Cooke or Tubman for 6th spot on our list?
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Anonymous
| We've got our first 5 choices, and we're trying to decide on our 6th spot for PS. Both Cooke and Tubman would be a difficult commute for us, but not completely unreasonable. Looking at the numbers, it looks like we'd have a better shot at getting into Tubman, but from previous posts, it seems like Cooke might be a better school. Should we take the risk and put Cooke or is that a waste of a spot on our list and we should just go with Tubman? |
Anonymous
| Is Garrison one of your choices? Not sure where you are located, but I would put that down as well if it is convenient to you. |
Anonymous
| Tubman is better in my opinion - better scores, strong principal, enthusiastic energy in the classroom. Having visited both (and being IB for cooke) I would choose tubman over cooke. That said, cooke is more "diverse" (tubman is less than 1% white), so that depends on your personal preference in that regard. |
Anonymous
| Tubman. Test scores show that this school is improving its scores through hard work over a period of years. It needs one good cohort of UMC parents to sign on board and it will be unstoppable. Arguably already the best school in Ward 1. |
Anonymous
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Stronger leadership at Tubman.
Better teacher retention at Tubman. |
Anonymous
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If you care about test scores, pick Tubman. They're still below the state average (ugh) but significantly better than Cooke.
http://www.greatschools.org/washington-dc/washington/58-Tubman-Elementary-School/?tab=test-scores http://www.greatschools.org/washington-dc/washington/78-H-D-Cooke-Elementary-School/?tab=test-scores |