Stokes Middle School
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Anonymous
| There is absolutely no discussion on Stokes students not feeding into DCI, so please stop the rumors. Stokes is looking ahead at middle school slots especially for the EE campus. Logistically, it would be very unlikely for kids to commute to DCI from EE and vice versa as it’s so far away. Frankly, other schools that feed into DCI should be looking at options as well. Also, it’s funny to hear folks wanting to push out YY and Stokes French students from DCI...it wouldn’t be a very international school if it was only Spanish/English? |
Anonymous
Another Stokes family here...it was announced in the monthly email letter from the Executive Director I agree with the previous poster that it is a tough commute for students from EE to DCI so this is probably more a solution for those students and students who don’t get into DCI |
Anonymous
Since when is speculating spreading rumors? And wow, your explanation sounds like straight up segregation. Creating a school just for the EE kids on the other side of the river is NOT a good look. |
Anonymous
My understanding is the EE kids already don’t have rights to attend DCI anyway. Nor do the MV2 campus kids. Is that wrong? Why would Brookland Stokes kids lose rights to DCI? That makes no sense. |
Anonymous
Not PP. EE already is a separate school from Brookland, so I don't get your point about "segregation." This would just effectively extend EE from PK3-5 to PK3-8. Opening a brand-new middle school on-site so the kids can continue through middle school is a much better "look," in my opinion, than offering them spots at a campus that's 45+ minutes away in traffic. But it will be interesting to see how the preferences are handled between Brookland, EE, DCI, and the new middle school. |
Anonymous
They all have the same preference, no longer a right. |
Anonymous
No it’s NOT a good look to create a middle school just for the EE kids and not the Brookland kids too. If Stokes is going to create a middle school, it should be for all their students not preferentially just for students at 1 campus. |
Anonymous
I guess I just assumed there wouldn't be many Brookland kids who would travel to EE for a middle school, if they have access to DCI (middle and high school) WOTR. But we're all just speculating. No idea how they will manage the preferences for the middle school. They need to implement the at-risk preference first... |
Anonymous
The issue is not the commute. The issue is access to all and fairness without discriminating against 1 subset of students. Families can decide if they want to send their kids there or not for whatever reason. But not even giving certain families the choice is the issue. Come on, you’re not really worried about the at risk kids. You’re worried that if Stokes has a middle school for all, that it may have a negative impact on your child at Brookland getting into DCI or that Stokes would lose its DCI preference. |
Anonymous
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Honestly, DCI should never have put their school in a location inaccessible or difficult to get to by so many students in the city. It sends a loud and clear message about which students they want to serve.
Stokes creating another MS could be a way for them to show that they believe in equity, but if the new campus is only intended as a school for those “other” kids EOTR, then it does the opposite. Before they even think about opening a MS campus, they need to figure out their EE campus. The experience at EE is not like the one at Brookland, AND EE was already sued. |
Anonymous
Are the EE kids actually losing their preference at DCI, though? Or would they still have it and also have the right to continue at EE middle school? |
Anonymous
Nobody knows! They literally JUST started planning. We're 3 years away. |
Anonymous
| I look at this as a responsible approach by the Stokes school administration to create access to a middle school feeder for all of its students. There was nothing said about who would/would not feed into this proposed MS vs DCI, but it’s more of a focus on equity and creating access. And I agree with the poster that says DCI decided to locate somewhere that is very difficult to commute to for the vast majority of families. |
Anonymous
Im the most recent PP you responded to. You are misunderstanding me. I have a kid at EE. Brookland is roughly between DCI and EE, so many families could probably swing both for middle school. EE is very, very far from DCI. My concern would be Brookland families taking spots at EE, thereby "forcing" some EE families into DCI (which is not feasible). As per my previous post, i don't know how likely it would be for Brookland families to want to come to the new EE middle school, given that DCI also had HS, but it's something that should be considered. The reference to at risk was just to demonstrate that this discussion is premature. Stokes is working on implementing the at risk preference at its existing campuses. That is more pressing than a middle school discussion right now. |
Anonymous
It never was a right - always a preference, but now there is not enough space for everyone. |