DC International School Enrollment Information

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

Nope not in my 12 years at DCPS. Not sure about Charters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

Income can be verified at anytime. However, proof of income is not required at the time of application. Fraudulent applications that are discovered subject the thief to prosecution. There was a recent case in the news about a federal employee who was found to have submitted a fraudulent application. She was forced to pay back all of the money, and I believe that she lost her job (not sure about the latter though).

I have never seen someone try to refute a high FARMS rate with the idea that parents are instead trying to steal free meals, and get reduced childcare. I guess that poster would prefer for us to think that DCI has a lot of thieving, dishonest parents than to take the FARMS numbers as they are--that's a new one!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

Nope not in my 12 years at DCPS. Not sure about Charters.

But in those years, did you put down an income that qualified for FARM?

If not there is no need to verify.

[Anonymous]

I am not a fan of DCI because of its technology policy and wouldn't send my child there for this reason (we'll do private). BUT, my pk-6th charter has FARMS kids who, over the last year, I have watched make enormous progress behaviorally and academically. We are about 30% I think. Those 30%, if they matriculate through to a school like DCI would, after 9 years in a quality school surrounded by 70% non-farms students have similar academic and behavioral profiles of their non-farms peers. So it won't matter if DCI is 70% farms, because these are 70% farms kids ready for middle school academically and behaviorally. That is how good schools and economically integrated schools are supposed to work.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of DCI because of its technology policy and wouldn't send my child there for this reason (we'll do private). BUT, my pk-6th charter has FARMS kids who, over the last year, I have watched make enormous progress behaviorally and academically. We are about 30% I think. Those 30%, if they matriculate through to a school like DCI would, after 9 years in a quality school surrounded by 70% non-farms students have similar academic and behavioral profiles of their non-farms peers. So it won't matter if DCI is 70% farms, because these are 70% farms kids ready for middle school academically and behaviorally. That is how good schools and economically integrated schools are supposed to work.

Only time will tell...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

Income can be verified at anytime. However, proof of income is not required at the time of application. Fraudulent applications that are discovered subject the thief to prosecution. There was a recent case in the news about a federal employee who was found to have submitted a fraudulent application. She was forced to pay back all of the money, and I believe that she lost her job (not sure about the latter though).

I have never seen someone try to refute a high FARMS rate with the idea that parents are instead trying to steal free meals, and get reduced childcare. I guess that poster would prefer for us to think that DCI has a lot of thieving, dishonest parents than to take the FARMS numbers as they are--that's a new one!

This is a DC Schools Forum ya know. That case was in Maryland.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

Nope not in my 12 years at DCPS. Not sure about Charters.

But in those years, did you put down an income that qualified for FARM?

If not there is no need to verify.

In the Ward 3 school my child attended everyone had to complete the form whether you qualified or not. As for title 1 school, you don't have to fill out the form because there are enough students who meet the threshold for receiving free lunch for all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a racist, a classist (is that even a word?) or a troll. It is fact that DCI is 52% FARMS and it is a fact that having a high FARMS rate will change the culture of the school. In my post I pointed out the plus of having a diverse population but the negative of having to provide additional support (academic and/or social) often needed in higher proverty schools. You may not have had much experience in working with kids from low income backgrounds or had kids who attended at Title 1 school, but I have.

The FARMS rate at DCI is likely to fall dramatically as feeder school kids matriculate. YY is only something like 20 percent FARMS and much of that is in the leading edge classes. I think LAMB, Stokes and MV have similar demographics.

Similar demographics in that the older grades tend to be FARMSier than younger, I mean.

From DCPCSB - Economically disadvantaged

Stokes 71%
DC Bilingual 82%
LAMB 26.9%
YY 12.7%
MV 35%

You do understand that this information is based on what a parents puts on the lunch form. People lie to reduce aftercare cost / lunch fees. Only school that receive DC voucher program varies that what is submitted on the form is acutally true.

Income isn't verified?

Nope not in my 12 years at DCPS. Not sure about Charters.

But in those years, did you put down an income that qualified for FARM?

If not there is no need to verify.

In the Ward 3 school my child attended everyone had to complete the form whether you qualified or not. As for title 1 school, you don't have to fill out the form because there are enough students who meet the threshold for receiving free lunch for all.

Sure I understand that, but l asked before whether you put down an income that would qualify for free and reduced meals. If you did not, then how would you know what kind of verification is done on those apps? From what you said, it seems you did not. You were just part of the initial data collection. But this would likely be better addressed in another thread.

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