Will Whittle be around next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Passed by the building today. It seems so unwelcoming and where's the door?

The last time I've been to campus, the entrance was at 3007 Tilden. I heard that only one pod in the entire building is being used. There were very grand plans for the school originally, but they never materialized. Most of the students and faculty from the starting year 2019-20 are no longer there.

[Anonymous]

The reason they are meeting privately with families andteachers is that they refuse to acknowledge publicly that they don't have any funds to operate, much less operate through the school year next year. If they meet privately and misrepresent the fundraising outlook they won't be held liable for it. They also don't want to be asked hard questions by a few smart parents in public. They extracted significant funds from some not-particularly-savvy parties --by dividing and conquering that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a current parent, but will soon become a former parent at the school. I was so worried that I might need to reluctantly re-enroll my DC for the 2022-2023 year, but our transfer school arrangement worked out well in the end. Public school was going to be our last reluctant resort, especially my DC's. Both my DC and I are so relieved a different private worked out very well, and they are excited to go there. I had a hard time sleeping at night because of Whittle, and now I can sleep feeling assured.

If you would rather return to a sham of a dumpster fire like Whittle than enroll your kids in public school, you’re part of the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a current parent, but will soon become a former parent at the school. I was so worried that I might need to reluctantly re-enroll my DC for the 2022-2023 year, but our transfer school arrangement worked out well in the end. Public school was going to be our last reluctant resort, especially my DC's. Both my DC and I are so relieved a different private worked out very well, and they are excited to go there. I had a hard time sleeping at night because of Whittle, and now I can sleep feeling assured.

If you would rather return to a sham of a dumpster fire like Whittle than enroll your kids in public school, you’re part of the problem.

I don't think it's that clear for some families. They might be in a neighborhood they'd never choose for a school, thinking they had that taken care of through a private with financial aid. When the private disappears, that's a huge financial and life impact -- do they move, can they afford to? do they try to luck out with a comparable financial aid offer elsewhere? Should they hang on for one more year and keep searching for a good financial/academic/geographic fit? It's not always just a bunch of rich people with multiple acceptable options at their fingertips.

[Anonymous]

PP again -. In other words, you can only make decisions with the information you have at the time. Sometimes those decisions are difficult to make, and difficult or impossible to undo. But you still have to make them

[Anonymous]

I heard that a charter school was in negotiation to use that space next year. Not sure if it's all or some, it didn't sound like a done deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Passed by the building today. It seems so unwelcoming and where's the door?

The last time I've been to campus, the entrance was at 3007 Tilden. I heard that only one pod in the entire building is being used. There were very grand plans for the school originally, but they never materialized. Most of the students and faculty from the starting year 2019-20 are no longer there.

Their website has 3400 International Dr NW as the school's address so it looks like they're entering through a new side and using different pods than they were originally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a current parent, but will soon become a former parent at the school. I was so worried that I might need to reluctantly re-enroll my DC for the 2022-2023 year, but our transfer school arrangement worked out well in the end. Public school was going to be our last reluctant resort, especially my DC's. Both my DC and I are so relieved a different private worked out very well, and they are excited to go there. I had a hard time sleeping at night because of Whittle, and now I can sleep feeling assured.

If you would rather return to a sham of a dumpster fire like Whittle than enroll your kids in public school, you’re part of the problem.

I don't think it's that clear for some families. They might be in a neighborhood they'd never choose for a school, thinking they had that taken care of through a private with financial aid. When the private disappears, that's a huge financial and life impact -- do they move, can they afford to? do they try to luck out with a comparable financial aid offer elsewhere? Should they hang on for one more year and keep searching for a good financial/academic/geographic fit? It's not always just a bunch of rich people with multiple acceptable options at their fingertips.

Unless they are receiving a full ride, of course they can afford to move.

Moving is not expensive, and there are plenty of neighborhoods with affordable and with schools far more reliable than Whittle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a current parent, but will soon become a former parent at the school. I was so worried that I might need to reluctantly re-enroll my DC for the 2022-2023 year, but our transfer school arrangement worked out well in the end. Public school was going to be our last reluctant resort, especially my DC's. Both my DC and I are so relieved a different private worked out very well, and they are excited to go there. I had a hard time sleeping at night because of Whittle, and now I can sleep feeling assured.

If you would rather return to a sham of a dumpster fire like Whittle than enroll your kids in public school, you’re part of the problem.

I don't think it's that clear for some families. They might be in a neighborhood they'd never choose for a school, thinking they had that taken care of through a private with financial aid. When the private disappears, that's a huge financial and life impact -- do they move, can they afford to? do they try to luck out with a comparable financial aid offer elsewhere? Should they hang on for one more year and keep searching for a good financial/academic/geographic fit? It's not always just a bunch of rich people with multiple acceptable options at their fingertips.

