Any feedback on Macarthur?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents of a MacArthur freshman here. My son loves the school. The staff and the administrators are amazing. My son was recommended to do AP pre-calculus because they reviewed his transcript and he already had algebra two in eighth grade and he has been getting straight A’s in his current algebra two class now I was a little annoyed that they did not view his transcript, but I was happy to see that once they acknowledged that they immediately switched his classes. Yes there have been fights. Yes, some children may be a little rowdy but it’s a public school. I see the same thing Deal and JR. The homecoming dance just happened. It was very successful at this school. I feel like my son would get the real high school experience. I am very pleased with the school and I recommend it to anybody.

Where did he go to middle school that he did algebra II in 8th grade?

Either BASIS or Deal.

DCI also but class is not called Algebra II. It is IB and math courses are integrated. In the highest track, it gets you to AP Calculus by 10th.

PP said pre calculus in 9th - so that means algebra in 6th, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents of a MacArthur freshman here. My son loves the school. The staff and the administrators are amazing. My son was recommended to do AP pre-calculus because they reviewed his transcript and he already had algebra two in eighth grade and he has been getting straight A’s in his current algebra two class now I was a little annoyed that they did not view his transcript, but I was happy to see that once they acknowledged that they immediately switched his classes. Yes there have been fights. Yes, some children may be a little rowdy but it’s a public school. I see the same thing Deal and JR. The homecoming dance just happened. It was very successful at this school. I feel like my son would get the real high school experience. I am very pleased with the school and I recommend it to anybody.

Where did he go to middle school that he did algebra II in 8th grade?

Either BASIS or Deal.

DCI also but class is not called Algebra II. It is IB and math courses are integrated. In the highest track, it gets you to AP Calculus by 10th.

PP said pre calculus in 9th - so that means algebra in 6th, no?

If your traditional sequence is Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II, then yes.

At DCI the math courses are not compartmentalized like above. It is integrated math and includes both algebra and geometry in middle school.

[Anonymous]

Is the MacArthur name change happening? When?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents of a MacArthur freshman here. My son loves the school. The staff and the administrators are amazing. My son was recommended to do AP pre-calculus because they reviewed his transcript and he already had algebra two in eighth grade and he has been getting straight A’s in his current algebra two class now I was a little annoyed that they did not view his transcript, but I was happy to see that once they acknowledged that they immediately switched his classes. Yes there have been fights. Yes, some children may be a little rowdy but it’s a public school. I see the same thing Deal and JR. The homecoming dance just happened. It was very successful at this school. I feel like my son would get the real high school experience. I am very pleased with the school and I recommend it to anybody.

Where did he go to middle school that he did algebra II in 8th grade?

Basis DC

[Anonymous]

Not apologizing for the neighbors. I know they didn’t want the school. But when kids are horsing around too much, it can feel threatening for older people. My neighbor had this issue at Jackson Reed many times when she was there to do shopping and had to deal with throngs of rowdy kids and the persistent smell of weed. I called the principal on her behalf and there must have been some guidance at school because the situation got better and safer for all.

[Anonymous]

I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

Wow. I have some news for you about every other DCPS neighborhood high school that is not JR or MacArthur.

[Anonymous]

Agree. And it’s not right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

I dream of the day I can be so rich as to be so unmoored from reality that I think it’s normative that where you live doesn’t affect your opportunities.

I’m sorry, but neighborhood schools aren’t just a DC, USA, or western thing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…

JR is in a worse neighborhood? In a substantial way? What drugs are you on?

[Anonymous]

JR is ghetto as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…

What JR is not is that it’s not title 1 with abysmal scores, not crazy commute, limited course offerings, sports, and EC.

JR also has a good cohort of high performing kids.

It’s a no brainer which school has better peers and offerrings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…

What JR is not is that it’s not title 1 with abysmal scores, not crazy commute, limited course offerings, sports, and EC.

JR also has a good cohort of high performing kids.

It’s a no brainer which school has better peers and offerrings.

We are a Hardy family that is so relieved at the opening of MacArthur. We would never have sent our kid to JR. Just like we would have never sent them to Deal. Those schools are so huge and the fact that they are right next to each other causes chaos in Tenleytown both before and after school. No thank you. Yes, MacArthur is still adding programming - it’s only in its 3rd year! - but it is indeed adding things and is on track to be one of the best schools in the city, comparable to Walls and Banneker without actually having admission barriers. It’s a no brainer to choose MacArthur over JR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address. My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school. MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…

What JR is not is that it’s not title 1 with abysmal scores, not crazy commute, limited course offerings, sports, and EC.

JR also has a good cohort of high performing kids.

It’s a no brainer which school has better peers and offerrings.

What's silly is when people rave about the "offerings" at 2000+ student schools.

Your kid doesn't need 200 sports and clubs to choose from, it just needs enough to accommodate their general interests. And it's really nice to be at a school where kids don't have to be elite performers to make the team.

The trade-off for the zillion specialized offerings is loss of community and increase in chaos. Yay.