Some of us are going to get cut out of Deal. So what do you want in a middle school, Center City?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Magnets offering competitive admission standards and/or a serious ability grouping commitment. I don't want to talk about race and SES interminably-- I want my kid to enjoy lessons that proceed at an appropriate pace for her without endless review that she doesn't need, without assignments so easy that she can pull them out of her butt at the last minute, without ever having to learn to struggle with understand actually challenging content because so few of her classmates are ready for above-grade-level material, and without disruptive students who fuck everything up.

Deal was ok on these counts because the overall level of instruction aimed sort of high-middle, and the school was organized enough to do a little more for the highest students. But kids like mine won't find this at the other DCPS middle schools in town.

Either test-in schools, or the end of feeder school rights to Deal/Wilson. I bought in a Ward 1 neighborhood zoned for both, having reviewed school options very carefully and having paid more money than was comfortable for a sadly modest property within the few blocks congenial to both our most serious school needs and urban lifestyle preferences. Not at all appropriate to cut my family out after all the money we've invested for the sake of the boundaries and leave mere lottery winners in.

I guess you realized (or should have) when you bought that boundaries could change. You took a risk. It may or not pay off. Don't confuse risk with entitlement.

People who paid good money are more entitled than people who simply got lucky in a lottery. Both "ins" happen under circumstances subject to change, but only one entails real planning and sacrifice. If hard choices need to be made, the windfall people should go first.

I really hope PP is a troll. Holy shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:support Hardy.

It will become a great alternative to Deal if given more support.

http://www.hardyms.org
We support Hardy! My kid will attend Hardy in 4,5 years, we live fairly close by.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I signed up the same day. I haven't heard anything back yet. Fingers crossed!

I received an invite for the focus group on November 9th at Tenley. They are asking for people to confirm so they can give alternative slots. I submitted the first day it was open.

[Anonymous]

If the ostensible objective is to keep diversity in the Deal/Wson feeder pipeline then it makes sense to keep John Eaton feeding to deal. While Eaton is the neighborhood school for Cleveland Park, it is about 60 percent OOB kids from other wards across the city. If you take Eaton out of Deal you take a lot of the diversity with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the ostensible objective is to keep diversity in the Deal/Wson feeder pipeline then it makes sense to keep John Eaton feeding to deal. While Eaton is the neighborhood school for Cleveland Park, it is about 60 percent OOB kids from other wards across the city. If you take Eaton out of Deal you take a lot of the diversity with it.

"Diversity" needs to stop dominating every decision regarding education in this town!!

[Anonymous]

I'll be going to the focus group in Columbia Heights in December. Looking forward to a god discussion!