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Crazy to move from BCC cluster ES to Janney/Deal/Wilson for schools?
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Anonymous
| Wilson is amazing, as PP says. People who speak ill o fit usually know nothing about what the school offers. Deal is big, but the drama about it on DCUM is a tad overblown, and the academics are respected by any private high school you may want to attend (getting in is another matter, which is true of anyone). The feeder ES are great, and if I were to choose one today, my top picks would be Murch and Mann. |
Anonymous
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We moved from DC to BCC because the middle school and high schools are so much stronger for the general population. These are not small differences in basic proficiency standards. We didn't want to feel pressured to pay for 2 kids in private high school.
BCC https://www.niche.com/k12/bethesda-chevy-chase-high-school-bethesda-md/ Percent Proficient - Reading-88% Percent Proficient - Math-92% Average SAT 1290 Wilson https://www.niche.com/k12/woodrow-wilson-high-school-washington-dc/ Percent Proficient - Reading-21% Percent Proficient - Math-19% Average SAT 1150 |
Anonymous
Right, but that makes sense because DC has a lot more kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. But if you make apples to apples comparisons, you'll see similar performance--for example, for white (presumably affluent) students in both groups. |
Anonymous
That's too scary to be true. Are those stats real? |
Anonymous
Also, check p. 2 of this thread--apparently white 4th and 8th grade students in DC have the best math and reading scores in the country. |
Anonymous
No, Niche data are not up to date. |
Anonymous
I hate when people say things like this. It's as if the students of color don't matter. BCC is plenty diverse but manages to serve students other than the white ones. If Wilson is truly a "great school," it should be excelling in educating a broader swath of students, not just the rich white ones. |
Anonymous
So if your kid isn't white, they should go to BCC? |
Anonymous
This is the most recent data DCPS reported to the Department of Education. That's where Niche gets them. |
Anonymous
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BCC parent here who's very happy with her kids' education and related opportunities at the school. There are something like 100 clubs and a parent foundation that raises a couple of hundred thousand dollars each year to enhance the programming and education. I wouldn't swap that Wilson under any circumstances -- probably wouldn't swap for Whitman or any of the other sought-after MCPS HS either for that matter. I teach at the university level and I agree that well-off kids typically do well whereever they're planted. But to suggest that DCPS is a better education than MCPS is really divorced from reality.
I have friends in NWDC who've done both public and private, and I don't know anyone who regrets their choices. But I think a mom of toddlers who's considering moving because she is freaked out about MCPS elementary schools in one of the wealthiest parts of the county has spent way too much time reading the nonsense on DCUM. |
Anonymous
PP here. I absolutely agree with you on this point, although this is somewhat of a separate discussion. To the extent that white race is a reliable proxy for kids from affluent, educated families, white kids are doing comparably (better?) in DC relative to Bethesda. There have been other threads about this where a data person compared scores for Bethesda vs. DC schools for white kids, and found that white kids did as well or better in DC relative to Bethesda. As for kids who are not white, I'm not sure how the schools compare. There tend to be large disparities between white/Asian and black/Latino scores in all school systems, so I'd expect one at BCC too (although probably not as pronounced, given the higher SES of kids in the BCC area). I assume most posters here are white (I'm not), and are concerned about their kids going to schools with lower average test scores than in the burbs. However, the test scores broken down by demographics suggest that this doesn't really affect their children's academic achievement. I'd be more concerned about Wilson if a POC family, but not for white families. |
Anonymous
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Wow, this thread is eye opening. So the snobs in upper NW feel like they're not snobs because the snobs in MoCo are much bigger snobs. Now I get it! Upper NW feel like they're rough and toughing it out in the big bad city, compared to MoCo. This is hilarious.
Us poor EOTP-ers must really look pretty dumb and poor over here. Lol. |
Anonymous
Sorry, but this really is an uneducated smear against Deal and Wilson. The post doesn't address: - why the kids had a hard time - how they "crashed and burned" - and whether this had ANYTHING to do with the school, or was it just typical teenage stuff. OP - try not to believe inconclusive, subjective bullshit like this. PP is a moron to write this garbage. We have kids at a JKLM, Deal, and Wilson, and all are thriving. You will have a great experience at any NW DC elementary school. One thing I can tell you about class size in elementary, if the class gets too big, they add another class. |
Anonymous
I'm glad you went to an Ivy. Clearly it was a giant waste of money because you still sound like an idiot even with your Ivy degree. |
Anonymous
What does that even mean? Are you on the jury? |