MacArthur is the new Walls

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loving MacArthur — teachers and administrators are amazing. Yes not a big white population but that’s fine. Who cares? I can’t praise the school enough and DC comes from a well regarded private school in DC. The attention we’re getting rivals any private school. And classes are small and teachers care.

Can you talk a bit more about the attention at MacArthur? My kid is at a small private school and is terribly unhappy due to the lack of friendships, so we're curious about MacArthur. He's a smart kid but does need to know that he's being noticed before he's compelled to do his best. And huge benefit of private is that all the teachers know and support him. And DH or I walk in the school doors, they know us, too; that also matters IMO.

My son is a 10th grader. Attention and small school was the reason we chose MacArthur (we are inbound, but slightly closer to JR). His teachers are incredibly helpful and constantly provide him with opportunities to lead, create clubs/sports, and otherwise do the things we associate with high school. His principal and AP are responsive and solve problems quickly. HS is never perfect, but our experience has been nothing but positive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

I wonder if they opened a new high school up EOTP, if there would be demand. They need one if you’re just looking at a population density map!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

I wonder if they opened a new high school up EOTP, if there would be demand. They need one if you’re just looking at a population density map!

Surely you're not this dense, right? Can you think of any reasons why parents seek to send students WOTP for a better education? Any reason at all that parents of all ethnicities would do that? Hint: the reason is not lack of schools EOTP it's lack of good schools EOTP. The magnet schools certainly fit the description but only admit a small percentage of the students who apply and who is admitted is based on completely subjective rubrics. IE, test scores do not play a role. It's hard to count on getting into these schools, so parents seek a guaranteed pathway to a good high school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

I wonder if they opened a new high school up EOTP, if there would be demand. They need one if you’re just looking at a population density map!

Surely you're not this dense, right? Can you think of any reasons why parents seek to send students WOTP for a better education? Any reason at all that parents of all ethnicities would do that? Hint: the reason is not lack of schools EOTP it's lack of good schools EOTP. The magnet schools certainly fit the description but only admit a small percentage of the students who apply and who is admitted is based on completely subjective rubrics. IE, test scores do not play a role. It's hard to count on getting into these schools, so parents seek a guaranteed pathway to a good high school.

In theory, you have the demographic mix EOTP to have a great high school, the question is if you opened one (say on the new NIH campus) would you have the demand, if not why not, and how could you induce it? MacArthur seems like a bet on geography (and keeping JR as an OOB moonshot for kids EOTP). But DC can’t just keep putting a band aid on the middle school and high school problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

I wonder if they opened a new high school up EOTP, if there would be demand. They need one if you’re just looking at a population density map!

Surely you're not this dense, right? Can you think of any reasons why parents seek to send students WOTP for a better education? Any reason at all that parents of all ethnicities would do that? Hint: the reason is not lack of schools EOTP it's lack of good schools EOTP. The magnet schools certainly fit the description but only admit a small percentage of the students who apply and who is admitted is based on completely subjective rubrics. IE, test scores do not play a role. It's hard to count on getting into these schools, so parents seek a guaranteed pathway to a good high school.

In theory, you have the demographic mix EOTP to have a great high school, the question is if you opened one (say on the new NIH campus) would you have the demand, if not why not, and how could you induce it? MacArthur seems like a bet on geography (and keeping JR as an OOB moonshot for kids EOTP). But DC can’t just keep putting a band aid on the middle school and high school problem.

DC tried this with Brookland Middle School. It failed miserably. They are not likely to go with this tactic again for quite some time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

OOB students are JR are coming from the feeder elementary and then middle schools. They will never get pushed out. Registrars enroll anyone from a feeder school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

OOB students are JR are coming from the feeder elementary and then middle schools. They will never get pushed out. Registrars enroll anyone from a feeder school.

Don’t spoil the conspiracy theorists’ fun. Their main joy in life seems to be posting uninformed speculation about the motives of people they’ve never met. They aren’t interested in boring old real world facts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loving MacArthur — teachers and administrators are amazing. Yes not a big white population but that’s fine. Who cares? I can’t praise the school enough and DC comes from a well regarded private school in DC. The attention we’re getting rivals any private school. And classes are small and teachers care.

Can you talk a bit more about the attention at MacArthur? My kid is at a small private school and is terribly unhappy due to the lack of friendships, so we're curious about MacArthur. He's a smart kid but does need to know that he's being noticed before he's compelled to do his best. And huge benefit of private is that all the teachers know and support him. And DH or I walk in the school doors, they know us, too; that also matters IMO.

My son is a 10th grader. Attention and small school was the reason we chose MacArthur (we are inbound, but slightly closer to JR). His teachers are incredibly helpful and constantly provide him with opportunities to lead, create clubs/sports, and otherwise do the things we associate with high school. His principal and AP are responsive and solve problems quickly. HS is never perfect, but our experience has been nothing but positive.

agreed, I have a 9th grader. very personal school -- last week my kid went to nurse for a headache and not only did they call me, but they let my child talk to me! everyone knows everyone it seems. (we also were IB for Wilson and chose MacArthur despite the drive). teachers seem all super nice and engaged, according to my child. I will say making friends has been tough at the start, maybe due to lack of clubs, but at 3 week mark my kid has other kids to sit with at lunch and hang out with at school. we are very pleased.

[Anonymous]

I’m not surprised to hear the teaching staff is strong. The principal recruited really strong teachers the first year and there was lots of buzz around the school among DCPS teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

I'd put it all a little differently: MacArthur exists to provide more seats, IB or OOB, so the OOB students at JR don't get pushed out.

OOB students are JR are coming from the feeder elementary and then middle schools. They will never get pushed out. Registrars enroll anyone from a feeder school.

Don’t spoil the conspiracy theorists’ fun. Their main joy in life seems to be posting uninformed speculation about the motives of people they’ve never met. They aren’t interested in boring old real world facts.

But there are plenty of IB students that don’t go to JR from feeders, like my kids and a bunch of their friends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

If this were true, wouldn't they have selected a more accessible location for the school?

They didn't select a location. Bowser did a favor for her developer/GDS friends, and then had a building to come up with a purpose for.

The building is more accessible for OOB than IB. For real. That does align with DCPS goals.

More accessible for OOB? Uhm, more accessible for Northern Virginia staff than EOTP schools, but MacArthur is plainly not accessible to OOB students, much less those without a parent driving them.

[Anonymous]

Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