What do people think of Einstein?

[Anonymous]

Someone saw the W discussion and had to dig this one up to dis Einstein?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.fox5dc.com/news/security-at-albert-ein...ossible-ms-13-gang-retaliation

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-publ...jla.com/news/local/police-man-

sexually-assaults-15-year-old-girl-in-albert-einstein-high-school-copy-room

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/courts/...ed-to-20-years-for-raping-two-

https://wjla.com/news/local/einstein-hs-student-ch...-lunch-break-classmate-charged

https://wjla.com/news/local/police-ms-13-member-ar...de-albert-einstein-high-school

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools...stolen-assault-rifle-in-trunk/

https://wjla.com/news/crime/albert-einstein-high-s...-accused-of-sexual-abuse-94854

https://wjla.com/news/local/md-teen-accused-of-sta...ok-post-details-suspects-anger

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/bomb-threat-prompts-lo...-montgomery-county-high-school

And now search all the other schools for similar things.

[Anonymous]

I would pay to stay on the DCC side of the Kensington line. Much prefer Einstein to WJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.fox5dc.com/news/security-at-albert-ein...ossible-ms-13-gang-retaliation

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-publ...jla.com/news/local/police-man-

sexually-assaults-15-year-old-girl-in-albert-einstein-high-school-copy-room

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/courts/...ed-to-20-years-for-raping-two-

https://wjla.com/news/local/einstein-hs-student-ch...-lunch-break-classmate-charged

https://wjla.com/news/local/police-ms-13-member-ar...de-albert-einstein-high-school

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools...stolen-assault-rifle-in-trunk/

https://wjla.com/news/crime/albert-einstein-high-s...-accused-of-sexual-abuse-94854

https://wjla.com/news/local/md-teen-accused-of-sta...ok-post-details-suspects-anger

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/bomb-threat-prompts-lo...-montgomery-county-high-school

And now search all the other schools for similar things.

So posting a bunch of broken links really doesn't help your case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is where people who believe housing prices are all about schools fail. We chose to live in Einstein ‘despite our income’ because we love the neighborhood (not diverse) and have also become to love the diverse schools. We’ve learned that the lower average test score of the schools is just that - average score. Our kids are doing just fine academically, scoring in the 99th percentiles along with enough peers to form a group in class (according to their teachers). My guess is that there would be more of those high-scoring kids, less of the low-scoring kids in schools on the west side, but honestly at this point we don’t understand why it matters. Most friends and co-workers that we know who live in the B-CC, Whitman or Churchill area and send their kids to public schools bought their homes for less than we did. At least two families looked at our neighborhood but could not afford the homes that they liked - one is in Chevy Chase now, one in Bethesda (gave up on proximity to the metro and walkability to urban scenes, if you’re wrapping your head around the ‘how’). The few people we know who live in more expensive homes in those areas actually send their kids to private schools, another reason we like our neighborhood - plenty of neighbors who send their kids public and appreciate/support the diverse student demographics rather than scorn down on it.

I think a lot of people have these unfounded beliefs about these places with which they have no experience. Einstein is a great school. If anything, it's underrated.

[Anonymous]

I worked at Einstein for three years. It isn't safe and I wouldn't return it send my children there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked at Einstein for three years. It isn't safe and I wouldn't return it send my children there.

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Or send

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is where people who believe housing prices are all about schools fail. We chose to live in Einstein ‘despite our income’ because we love the neighborhood (not diverse) and have also become to love the diverse schools. We’ve learned that the lower average test score of the schools is just that - average score. Our kids are doing just fine academically, scoring in the 99th percentiles along with enough peers to form a group in class (according to their teachers). My guess is that there would be more of those high-scoring kids, less of the low-scoring kids in schools on the west side, but honestly at this point we don’t understand why it matters. Most friends and co-workers that we know who live in the B-CC, Whitman or Churchill area and send their kids to public schools bought their homes for less than we did. At least two families looked at our neighborhood but could not afford the homes that they liked - one is in Chevy Chase now, one in Bethesda (gave up on proximity to the metro and walkability to urban scenes, if you’re wrapping your head around the ‘how’). The few people we know who live in more expensive homes in those areas actually send their kids to private schools, another reason we like our neighborhood - plenty of neighbors who send their kids public and appreciate/support the diverse student demographics rather than scorn down on it.

I think a lot of people have these unfounded beliefs about these places with which they have no experience. Einstein is a great school. If anything, it's underrated.

Yep. On DCUM, if it's not a top neighborhood, it's scary!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked at Einstein for three years. It isn't safe and I wouldn't return it send my children there.

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Or send

That's strange because I still work there and have never gotten that impression. My own kids even went here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is where people who believe housing prices are all about schools fail. We chose to live in Einstein ‘despite our income’ because we love the neighborhood (not diverse) and have also become to love the diverse schools. We’ve learned that the lower average test score of the schools is just that - average score. Our kids are doing just fine academically, scoring in the 99th percentiles along with enough peers to form a group in class (according to their teachers). My guess is that there would be more of those high-scoring kids, less of the low-scoring kids in schools on the west side, but honestly at this point we don’t understand why it matters. Most friends and co-workers that we know who live in the B-CC, Whitman or Churchill area and send their kids to public schools bought their homes for less than we did. At least two families looked at our neighborhood but could not afford the homes that they liked - one is in Chevy Chase now, one in Bethesda (gave up on proximity to the metro and walkability to urban scenes, if you’re wrapping your head around the ‘how’). The few people we know who live in more expensive homes in those areas actually send their kids to private schools, another reason we like our neighborhood - plenty of neighbors who send their kids public and appreciate/support the diverse student demographics rather than scorn down on it.

I think a lot of people have these unfounded beliefs about these places with which they have no experience. Einstein is a great school. If anything, it's underrated.

Yep. On DCUM, if it's not a top neighborhood, it's scary!

I think there are people who haven't been there but would like to convince you of that. Personally, I find Kensington charming and couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

Love Kensington, love Einstein. I amused that people think I don’t live in the “real” Kensington because it’s not WJ or BCC. Einstein is actually the only one of those high schools located in Kensington. Great music and arts, IB, new principal, school spirit, community.

[Anonymous]

Can some of you just say “ We don’t want our children going to school with poor or BLPOC kids”. It’s just a lot easier. My child went to Einstein back in 2016 and still says it was the best years of his life. Einstein prepared him for a artistic career and now he’s going to grad school at UCLA. He made life long friends at Einstein and my child was happy there. That’s all that matter to me. We all know schools like Whitman, Churchill, etc. have huge reputation of treating black and brown students poorly. Why would anyone say these schools are good schools? If you’re racist, just own it.

[Anonymous]

I have a 9th grader who is pretty unhappy. I keep telling them that it’s hard to judge since it’s been virtual learning all year but she is convinced that the problems go beyond that.

[Anonymous]

The community of Einstein is awesome. The teachers are hit or miss. The administration/bureaucracy of Einstein is awful - new principal/old principal doesn't matter. Badly run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The community of Einstein is awesome. The teachers are hit or miss. The administration/bureaucracy of Einstein is awful - new principal/old principal doesn't matter. Badly run.

I have the same impressions and since the community aspect of Einstein is missing this year the school seems worse