Crazy to move from BCC cluster ES to Janney/Deal/Wilson for schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, yes, it's crazy. You said it. It's crazy. To me, it's more important to have a strong HS, as that's when it counts the most. Wilson and BCC are wolds apart; can't even touch the academic, sports and cultural options at BCC. Don't do it.

I think it is a mistake to assume that a school with a broad demographic is not strong simply because not all students at the school are high achievers.

Basically, you are just saying you prefer a suburban demographic. Which is fine. But it is silly to tell a kid who got 5s on all of her AP tests and rocked the SATs and attended her top choice university -- or any kid really -- that she was crazy to have gone to Wilson.

Wilson kids actually get admitted to great colleges.

A small number, and almost all of them get lots of support from college counselors outside the school. The low-income high achievers generally use NGO college counseling services and the high SES get help from Ivy League parents and paid college admissions coaches.

I like how this snobby moron is slamming the kids who got into great schools. What happened PP, did you not get into your top choice and are still not over it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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

That's too scary to be true.

Are those stats real?

This is the most recent data DCPS reported to the Department of Education. That's where Niche gets them.

Here is the most recent data from DCPS:

http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/scorecard/Woodrow+Wilson+High+School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Agree with this post and especially the bolded. Live where you want to live-- you can get a perfectly fine education on either side of the NW DC/BCC border. But it seems silly to move from Bethesda to DC for the schools.

[jsteele]

This is an old thread that was reopened by a poster with a specific question who received an answer. So, I think the thread has served its purpose.