MacArthur is the new Walls

[Anonymous]

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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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

[Anonymous]

MacArthur Staff Parent Here: My opinion may be biased but I have to jump in because the narrative some are trying to make up are simply not true. Yes I am an involved parent and on the PTO. We chose MHS because Wilson or JR was just too big for our kid. The staff is the most professional group of people my child has experienced in DCPS. The classes and curriculum meets the needs of my child. He is enrolled in several AP courses and seems to love the school. The school is transparent about what happens. There are fights at DuPont often and not just MacArthur HS students at time are involved. The kids know there is no police presence or supervision at these metro stations so they do what teenagers do with no supervision. There have been two incidents and the administration discussed them during the PTO meeting. It’s a new school. Flaws will exist until the school gets to full capacity. The school is safe. My son said most kids focus on the work because the classes are hard. But the teachers help. Is it perfect no? What school is? JR just had a gun confiscated last week. A number of schools had safety threats last week. If parents on this forum would spend more time helping our schools and advocating for what they need and not posting “what they heard” or videos without providing context of why these events even occur. I encourage parents who are interested attend a PTO meeting, take a tour or email the school. They are responsive. I am glad I chose MHS for my son. Continue to check on a forum, I hope this was helpful for some. Happy Saturday All!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

No, it's not. MacArthur High School is set back from MacArthur Boulevard, where the bus stop is. There are apartment buildings and a parking lot between the boulevard/bus stop and the school. This fight may have happened at a bus stop outside of some school, but the school is not MacArthur.

[Anonymous]

I have friends with kids at MacArthur. Their major complaint about the school is the building - and that they aren’t impressed with the renovation plans. Otherwise, teachers are very good and involved and kids are happy there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

No, it's not. MacArthur High School is set back from MacArthur Boulevard, where the bus stop is. There are apartment buildings and a parking lot between the boulevard/bus stop and the school. This fight may have happened at a bus stop outside of some school, but the school is not MacArthur.[/quote

The kids are MacArthur students. The parents are MacArthur parent. The bus drove off from the stop away from the school - the parents were waiting at the next stop. So you are right that those buildings are not MacArthur - but those involved are all from the MacArthur community.

Since you are obviously not a part of the community and have no idea what you’re talking about, you should stop commenting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

No, it's not. MacArthur High School is set back from MacArthur Boulevard, where the bus stop is. There are apartment buildings and a parking lot between the boulevard/bus stop and the school. This fight may have happened at a bus stop outside of some school, but the school is not MacArthur.[/quote

The kids are MacArthur students. The parents are MacArthur parent. The bus drove off from the stop away from the school - the parents were waiting at the next stop. So you are right that those buildings are not MacArthur - but those involved are all from the MacArthur community.

Since you are obviously not a part of the community and have no idea what you’re talking about, you should stop commenting.

+1. It’s crazy people making excuses and what not that these are not MacArthur students and parents.

[Anonymous]

MA is a title 1 school. Lots of low SES inner city kids and families. This type of behavior is not acceptable but shouldn’t be surprising for this demographics.

Of course not all low SES kids/families exhibit this behavior but reality is, it’s not surprising or uncommon. If you don’t realize this, then you are in your upper NW bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have friends with kids at MacArthur. Their major complaint about the school is the building - and that they aren’t impressed with the renovation plans. Otherwise, teachers are very good and involved and kids are happy there.

DCPS is absolutely horrible at renovation plans. Contract goes to the cheapest bidder (or the one with connections on the council). They always do a crappy job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

No, it's not. MacArthur High School is set back from MacArthur Boulevard, where the bus stop is. There are apartment buildings and a parking lot between the boulevard/bus stop and the school. This fight may have happened at a bus stop outside of some school, but the school is not MacArthur.[/quote

The kids are MacArthur students. The parents are MacArthur parent. The bus drove off from the stop away from the school - the parents were waiting at the next stop. So you are right that those buildings are not MacArthur - but those involved are all from the MacArthur community.

Since you are obviously not a part of the community and have no idea what you’re talking about, you should stop commenting.

I live in the neighborhood. I pass this school every day. My children are in boundary and may attend. But sure, I'm not "a part of the community" because I don't recognize a bunch of blurry strangers fighting at a bus stop that isn't in my neighborhood. Pull the other one.

[Anonymous]

Macarthur parent here: The fight happened at Dupont Circle, which has historically been the location of fights among students/involving students from various DCPS high schoolers. In this particular instance, a kid/group of kids from Macarthur jumped another kid at Dupont Circle. The following day, supposedly the parents of the victim went to the Dupont Circle stop and retaliated against the kid/kids who were the prior days’ perpetrators. Of course this was foul all around. The police are investigating.

