How is MacArthur HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McA has alot of out of boundary students. Momentum is not quite there with neighbors yet.

Growing by the year. Next year is the first year where Hardy students don’t have a choice on feeder pattern. Buy-in and excitement of current Hardy students is very strong. We have a rising Hardy 8th grader and are planning on McA. Tipping point is coming very, very soon. If not next year, definitely the year after. This school is extremely promising

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McA has alot of out of boundary students. Momentum is not quite there with neighbors yet.

Growing by the year. Next year is the first year where Hardy students don’t have a choice on feeder pattern. Buy-in and excitement of current Hardy students is very strong. We have a rising Hardy 8th grader and are planning on McA. Tipping point is coming very, very soon. If not next year, definitely the year after. This school is extremely promising

Or they could go private or lottery elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McA has alot of out of boundary students. Momentum is not quite there with neighbors yet.

Growing by the year. Next year is the first year where Hardy students don’t have a choice on feeder pattern. Buy-in and excitement of current Hardy students is very strong. We have a rising Hardy 8th grader and are planning on McA. Tipping point is coming very, very soon. If not next year, definitely the year after. This school is extremely promising

Or they could go private or lottery elsewhere.

There aren't enough private and lottery seats to go around. At our high income McA feeder, kids leave in elementary or middle school to secure seats at private schools. By the time high school rolls around, everyone who isn't comfortable with the feeder pattern (Hardy and JR up until now) is long gone. Sure, some families will scramble, but the average wealth in the feeder neighborhoods is significantly higher than in Deal/JR neighborhoods and people aren't relying solely on one year's worth of application/lottery luck for their kids' educations.

There are also a lot of very engaged OOB families at the feeders that have been driving their kids across town to H-A or other feeders for years and years. They don't have the resources to apply out in fourth grade like IB families, but are also going to drive up the academic expectations and economic demographics of the OOB population once they don't have the option for JR.

It's easy to look at the school currently and write it off, but original PP is correct that there's a lot of momentum and once the feeder pattern is Hardy to McA only, the school is going to change quickly and significantly. Guessing in the next 3-5 years it will look a lot like Hardy - about 10-15% at-risk and one-third OOB.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

[Anonymous]

Private schools are full of drugs and vaping. Can't avoid it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

To a middle school with effective discipline and a selective high school at which most students are not inclined to physical fights.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

To a middle school with effective discipline and a selective high school at which most students are not inclined to physical fights.

Where? Be specific. Name the schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

To a middle school with effective discipline and a selective high school at which most students are not inclined to physical fights.

Where? Be specific. Name the schools.

Banneker

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools are full of drugs and vaping. Can't avoid it.

Especially boarding schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Private schools are full of drugs and vaping. Can't avoid it.

Especially boarding schools.

My kids were freshman this year at an area private and I am always shocked at the rampant weed use and vaping.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

To a middle school with effective discipline and a selective high school at which most students are not inclined to physical fights.

Where? Be specific. Name the schools.

Aren't you bossy? And no, thank you.

-- Pp

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

To a middle school with effective discipline and a selective high school at which most students are not inclined to physical fights.

Where? Be specific. Name the schools.

Aren't you bossy? And no, thank you.

-- Pp

So you're either lying about your Eden-esque school or a coward. Got it. Maybe sit the rest of this one out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you see these types of responses I realize why this happens. Many parents think this is normal. I hope these incidents stop during the summer since students are on free time.

Seriously. The "other schools have fights" are whacked.

They may be fine with fights. I expect fights at my kids' schools to be far and few between and dealt with quickly and effectively by admin. Otherwise, we're changing schools because not all schools have such disruptive kids.

Where do your kids go to school? Be specific.

To a middle school with effective discipline and a selective high school at which most students are not inclined to physical fights.

Where? Be specific. Name the schools.

Aren't you bossy? And no, thank you.

-- Pp

So you're either lying about your Eden-esque school or a coward. Got it. Maybe sit the rest of this one out.

Ah look, the bossiness continues. I don't care to out myself.

Do you think that all schools have the same level of discipline issues? Talk about idealistic.

[Anonymous]

It’s bad and I don’t understand why parents dismiss this as something that just happens instead of acknowledging the issue and asking school to address it