JKLM residents are killing elementaries in lower NW

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

You bet, from Palisades to Appletree CH

+1 Tenleytown to the same!

Palisades-to-Appletree CH -- IF that's true -- works on the Hill. Same for Tenley. Nobody in her right mind would make that commute 2x a day in rush hour and breeze past a zillion other options along the way.[/
No, we don't work in the Hill, my husband drops off and I pick up. We both work downtown, and even if we live in 20016, that does not mean we want to spend the cash to pay for private preschool for two kids. We played the lottery, got matched up with what was not our first option in terms of commute, but are happy we got matched at all. And at the end of the day, I pay taxes like everybody else in the city, so why couldn't I have access to any public school I want? All IB kids have priority anyway, so I'm not taking anything away from the neighborhood, right? And if I apply the same logic of OP, do I have the right to get upset later on about the OOB kids going to my very desirable IB school?

Great point. Let's get rid of all those OOBers who are killing Ward 3 schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

You bet, from Palisades to Appletree CH

+1 Tenleytown to the same!

Palisades-to-Appletree CH -- IF that's true -- works on the Hill. Same for Tenley. Nobody in her right mind would make that commute 2x a day in rush hour and breeze past a zillion other options along the way.[/
No, we don't work in the Hill, my husband drops off and I pick up. We both work downtown, and even if we live in 20016, that does not mean we want to spend the cash to pay for private preschool for two kids. We played the lottery, got matched up with what was not our first option in terms of commute, but are happy we got matched at all. And at the end of the day, I pay taxes like everybody else in the city, so why couldn't I have access to any public school I want? All IB kids have priority anyway, so I'm not taking anything away from the neighborhood, right? And if I apply the same logic of OP, do I have the right to get upset later on about the OOB kids going to my very desirable IB school?

Great point. Let's get rid of all those OOBers who are killing Ward 3 schools.

Let's see how they like it now!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

You bet, from Palisades to Appletree CH

+1 Tenleytown to the same!

Palisades-to-Appletree CH -- IF that's true -- works on the Hill. Same for Tenley. Nobody in her right mind would make that commute 2x a day in rush hour and breeze past a zillion other options along the way.[/
No, we don't work in the Hill, my husband drops off and I pick up. We both work downtown, and even if we live in 20016, that does not mean we want to spend the cash to pay for private preschool for two kids. We played the lottery, got matched up with what was not our first option in terms of commute, but are happy we got matched at all. And at the end of the day, I pay taxes like everybody else in the city, so why couldn't I have access to any public school I want? All IB kids have priority anyway, so I'm not taking anything away from the neighborhood, right? And if I apply the same logic of OP, do I have the right to get upset later on about the OOB kids going to my very desirable IB school?

Great point. Let's get rid of all those OOBers who are killing Ward 3 schools.

Let's see how they like it now!

Happily at my EOTP and wish all you 3rd Ward-types would just keep the hell out so we could cultivate our gardens.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

You bet, from Palisades to Appletree CH

+1 Tenleytown to the same!

Palisades-to-Appletree CH -- IF that's true -- works on the Hill. Same for Tenley. Nobody in her right mind would make that commute 2x a day in rush hour and breeze past a zillion other options along the way.[/
No, we don't work in the Hill, my husband drops off and I pick up. We both work downtown, and even if we live in 20016, that does not mean we want to spend the cash to pay for private preschool for two kids. We played the lottery, got matched up with what was not our first option in terms of commute, but are happy we got matched at all. And at the end of the day, I pay taxes like everybody else in the city, so why couldn't I have access to any public school I want? All IB kids have priority anyway, so I'm not taking anything away from the neighborhood, right? And if I apply the same logic of OP, do I have the right to get upset later on about the OOB kids going to my very desirable IB school?

Great point. Let's get rid of all those OOBers who are killing Ward 3 schools.

Let's see how they like it now!

Happily at my EOTP and wish all you 3rd Ward-types would just keep the hell out so we could cultivate our gardens.

I hope this post is a joke. It would be too sad if not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

You bet, from Palisades to Appletree CH

+1 Tenleytown to the same!

Palisades-to-Appletree CH -- IF that's true -- works on the Hill. Same for Tenley. Nobody in her right mind would make that commute 2x a day in rush hour and breeze past a zillion other options along the way.[/
No, we don't work in the Hill, my husband drops off and I pick up. We both work downtown, and even if we live in 20016, that does not mean we want to spend the cash to pay for private preschool for two kids. We played the lottery, got matched up with what was not our first option in terms of commute, but are happy we got matched at all. And at the end of the day, I pay taxes like everybody else in the city, so why couldn't I have access to any public school I want? All IB kids have priority anyway, so I'm not taking anything away from the neighborhood, right? And if I apply the same logic of OP, do I have the right to get upset later on about the OOB kids going to my very desirable IB school?

Great point. Let's get rid of all those OOBers who are killing Ward 3 schools.

Let's see how they like it now!

