Latin Cooper - Capitol Hill families?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear parents EOTP claim that good facilities don't matter in regard to BASIS on a regular basis. Mention BASIS' bad facilities and you're a troll, because, you know, the kids don't mind the building. The same will be said of Latin Cooper by Sept. Translation: we don't want to move from Ward 5 or 6; we're not going to move. The middle school facilities are good enough because we said so.

Let me start by observing your last sentence is one of the dumbest things I've read on DCUM in some time. School choice is exactly that, a choice. Every family makes a decision that is best for their kid/family/circumstance. Unless you you have unlimited means and political contacts there are trade-offs and choices to be made - you can't waive a magic wand or spend $1 billion to build your own school and get everything you want. So, yes, families decide on their own what is "good enough" (facilities, academics, extracurriculars, etc.), they declare it to be so and they make their own decision. Or should they be consulting you first?

With resect to Basis and its facilities, honestly you seem really bitter. I don't think anyone who sends their kid to Basis would opt for the current building and facility vs Latin's. That would be crazy. I think what you are hearing is people saying that the education that Basis offers is great enough for them to justify marginal physical space. That's a personal preference based on their own needs and wants. I don't question why someone would prioritize academics over other things (when you can't get the Basis rigor anywhere else, let alone with great facilities.) That doesn't confuse me. What confounds me is why you seem so invested in and angry about Basis's facilities and how and what other families prioritize their needs.

I am probably wasting my time here but maybe I can get you to see this by asking you to look at the exact inverse. DCPS spent $10s of millions to renovate High Schools - some of them have amazing facilities. Unfortunately they also have less than 10% of kids at grade level. I would NEVER send my kid to my IB feeder HS because the amazing facilities do not outweigh the crappy education and low performing student body. Does that decision anger you as well? Because it is the precise inverse of what angers you about Basis families deciding the education is worth the facilities trade-off.

Yes! All of this.

+2 Agree to all of this. We are a BASIS family. No, I don't love the building. My IB feeder has an amazing building. However, the academics at BASIS are far superior to what my IB school can offer. We offer my child a lot of green space and extracurriculars outside of school. It's all a balance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

Your grad degrees "care"? More than, say, undergrad degrees or HS diplomas? Weird. Mine just sit in overpriced frames. To the best of my knowledge they've never interacted with my kids, let alone expressed care or concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

Your grad degrees "care"? More than, say, undergrad degrees or HS diplomas? Weird. Mine just sit in overpriced frames. To the best of my knowledge they've never interacted with my kids, let alone expressed care or concern.

Middle/High school kid with an au pair? What's up with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

Your grad degrees "care"? More than, say, undergrad degrees or HS diplomas? Weird. Mine just sit in overpriced frames. To the best of my knowledge they've never interacted with my kids, let alone expressed care or concern.

Middle/High school kid with an au pair? What's up with that?

LOL. I guess a d-bag who thinks multiple grad degrees somehow equal "caring" also thinks that paying MULTIPLE au pairs to spend time with their kids shows love?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

And a computer lab…

😉

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

😳. This has got to be a joke. If not, have your au pairs drive on down the road and drop your kid elsewhere. Lordy.

[Anonymous]

I usually ask our au pairs to pick up our high school students at the computer lab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

And a computer lab…

😉

OMG, YES!!!!! Although if memory serves "computer lab" lady usually sticks to Basis posts. Maybe she's branching out...?

[Anonymous]

Get a life, just one dopey post. I’m still recovering from the news that Latin Cooper only offered 40 5th grade posts and we’re way down the WL.

[Anonymous]

5th grade spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a life, just one dopey post. I’m still recovering from the news that Latin Cooper only offered 40 5th grade posts and we’re way down the WL.

This. We'd love a spot at Latin 2. Our number is more than 75. Not happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get a life, just one dopey post. I’m still recovering from the news that Latin Cooper only offered 40 5th grade posts and we’re way down the WL.

This. We'd love a spot at Latin 2. Our number is more than 75. Not happening.

I don't think you are going to be as far away from getting in as you might think. When they release the next tranche of spots from everyone who doesn't enroll on May 2 that list gonna move A LOT.

[Anonymous]

I hope you're right, but doubt it. I'm under the impression that at least half the 4th graders in my kid's class in a DCPS elementary school EOTP who tried for Basis, Latin1 and Latin 2 didn't get spots.

Hardly anybody seems interested in our by right middle school and I'm not hearing much about plans to go private. Spots in acceptable programs seem scarcer than ever this year. I'm just not feeling optimistic about our 5th-12th grade prospects in DC public schools right now.

[Anonymous]

Us and several other people I know are turning down Latin II spots. The waitlist will move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Latin Cooper is right next to Extra Space Storage!

I'm the Dew Drop Inn poster. I think their building is what used to be Extra Space storage. Or maybe there's another.

It's also next to a liquor store on Franklin that's kind of shady. Kinda weird, I know but I want my kiddo to live/learn in an urban setting as kiddo has been.

I want the opposite of walking onto Landon's campus.

Not saying that the burbs are bad. Just different strokes for different folks. We have NoVa burn family that when they visit don't even know how to cross a city street. And when we visit them kiddos are bored as hell.

16 kids per class & teachers that care, windowless building next to a dive bar, metro, bike path. I WANT that.

Fine for 5th, but if they're in that building for 3 or 4 years, my kid will be missing out. We want more than teachers that care - my kids have that at home in the form of parents with multiple grad degrees and au pairs. We want playing fields/sports, music, art, a good library, nice science labs, debate team, school newspaper, robotics etc.

Cooper is not going to have any of the above being in that building. Even if they find a new location in year 2-4, it likely won’t have any of the above either, not when you are starting a campus with such a small class.