would attend Eastern.

“I want my kids to know they are no better than any other kids from any other background and to pull them out of their feeder school because it’s predominantly black school, that sends the wrong message,” Clapp said.”

One Tok class is not enough to make me choose Eastern. ToK is taught at every IB school, like for instance, DCI.

I wonder what this parent would think of my kids, who aren’t white and choose charter. I’m not sending my kids to E-H or Eastern.

I think the point is that the Eastern class showed her that it's good enough for her kids, not that it's uniquely good.

I think her statements are specifically about her and her family's values. I admire her efforts - not sure I will make the same decisions, but very glad to have parents like her around.

Hmm I do not care for people who send the message that those of us with high academic standards are racists.

I see that you're not making an effort to understand.

DP. If we were in Appalachia and the poor performing kids were mostly white, would it still be racist to not want a kid to attend that school?

If not, why is it about race, rather than academic performance, here.

Plenty of people do and would send their kids to schools with a decent portion of minority students when those students achieve at or above grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She wants to go to Eastern: Let her go there.

This, exactly. She is old enough to make that decision. I think, in most cases, a parent overruling a teenager’s thoughtful decision about where they want to attend school is a terrible idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Christine Clapp, whose two children attend Maury Elementary and are years away from high school, attended a theory of knowledge class at Eastern last year, observing students discuss how historians create knowledge and humans learn to process that knowledge as fact.

The invitation was part of Principal Sah Brown’s plan to introduce residents to Eastern.

Clapp, who is white, came away impressed. After the visit, it was decided.

Her children would attend Eastern.

“I want my kids to know they are no better than any other kids from any other background and to pull them out of their feeder school because it’s predominantly black school, that sends the wrong message,” Clapp said.”

One Tok class is not enough to make me choose Eastern. ToK is taught at every IB school, like for instance, DCI.

I wonder what this parent would think of my kids, who aren’t white and choose charter. I’m not sending my kids to E-H or Eastern.

I think the point is that the Eastern class showed her that it's good enough for her kids, not that it's uniquely good.

I think her statements are specifically about her and her family's values. I admire her efforts - not sure I will make the same decisions, but very glad to have parents like her around.

Hmm I do not care for people who send the message that those of us with high academic standards are racists.

I see that you're not making an effort to understand.

DP. If we were in Appalachia and the poor performing kids were mostly white, would it still be racist to not want a kid to attend that school?

If not, why is it about race, rather than academic performance, here.

Plenty of people do and would send their kids to schools with a decent portion of minority students when those students achieve at or above grade level.

We're not in appalachia, and if the impression you got from her comments is that she wants to castigate everyone else for being racist and that academics don't matter -- well, you're engaged in some major projection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Christine Clapp, whose two children attend Maury Elementary and are years away from high school, attended a theory of knowledge class at Eastern last year, observing students discuss how historians create knowledge and humans learn to process that knowledge as fact.

The invitation was part of Principal Sah Brown’s plan to introduce residents to Eastern.

Clapp, who is white, came away impressed. After the visit, it was decided.

Her children would attend Eastern.

“I want my kids to know they are no better than any other kids from any other background and to pull them out of their feeder school because it’s predominantly black school, that sends the wrong message,” Clapp said.”

One Tok class is not enough to make me choose Eastern. ToK is taught at every IB school, like for instance, DCI.

I wonder what this parent would think of my kids, who aren’t white and choose charter. I’m not sending my kids to E-H or Eastern.

I think the point is that the Eastern class showed her that it's good enough for her kids, not that it's uniquely good.

I think her statements are specifically about her and her family's values. I admire her efforts - not sure I will make the same decisions, but very glad to have parents like her around.

Hmm I do not care for people who send the message that those of us with high academic standards are racists.

I see that you're not making an effort to understand.

DP. If we were in Appalachia and the poor performing kids were mostly white, would it still be racist to not want a kid to attend that school?

If not, why is it about race, rather than academic performance, here.

Plenty of people do and would send their kids to schools with a decent portion of minority students when those students achieve at or above grade level.

We're not in appalachia, and if the impression you got from her comments is that she wants to castigate everyone else for being racist and that academics don't matter -- well, you're engaged in some major projection.

DP- she absolutely does castigate neighbors who choose charters.

[Anonymous]

I like Joe, but this article was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I thought this quote was interesting.. Now we know how the finalists are selected and why there is such a long wait list.

"qualified students have to win a lottery to secure a slot"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought this quote was interesting.. Now we know how the finalists are selected and why there is such a long wait list.

"qualified students have to win a lottery to secure a slot"

Eh, that quote is a pretty gross oversimplication of the process (which is fine, the high school selective schools selection process is not the focus of the story...).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be more forgiving if Weedon didn’t judge parents who picked other schools for their kid because that’s what was best for their kid. For years anyone choosing charter was racist. I have personally gotten pushback from some of my neighbors (like Weedon) for going with a popular charter. I have no problem pointing out their hypocrisy now.

Sounds like he owes you an apology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She wants to go to Eastern: Let her go there.

It read to me like she wasn’t sure — because she ants a more rigorous experience than she had at EH.

I hate that the Weedons cooperated and did this article with the Post before making a decision.

In the story he is quoted about not wanting to put too much on his 14-year’s shoulders, and yet they do this article putting their “difficult” decision on display for all to see.

Finally, there are other academically rigorous applications schools that are majority black she could have applied to, which happen to be closer to home — Banneker?