MacArthur is the new Walls

[Anonymous]

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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.

Untrue. This is the last year that kids from Hardy have a choice. They are in bounds for both. Next year this will not be the case, but it absolutely is this year

[Anonymous]

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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.

Untrue. This is the last year that kids from Hardy have a choice. They are in bounds for both. Next year this will not be the case, but it absolutely is this year

This year's can switch back and forth during the year? Because they're technically still considered in bounds for both schools? Sweet deal...

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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?

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.

This post is so deeply embarrassing, given that it’s trying to connect events in DuPont Circle to MacArthur.

[Anonymous]

Events in Dupont Circle, a public space, on a city bus, involving teens and adults whose connection to a particular high school may be verified only by members of a select "community" that does not include the school's actual neighborhood. Sounds like a school problem to me! Except not.

[Anonymous]

The bus ride is crazy .I went to Mac Arthur yesterday and girls waiting for the bus are there by themselves; around men sitting to close to them and smoking weed . Parents you have to do something and call the city to put straight buses from the schools to metro station .The cool and darks is coming . don't put your kids in risk. Proposal for new buses never happened 😔

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bus ride is crazy .I went to Mac Arthur yesterday and girls waiting for the bus are there by themselves; around men sitting to close to them and smoking weed . Parents you have to do something and call the city to put straight buses from the schools to metro station .The cool and darks is coming . don't put your kids in risk. Proposal for new buses never happened 😔

What on earth are you talking about?!! A large group of kids, boys and girls, take the bus from Macarthur at dismissal. Not everyone who takes the bus is going to the metro station so a bus straight to the metro makes no sense. Also DC Metro increased the frequency/number of buses at dismissal to accommodate the school and in turn, Macarthur has staggered dismissal times to coincide with the bus arrival. So not sure how much more can be done. Metro and the school have worked well together to address the transportation issue.

I don’t get why everyone seems so eager to bash this school
and look for the worst to see it fail. Makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Untrue. This is the last year that kids from Hardy have a choice. They are in bounds for both. Next year this will not be the case, but it absolutely is this year

Exactly this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The bus ride is crazy .I went to Mac Arthur yesterday and girls waiting for the bus are there by themselves; around men sitting to close to them and smoking weed . Parents you have to do something and call the city to put straight buses from the schools to metro station .The cool and darks is coming . don't put your kids in risk. Proposal for new buses never happened 😔

What on earth are you talking about?!! A large group of kids, boys and girls, take the bus from Macarthur at dismissal. Not everyone who takes the bus is going to the metro station so a bus straight to the metro makes no sense. Also DC Metro increased the frequency/number of buses at dismissal to accommodate the school and in turn, Macarthur has staggered dismissal times to coincide with the bus arrival. So not sure how much more can be done. Metro and the school have worked well together to address the transportation issue.

I don’t get why everyone seems so eager to bash this school
and look for the worst to see it fail. Makes no sense.

I don't understand why a bus to Dupont would be a priority anyway. A bus to Cleveland Park or National Cathedral or Spring Valley -- that should be top priority.