Happily at my EOTP and wish all you 3rd Ward-types would just keep the hell out so we could cultivate our gardens.

I hope this post is a joke. It would be too sad if not.

Why do Ward 3-types find it so hard to believe that their (temporary) contributions are unwanted?

[Anonymous]

Do people actually think like this in real life? I swear I've never had any conversations like this among my friends who live in Upper NW DC, the Hill, EOTP, etc.

[Anonymous]

This has a very simple solution: FARM students should have priority in OOB placements. Then we wealthier ward 3 types and gentrifiers in other wards who can afford day care and have higher educational bacwould not take the spots that would most benefit others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people actually think like this in real life? I swear I've never had any conversations like this among my friends who live in Upper NW DC, the Hill, EOTP, etc.

No, it only happens on DCUM, where anonymity lets irrational thought come to the fore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has a very simple solution: FARM students should have priority in OOB placements. Then we wealthier ward 3 types and gentrifiers in other wards who can afford day care and have higher educational bacwould not take the spots that would most benefit others.

?

Heard of a decades-old, multi-billion program named HeadStart?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do people actually think like this in real life? I swear I've never had any conversations like this among my friends who live in Upper NW DC, the Hill, EOTP, etc.

No, it only happens on DCUM, where anonymity lets irrational thought come to the fore.

Can you imagine OP trying to explain his funny claims at a friendly BBQ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

You bet, from Palisades to Appletree CH

+1 Tenleytown to the same!

Palisades-to-Appletree CH -- IF that's true -- works on the Hill. Same for Tenley. Nobody in her right mind would make that commute 2x a day in rush hour and breeze past a zillion other options along the way.[/
No, we don't work in the Hill, my husband drops off and I pick up. We both work downtown, and even if we live in 20016, that does not mean we want to spend the cash to pay for private preschool for two kids. We played the lottery, got matched up with what was not our first option in terms of commute, but are happy we got matched at all. And at the end of the day, I pay taxes like everybody else in the city, so why couldn't I have access to any public school I want? All IB kids have priority anyway, so I'm not taking anything away from the neighborhood, right? And if I apply the same logic of OP, do I have the right to get upset later on about the OOB kids going to my very desirable IB school?

Great point. Let's get rid of all those OOBers who are killing Ward 3 schools.

Let's see how they like it now!

Happily at my EOTP and wish all you 3rd Ward-types would just keep the hell out so we could cultivate our gardens.

I hope this post is a joke. It would be too sad if not.

Why do Ward 3-types find it so hard to believe that their (temporary) contributions are unwanted?

Oh, no, we do believe that there are hateful types like you. We just never give up hope that someone is just cracking a joke instead of being a bigoted jerk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

New poster. Also own a house in 20016, have high HHI, and drive my kid across the park for a non-language-immersion PK3.

Your HHI can't be that "high" if you really make that schlep for free Powell, passing by St. Columba's on the way.

Is it really so inconceivable to you that someone would make this choice? I find that sad.

It is sad that you make this choice when you have the money for better options. In this (rare) case I do think you are 'stealing a seat', but also, parents like you are probably helping keep the system accountable to parents who aren't as appropriately responsible and communicative re: their children.

I would be annoyed as hell to not get into my local school because of a parent like you, commuting so far who may not be keeping your child there beyond pk, yet I also acknowledge you are part of the reason the school may be improving.

It's also an indicator this isn't 'your community' if you don't move and mix with the other parents on a regular basis. Are you hanging out at barbeques, playdates and parties in se/me? Are these your people?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't most jklm do private preschool?

Yes, absolutely for age 3. I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4. One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.

Fight by anecdote! I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school. So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing!

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know who own homes in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3? Be honest.

We do....20016 code.

No you don't. No way.

New poster. Also own a house in 20016, have high HHI, and drive my kid across the park for a non-language-immersion PK3.

Your HHI can't be that "high" if you really make that schlep for free Powell, passing by St. Columba's on the way.

Is it really so inconceivable to you that someone would make this choice? I find that sad.

It is sad that you make this choice when you have the money for better options. In this (rare) case I do think you are 'stealing a seat', but also, parents like you are probably helping keep the system accountable to parents who aren't as appropriately responsible and communicative re: their children.

I would be annoyed as hell to not get into my local school because of a parent like you, commuting so far who may not be keeping your child there beyond pk, yet I also acknowledge you are part of the reason the school may be improving.

It's also an indicator this isn't 'your community' if you don't move and mix with the other parents on a regular basis. Are you hanging out at barbeques, playdates and parties in se/me? Are these your people?

No one is being kept out of their local school because of someone coming in OOB. Not anywhere. IB children in DCPS have first priority.

[NWDC]

Yep, 11:49's second paragraph is 100% factually wrong, yet somehow her third paragraph is even dumber.

[Anonymous]

NWDC wrote:Yep, 11:49's second paragraph is 100% factually wrong, yet somehow her third paragraph is even dumber.

Yes, I was just going to ignore the "are these your people?" and try to assume the best.