MacArthur is the new Walls

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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.

What does that have to do with OOB kids at JR? Those kids are coming from feeder patterns. They won’t be pushed out unless the feeder elementary schools stop accepting them. And that’s not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Have they expanded the sports, clubs, and curricular offerings this year? Will they be putting on a play? How many varsity sports?

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Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

Interesting. Every single parent with kids at the school who has commented on this thread has said that’s not the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have they expanded the sports, clubs, and curricular offerings this year? Will they be putting on a play? How many varsity sports?

If I were the athletic director, I’d have all JV teams since the kids are all underclassmen.

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MacArthur parent- from what we’ve seen, most of the sports are JV now. They were 250 kids last year and have 580 enrolled now so I think they are focused on trying to get the kids settled academically first. Also, my kid said the kids seem relatively chill.

They had the Back to School Night this week. It was well organized. You received your child’s schedule and then visited their classes for 10 minute teacher presentations. Then there was 10 minutes to ask teacher’s questions. They staggered the visit sessions so 9th grade parents arrived at 6 pm and 10th/11th from 7-8pm. As a family that is new to DCPS, it was helpful to learn about the deadlines for mid-term assignments and how Canvas works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the recent brawl at the bus stop involving MacArthur parents and students.

MacArthur has a long way to go. A very very long way to go. At this point, it’s just not worth it.

- Former MacArthur parent that wised up and pulled DC out of the mess that is MacArhthur.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the recent brawl at the bus stop involving MacArthur parents and students.

MacArthur has a long way to go. A very very long way to go. At this point, it’s just not worth it.

- Former MacArthur parent that wised up and pulled DC out of the mess that is MacArhthur.

A brawl involving PARENTS?! Do tell. Did the school or police intervene?

Where did you transfer your child?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the recent brawl at the bus stop involving MacArthur parents and students.

MacArthur has a long way to go. A very very long way to go. At this point, it’s just not worth it.

- Former MacArthur parent that wised up and pulled DC out of the mess that is MacArhthur.

A brawl involving PARENTS?! Do tell. Did the school or police intervene?

Where did you transfer your child?

Weird that a public brawl involving parents escaped mention on the local listserv, which normally would take note of such things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the recent brawl at the bus stop involving MacArthur parents and students.

MacArthur has a long way to go. A very very long way to go. At this point, it’s just not worth it.

- Former MacArthur parent that wised up and pulled DC out of the mess that is MacArhthur.

A brawl involving PARENTS?! Do tell. Did the school or police intervene?

Where did you transfer your child?

Weird that a public brawl involving parents escaped mention on the local listserv, which normally would take note of such things.

Weird also that so many people with kids at the school report the opposite.

When my kid attended Wilson, this forum was full of people posting full on fictional accounts of events that they made up and claimed happened at the school — including made up locations that don’t actually exist at the school.

I’m really skeptical about everything I see on this forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the recent brawl at the bus stop involving MacArthur parents and students.

MacArthur has a long way to go. A very very long way to go. At this point, it’s just not worth it.

- Former MacArthur parent that wised up and pulled DC out of the mess that is MacArhthur.

A brawl involving PARENTS?! Do tell. Did the school or police intervene?

Where did you transfer your child?

Weird that a public brawl involving parents escaped mention on the local listserv, which normally would take note of such things.

This part doesn't surprise me actually. The local listserv has become super passive recently. No discussions of the food store that was promised in the senior living complex but seems to be quietly forgotten, or of the local coffee place closure. The listserv is not the same lol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too many fights inside MacArthur .😐

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the recent brawl at the bus stop involving MacArthur parents and students.

MacArthur has a long way to go. A very very long way to go. At this point, it’s just not worth it.

- Former MacArthur parent that wised up and pulled DC out of the mess that is MacArhthur.

what the heck. you are making this up unless you post ANY evidence. come on, nothing escapes social media today.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/C_27ewVR9_W/?igsh=MWs5NmFtYnYwNGMwaQ==

[Anonymous]

Ah, you’re the poster that was complaining about “brawls” at the bus stop a year ago. Consensus then it was isolated and not even close to school grounds. Sorry to hear it may not be resolved, but sounds like it still happens far away from school and is not on the radar of most students and families.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1152506.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ah, you’re the poster that was complaining about “brawls” at the bus stop a year ago. Consensus then it was isolated and not even close to school grounds. Sorry to hear it may not be resolved, but sounds like it still happens far away from school and is not on the radar of most students and families.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1152506.page

np: It's a deterrent for me if those are my fellow parents. I get that they don't define the school, but it's not a positive.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/C_27ewVR9_W/?igsh=MWs5NmFtYnYwNGMwaQ==

Wow—that is disgraceful. Shame on posters for saying this was made up.