ludlow-taylor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard at a Cluster meeting that LT students go to Ron Browne, not SH.

As if the cluster is an amorphic body that one simply meets with?

[Anonymous]

If i had a child attending LT, and I had SH as a guaranteed, I would take it in a heartbeat. Ron Browne is a distant second.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard at a Cluster meeting that LT students go to Ron Browne, not SH.

I'm guessing you mean that although LT feeds to SH, in practice they enroll at Browne? What/where is Browne anyway and what's the allure? DCPS? Charter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brent, Tyler SI and Maury all looked like LT once upon a time. The school can become the first choice for in-bounds families, but it's not going to get there without the help of parents and community. As Brent, Tyler SI and Maury parents all struggle with what middle school holds for them, the fact that LT feeds into Stuart-Hobson at some point will become a big plus - if not just for the safety school aspect.

Big plus? Why should we believe that? The police were at SH a few days ago breaking up another playground fight (I live across the street). The Cluster's been going since the early 90s, but SH just started teaching algebra in 8th grade. Algebra has been a 7th grade subject in suburban TAG programs for two decades, the sort that many CH kids of all races would qualify for in Mo. Co. or Fairfax. Yes, SH will always attract an adventurous minority of IB families. But at this rate, most upper-middle-class parents--the majority in these pricey neighborhoods--will continue to hit the road for privates, the burbs, charters for a very long time. I agree with PPs seeing a 10, or even a 15-year, wait before LT is feeding many IB families to SH, and even then it won't be most families. As long as DCPS resists accelerated learning programs and academic magnet middle school programs, robust change sounds like pie in the sky.

My kid goes to SH and he is taking Algebra next year as a 7th grader.

[Anonymous]

Ron Brown is located at 44th and Meade NE
Hugh Browne is located at 24th and Benning Rd. NE

[Anonymous]

The Ludlow Taylor PTA President asked Chancellor Henderson tough questions at an event this week.

[Anonymous]

What were the tough questions? What were the answers?

[Anonymous]

My kid goes to SH and he is taking Algebra next year as a 7th grader.

I believe you, but what does this mean exactly? There's no 7th grade algebra class per se, right? So you're kid takes algebra with the 8th graders, is that right? Will other 7th graders do the same? How many? And then what happens in 8th grade math for your kid? Why do you think that your kid ready for 7th grade algebra? You do Johns Hopkins CTY camps in the summers or what?

[Anonymous]

HI and HELP! We just moved to DC and our child will be attending LT for PK this fall. After reading these feeds I am extremely concerned( used condoms on playground, shattered glass, racism...).
What's wrong with this picture?
Is it safe? We would like to send our child to a diverse school considering we were raised in an urban environment ourselves, however is the diversity somewhat balanced? Hearing "ghetto" fighting at PTA meeting, strange people lingering near doors is exceptionally alarming!!
Suggestions for other options? PLEASE HELP!

[Anonymous]

Parents have been organizing early childhood playdates at the school. I don't know if any are upcoming. I'd suggest calling the school and asking them - if they don't know (which they likely won't), ask them how to join the school's list-serve so you can start getting those e-mails. If they say they don't know how to do that, then do a search on Yahoo groups for the school - try LTES_DC

Parents do leave for other schools, but I have yet to hear a parent say that they weren't happy with their classroom experience (they may be unhappy about their experience as a parent, but not the experience their child had).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HI and HELP! We just moved to DC and our child will be attending LT for PK this fall. After reading these feeds I am extremely concerned( used condoms on playground, shattered glass, racism...).
What's wrong with this picture?
Is it safe? We would like to send our child to a diverse school considering we were raised in an urban environment ourselves, however is the diversity somewhat balanced? Hearing "ghetto" fighting at PTA meeting, strange people lingering near doors is exceptionally alarming!!
Suggestions for other options? PLEASE HELP!

I suggest trying LT and seeing how it goes. If the experience of many other middle-class parents from the Hill serves as a guide, you'll be fine with pres3, probably fine with pres4, possibly fine with K, and unlikely to stay after that. The school is safe, the real issue will almost certainly be challenge in the elementary grades. But you may stay with the small number of other middle-class parents who do. If you're planning on LT up to 5th, I'd say you're being unrealistic. Once the building gets fixed up (next summer? summer 2014?) more middle-class families will be drawn in. There is no shortage of fighting on the PTA - not a pretty picture. We left for Peabody and feel nervous about Watkins. Just keep returning to the OOB and charter lotteries every year for Two Rivers, Maury, Brent etc. and you'll get somewhere eventually.

[Anonymous]

04:25

Please go and spend time at Watkins open houses and stop feeling nervous. Watkins will continue to be more and more populated with families from Peabody now that SWS is out.

[Anonymous]

Can someone please explain why one would leave a school solely because there aren't enough children (let me reiterate...children) that are "middle class"?

In short come out and say what you really mean.

Bigots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain why one would leave a school solely because there aren't enough children (let me reiterate...children) that are "middle class"?

In short come out and say what you really mean.

Bigots.

You're so desperate to satisfy that racism-seeking chip on your shoulder that you missed the obvious: PP clearly stated their concerns, things like used condoms and broken glass littering the playground, ghetto fighting in the PTA meeting et cetera.

[Anonymous]

I think many a person from an "upper-middle class" neighborhood could say the same thing about their local elementary school playground. It's called teenagers. Like you never banged and drank a beer on a playground as a teen. But I guess it's more problematic if the suspects are...gasp...black.

And what constitutes "ghetto?"