LOL |
He’s not overrated. I was on the selection committee that chose him. New poster here. My kid is supposed to go to MacArthur in two years and I’m very optimistic. He’s just a terrific leader, brilliant and dynamic. He wanted to be the mayor of Philadelphia and then got into education. Many people and higher ad, including at the college level have degrees from places you’ve never heard of. It’s really expensive to go to graduate school. Some people can’t afford it. And if you know anyone who has a PhD, you know most of the learning comes from doing not sitting in a classroom. So online university doesn’t phase me. But we shall see. I have faith in the promise of a small neighborhood high school in ward 3. I have faith in his leadership ability. |
Most of the OOB lottery came from JR feeder FYI. |
If it's the new Walls, why is it making so many lottery offers? |
It’s pretty obvious that people are not going or taking the spot so the waitlist is moving a lot. They have a lot of OOB kids. |
Most of the OOB is coming from JR feeder. Some from Oyster-Adams. |
I don’t think so since the majority of OOB are black |
What APs does the school offer? |
I guess it’s like the public ivy crowd….
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Fair question. |
So the story is that higher income families that can’t get their kids into Walls will send them to the new white-side-of-town high school? That’s OP’s premise? |
That seems unlikely given that MacArthur will qualify as a Title 1 school next year, indicating that at least 40% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch. |
We’re one of the families on the waitlist that is inbounds for J-R. Kid would prefer a smaller environment and met and liked the principal at the DCPS school fair last fall. |
We are in NE but getting closer on the waitlist. How do people from across the city get there? I would definitely need my kid to take public transportation. |
There's a bus from Gallery Place area that goes right there. Takes a while. |