Thank you for getting a grasp of our situation instead of making false assumptions and judgments. We lucked out ($$) at a different private that is the perfect size for us and provides a safe environment. I can't believe that some people at Whittle were actually paying full price. Whittle was too small and a public is too big and is much more likely to have weapon violence problems. There was an instance of a student at my neighborhood public not too long ago bringing in a knife and stabbing a couple of his classmates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a current parent, but will soon become a former parent at the school. I was so worried that I might need to reluctantly re-enroll my DC for the 2022-2023 year, but our transfer school arrangement worked out well in the end. Public school was going to be our last reluctant resort, especially my DC's. Both my DC and I are so relieved a different private worked out very well, and they are excited to go there. I had a hard time sleeping at night because of Whittle, and now I can sleep feeling assured.

If you would rather return to a sham of a dumpster fire like Whittle than enroll your kids in public school, you’re part of the problem.

I don't think it's that clear for some families. They might be in a neighborhood they'd never choose for a school, thinking they had that taken care of through a private with financial aid. When the private disappears, that's a huge financial and life impact -- do they move, can they afford to? do they try to luck out with a comparable financial aid offer elsewhere? Should they hang on for one more year and keep searching for a good financial/academic/geographic fit? It's not always just a bunch of rich people with multiple acceptable options at their fingertips.

Unless they are receiving a full ride, of course they can afford to move.

Moving is not expensive, and there are plenty of neighborhoods with affordable and with schools far more reliable than Whittle.

Well, nowadays finding a place to move to whether it is buying or renting is expensive and challenging in a lot of places. I am sure just the act of moving is not too expensive. Depending on the location, if there is a home showing either for rent or buying, there are multiple parties that show up indicating competition. It is too extreme to say " of course they can afford to move." I am sure we all care about neighborhood safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard that a charter school was in negotiation to use that space next year. Not sure if it's all or some, it didn't sound like a done deal.

Judging from a "Confidential" email sent by MR, it is not a done deal and is ongoing. CW and company keep stuff like this like a suspense thriller. There really is nothing going on or something is moving at a slow pace, but CW and minions just are like 'wait for the next episode and TBC...'

[Anonymous]

For those of you saying just go to a public school, who is actually sending their kids to a public? Most of the times, unless the school is a magnet STEM school, they have multiple problems related to student behavior, drugs, and violence. I have known a number of private school teachers teaching at private instead of public all because of student behavior. One teacher in my high school years said that he taught at a public school for 3 years, and the rudeness he faced from the students could last him his lifetime. There are a number of teachers at Whittle who would rather not go to a public school presumably for the same reasons. Also, there are instances of violence in and out of campus at public schools. I have heard of a student at one of the DC schools in the SE getting shot two times on two separate occasions.

[Anonymous]

In the inaugural year 2019-20, there were students who were paying only around 5K a year for boarding tuition, and none of those students are around anymore. Even with such steep discounts, none of their families thought Whittle was worth it and have since left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you saying just go to a public school, who is actually sending their kids to a public? Most of the times, unless the school is a magnet STEM school, they have multiple problems related to student behavior, drugs, and violence. I have known a number of private school teachers teaching at private instead of public all because of student behavior. One teacher in my high school years said that he taught at a public school for 3 years, and the rudeness he faced from the students could last him his lifetime. There are a number of teachers at Whittle who would rather not go to a public school presumably for the same reasons. Also, there are instances of violence in and out of campus at public schools. I have heard of a student at one of the DC schools in the SE getting shot two times on two separate occasions.

Oh my. You are scared of the world. *Most* families — even in NW DC and southern MoCo — send their children to public schools. Most publics schools are not troubled like the ones in challenging neighborhoods in SE DC.

It’s funny that you think there are no drugs at private schools and that publics are uniquely vulnerable to violence. Oddly enough, the only mass shooting into a school in the area affected a private school across the street from Whittle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you saying just go to a public school, who is actually sending their kids to a public? Most of the times, unless the school is a magnet STEM school, they have multiple problems related to student behavior, drugs, and violence. I have known a number of private school teachers teaching at private instead of public all because of student behavior. One teacher in my high school years said that he taught at a public school for 3 years, and the rudeness he faced from the students could last him his lifetime. There are a number of teachers at Whittle who would rather not go to a public school presumably for the same reasons. Also, there are instances of violence in and out of campus at public schools. I have heard of a student at one of the DC schools in the SE getting shot two times on two separate occasions.

Oh my. You are scared of the world. *Most* families — even in NW DC and southern MoCo — send their children to public schools. Most publics schools are not troubled like the ones in challenging neighborhoods in SE DC.

It’s funny that you think there are no drugs at private schools and that publics are uniquely vulnerable to violence. Oddly enough, the only mass shooting into a school in the area affected a private school across the street from Whittle.

Were there any student casualties or injuries at Edmund Burke? Or was the culprit a student there?Not that other people are less important.