Which schools, if any, excelled during the pandemic?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like this answer is variable to the person you're asking. I've heard people complain about Lee this year, but we were actually really impressed and happy with how the school did. So it's kind of a YMMV situation.

Agreed. We were happy at Shepherd, but we were offered in-person learning. I would hazard a guess there are some unhappy Shepherd parents.

I don’t think it’s fair to list your school if you were one who got offered in person while others did not. That’s not excelling.

Ditto if your school didn’t reopen at all.

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Lafayette got everyone back. That was huge.

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Anonymous wrote:Murch

+100

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Anonymous wrote:Lafayette got everyone back. That was huge.

Everyone, as in not a single person left out? That is impressive. I think they win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like this answer is variable to the person you're asking. I've heard people complain about Lee this year, but we were actually really impressed and happy with how the school did. So it's kind of a YMMV situation.

Agreed. We were happy at Shepherd, but we were offered in-person learning. I would hazard a guess there are some unhappy Shepherd parents.

I don’t think it’s fair to list your school if you were one who got offered in person while others did not. That’s not excelling.

Ditto if your school didn’t reopen at all.

At some schools people who went back were not very happy with it. It's better if a school can make at least some fraction of it's families happy.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like this answer is variable to the person you're asking. I've heard people complain about Lee this year, but we were actually really impressed and happy with how the school did. So it's kind of a YMMV situation.

Absolutely agree. We got in-person seats early and I had the work flexibility to do early pickup before after care was offered, but I can definitely appreciate that other families had different experiences. I think the biggest things were: (1) good communication and responsiveness with the administration, including not making promises that are later pulled back; (2) understanding and flexibility with Zoom participation (especially for the youngest kids); (3) demonstrated effort to get teachers back in classrooms and give as many kids as possible the chance to go back; (4) clear transition back to in-person learning, including commitment to in-person next year, summer school, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Lafayette got everyone back. That was huge.

Everyone, as in not a single person left out? That is impressive. I think they win.

Everyone who wanted a space. There were some grades - K I think -- that took longer, but I believe everyone who wanted to had a spot in the end.

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I love how low our definition of "excellence" is.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how low our definition of "excellence" is.

Right? I think this is DCPS's plan -- lowered expectations.

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Private schools were heroic. Public/charter schools? Not so much.

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I don’t think any school that kept its doors closed for months on end can be said to have “excelled”. But kudos to Lafayette for bringing everyone back in the spring. Much better than those schools that created haves and have-nots within their communities by bringing back parts of classes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette got everyone back. That was huge.

Everyone, as in not a single person left out? That is impressive. I think they win.

Everyone who wanted a space. There were some grades - K I think -- that took longer, but I believe everyone who wanted to had a spot in the end.

Murch got everyone back too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette got everyone back. That was huge.

Everyone, as in not a single person left out? That is impressive. I think they win.

Everyone who wanted a space. There were some grades - K I think -- that took longer, but I believe everyone who wanted to had a spot in the end.

Same at Bethune 16th.

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Anonymous wrote:Private schools were heroic. Public/charter schools? Not so much.

My comparison is most of the rest of the country as well as private schools in this area. Not "did you get anyone back".

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Anonymous wrote:Private schools were heroic. Public/charter schools? Not so much.

My comparison is most of the rest of the country as well as private schools in this area. Not "did you get anyone back".

Sorry for confusion; I am agreeing with the PP.