WCP article on Watkins

[Anonymous]

Show me the JKLM, Ross, Brent and Maury parents who bail mid-year for charters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show me the JKLM, Ross, Brent and Maury parents who bail mid-year for charters.

JKLM sure -- Ross, Brent, and Maury parents would bail in heartbeat for a high demand charter in upper grades. But your anecdote seriously doesn't cut it as evidence of anything.

[Anonymous]

Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

[Anonymous]

I know Brent parents who bail in K and below for charters. The lack of a good middle school is a huge concern.

[Anonymous]

Who in DC has a guaranteed spot at a strong neighborhood middle school outside the Deal district, and maybe the Hardy district. Nobody.

Not buying that many Brent, Maury and SWS parents are charging off to charters before 5th. Yes, parents from these schools take spots at Latin and BASIS for 5th, and a handful head to charters beforehand, mostly language immersion schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know Brent parents who bail in K and below for charters. The lack of a good middle school is a huge concern.

Yes, a tiny number. The LAMB, Mundo Verde, Stokes and YY parents I know worry that they lack a good middle school, too. DCI is 2/3 FARMs and just not that hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Interesting. I wonder if they each take a token voucher or two, or a significant percentage of students via vouchers? In other words, is this a real option for parents, or not really if a tiny tiny fraction of applicants benefit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Interesting. I wonder if they each take a token voucher or two, or a significant percentage of students via vouchers? In other words, is this a real option for parents, or not really if a tiny tiny fraction of applicants benefit?

That isn't disclosed -- and certainly any student who qualifies for the voucher is going to need an addl financial aid award from most of these schools to be able to afford it. And, they have to have the smarts to get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

The list is a lot longer than that. Since this is about Capitol Hill, include St. Peter's. There are many schools where vouchers make up a healthy percentage, are very welcomed and add to economic diversity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Interesting. I wonder if they each take a token voucher or two, or a significant percentage of students via vouchers? In other words, is this a real option for parents, or not really if a tiny tiny fraction of applicants benefit?

That isn't disclosed -- and certainly any student who qualifies for the voucher is going to need an addl financial aid award from most of these schools to be able to afford it. And, they have to have the smarts to get in.

that was my original point. good luck using that voucher at Sidwell. Schools with tuition from 35-40K are nonstarters for any student who is not capable of getting in on merit and likely also able to get more serious financial aid. The school ecosystem which feeds on vouchers is lower performing parochial schools with lower costs in general. As I said, not an improvement over many public options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

The list is a lot longer than that. Since this is about Capitol Hill, include St. Peter's. There are many schools where vouchers make up a healthy percentage, are very welcomed and add to economic diversity.

St Peters is not somewhere I'd ever send my child. I'd try my luck at Payne before that.

[Anonymous]

^^^^ Good luck on that Payne trip! Wouldn't want to be your kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or give 'em vouchers. Good charter or voucher, and maybe they'll stay in the city versus moving to the 'burbs.

funny. I wouldn't be caught dead enrolling my child at a DC private that touches vouchers with a 10 foot pole. Your outcomes would be on par with random neighborhood school

Have you seen the list of schools that accept the vouchers? http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Lowell School
St. John's College High School
Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends School
Edmund Burke School
Beavoir-National Cathedral School
Natl Presbyterian School
Aidan Montessori
Visitation
Holy Trinity
St. Albans
Gonzaga
St Anselm's

http://servingourchildrendc.org/our-program/find-a-school/

Interesting. I wonder if they each take a token voucher or two, or a significant percentage of students via vouchers? In other words, is this a real option for parents, or not really if a tiny tiny fraction of applicants benefit?

That isn't disclosed -- and certainly any student who qualifies for the voucher is going to need an addl financial aid award from most of these schools to be able to afford it. And, they have to have the smarts to get in.

that was my original point. good luck using that voucher at Sidwell. Schools with tuition from 35-40K are nonstarters for any student who is not capable of getting in on merit and likely also able to get more serious financial aid. The school ecosystem which feeds on vouchers is lower performing parochial schools with lower costs in general. As I said, not an improvement over many public options.

PP, you are ignorant but I'm sure you sound smart to yourself. Keep telling yourself how you know all.