If you want to send your child to a school that does not have parents who do such things at a bus stop three miles away from the school then definitely this isn’t the school for you (and JR prob isn’t either). I have been impressed (and I say impressed because yes, I did harbor stereotypes) by how much these so called low SES parents care about their kids and their kids’ education and that comes across IN THE SCHOOL. Remember, in a great many instances kids who don’t live in the MacArthur boundary have adults in their lives who MADE THE CHOICE to send their kids to Hardy or to enter the lottery to go to Macarthur and sacrifice by having their kids endure sometimes 2 hour commutes to get a better education than their in-boundary school. I want to be in a school like that.

The administration can’t control what’s happening at a bus stop three miles away but even so are working hard to address the issues at Dupont Circle which are in fact out of their control.

The teachers at Macarthur are fantastic and dedicated. The administration is professional and extremely adept at managing constituents with various concerns—from the 9th grader who may have an ankle monitor to the parent wondering about which Ivy will be visiting the school in the fall, to the neighborhood rep worrying about the school’s fence encroaching on neighbors’ lawns. Our kid is thriving and I encourage others to visit in person or contact parents at the school.

PS a kid left Mac the first week of school to go back to JR and returned a week later, regretting the decision. That spoke volumes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

No, it's not. MacArthur High School is set back from MacArthur Boulevard, where the bus stop is. There are apartment buildings and a parking lot between the boulevard/bus stop and the school. This fight may have happened at a bus stop outside of some school, but the school is not MacArthur.[/quote

The kids are MacArthur students. The parents are MacArthur parent. The bus drove off from the stop away from the school - the parents were waiting at the next stop. So you are right that those buildings are not MacArthur - but those involved are all from the MacArthur community.

Since you are obviously not a part of the community and have no idea what you’re talking about, you should stop commenting.

I live in the neighborhood. I pass this school every day. My children are in boundary and may attend. But sure, I'm not "a part of the community" because I don't recognize a bunch of blurry strangers fighting at a bus stop that isn't in my neighborhood. Pull the other one.

DP. Technically you are not part of the MacArthur community and you were wrong to say it wasn’t MacArthur students just because you did not recognize one of many bus stops.

[Anonymous]

The AP has been great with his communication. He manages alot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Umm, that’s not MacArthur. You know this right?

Yes. It is. You obviously don’t have a child at the school. Mine doesn’t even attend MacArthur and we heard about it.

No, it's not. MacArthur High School is set back from MacArthur Boulevard, where the bus stop is. There are apartment buildings and a parking lot between the boulevard/bus stop and the school. This fight may have happened at a bus stop outside of some school, but the school is not MacArthur.[/quote

The kids are MacArthur students. The parents are MacArthur parent. The bus drove off from the stop away from the school - the parents were waiting at the next stop. So you are right that those buildings are not MacArthur - but those involved are all from the MacArthur community.

Since you are obviously not a part of the community and have no idea what you’re talking about, you should stop commenting.

I live in the neighborhood. I pass this school every day. My children are in boundary and may attend. But sure, I'm not "a part of the community" because I don't recognize a bunch of blurry strangers fighting at a bus stop that isn't in my neighborhood. Pull the other one.

Exactly. But mostly you’re not a part of the community because you have no idea what’s happening in the community. Ever heard the saying “you’re not affiliated if you have to ask”. Remember that before commenting in the future. And again, you should stop commenting on the community since you’re ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Macarthur parent here: The fight happened at Dupont Circle, which has historically been the location of fights among students/involving students from various DCPS high schoolers. In this particular instance, a kid/group of kids from Macarthur jumped another kid at Dupont Circle. The following day, supposedly the parents of the victim went to the Dupont Circle stop and retaliated against the kid/kids who were the prior days’ perpetrators. Of course this was foul all around. The police are investigating.

If you want to send your child to a school that does not have parents who do such things at a bus stop three miles away from the school then definitely this isn’t the school for you (and JR prob isn’t either). I have been impressed (and I say impressed because yes, I did harbor stereotypes) by how much these so called low SES parents care about their kids and their kids’ education and that comes across IN THE SCHOOL. Remember, in a great many instances kids who don’t live in the MacArthur boundary have adults in their lives who MADE THE CHOICE to send their kids to Hardy or to enter the lottery to go to Macarthur and sacrifice by having their kids endure sometimes 2 hour commutes to get a better education than their in-boundary school. I want to be in a school like that.

The administration can’t control what’s happening at a bus stop three miles away but even so are working hard to address the issues at Dupont Circle which are in fact out of their control.

The teachers at Macarthur are fantastic and dedicated. The administration is professional and extremely adept at managing constituents with various concerns—from the 9th grader who may have an ankle monitor to the parent wondering about which Ivy will be visiting the school in the fall, to the neighborhood rep worrying about the school’s fence encroaching on neighbors’ lawns. Our kid is thriving and I encourage others to visit in person or contact parents at the school.

PS a kid left Mac the first week of school to go back to JR and returned a week later, regretting the decision. That spoke volumes.

A student can’t just switch from MacArthur to JR and then back to MacArthur. This is because the student can only be in-bounds for one of these schools and must’ve gotten into one via the lottery.

Unless MacArthur was unable to fill this student’s seat when they left, which says a lot…I don’t know how this could’ve happened. Please explain.