KLMMORS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm appalled that the PP is automatically equating discipline issues and poor academic performance with "brown kids."

Let's be real, we know the only demographic differences between Janney and Shepherd are the following:

Shepherd:
79% black
4% white
9% hispanic
8% multi
33% FARM

Janney:
9% black
71% white
9% hispanic
4% asian
7% other
4% FARM

So when PP presumes that a school like Shepherd has "discipline" issues, what exactly do you think she was referring to? The only demographic difference between J&S is that the AA and white % is flipped.

Janney has index score of 94% with only 4% FARM
Shepherd has index score of 76% with 33% FARM

That is telling to me. To me, on paper, both schools seem to be doing a stellar job. I give a little more credit to Shepherd because they have a population of students that Janney does not (FARM).
As for me and my family, S looks better than J for the things we look for in a school. Also, they are IB.

Janney and Shepherd's truancy and suspension rates are virtually identical. Where do in the know posters get their discipline #s from? I get my information from DCPS School Profile. This poster that talks about discipline issues is completely uninformed.

And also, Shepherd's proficiency #s for black students are almost identical to Janney's performance (actually 1% better than Janney for math) so those students are doing well in spite of

large percentage of his or her classmates are below grade level and a number bring discipline issues to school everyday

. You liberal segregationists can stay in your white bubble and pretend that's what the world looks like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is interesting to me is the idea that it is Janney families that either (1) perpetuate the jklm moniker or (2) try to exclude Murch from the "m."

my guess is it is a Mann booster (note the singular) that tries to push the m is for Mann agenda, who else has time for that?

And I doubt many care about the broader perception, we are not trying to get our kids into the right application middle school so that we can send our kids to the right application high school for the leg up to get into Harvard. I think all Janney families want is a good education and positive experience for their children. Being part of an exclusive 4 letters is not that big a deal and it means even less outside of dcum. There is more incentive to downplay how good the school is, we do not need more kids at the school.

I am sure (and certainly hope) that there are other schools that families are equally happy with. The fact is, once you are in a school and it is working well for your family that is what you know and that is what you speak well of.

I know families well in Arlington, Great Falls, Potomac, Los Altos, CA, etc and they all think their kids school is the best. It is because it is what we know, it is working well, and we have no good means to judge other schools. This is a lake Wobegone phenomenon.

I think my kids' school is great, I don't have an opinion about the rest of the alphabet of schools that generally are performing well because I have no basis for such an opinion. It does not bother me if someone else thinks their school is equally great. I hope it is. Changing the perception of what tier a school is on by attacking schools in the tier you want to be in as someone trying to keep you out is not particularly useful to the discussion.

Murch is a decent school - top of the second tier but it is not first JKLM tier. Maybe in 5 or 10 years, who knows, it will be up to the JKLM level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm appalled that the PP is automatically equating discipline issues and poor academic performance with "brown kids."

Let's be real, we know the only demographic differences between Janney and Shepherd are the following:

Shepherd:
79% black
4% white
9% hispanic
8% multi
33% FARM

Janney:
9% black
71% white
9% hispanic
4% asian
7% other
4% FARM

So when PP presumes that a school like Shepherd has "discipline" issues, what exactly do you think she was referring to? The only demographic difference between J&S is that the AA and white % is flipped.

Janney has index score of 94% with only 4% FARM
Shepherd has index score of 76% with 33% FARM

That is telling to me. To me, on paper, both schools seem to be doing a stellar job. I give a little more credit to Shepherd because they have a population of students that Janney does not (FARM).
As for me and my family, S looks better than J for the things we look for in a school. Also, they are IB.

Janney and Shepherd's truancy and suspension rates are virtually identical. Where do in the know posters get their discipline #s from? I get my information from DCPS School Profile. This poster that talks about discipline issues is completely uninformed.

And also, Shepherd's proficiency #s for black students are almost identical to Janney's performance (actually 1% better than Janney for math) so those students are doing well in spite of

large percentage of his or her classmates are below grade level and a number bring discipline issues to school everyday

. You liberal segregationists can stay in your white bubble and pretend that's what the world looks like.

First angry poster that posted all that data. Thanks for taking an even deeper dive and proving PP's comment was offensive. I really do think it's one evil poster with a lot of time on their hands that likes to upset people. See the most recent post ("Murch will never be on JKLM level"). I really wish they would just go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm appalled that the PP is automatically equating discipline issues and poor academic performance with "brown kids."

Let's be real, we know the only demographic differences between Janney and Shepherd are the following:

Shepherd:
79% black
4% white
9% hispanic
8% multi
33% FARM

Janney:
9% black
71% white
9% hispanic
4% asian
7% other
4% FARM

So when PP presumes that a school like Shepherd has "discipline" issues, what exactly do you think she was referring to? The only demographic difference between J&S is that the AA and white % is flipped.

Janney has index score of 94% with only 4% FARM
Shepherd has index score of 76% with 33% FARM

That is telling to me. To me, on paper, both schools seem to be doing a stellar job. I give a little more credit to Shepherd because they have a population of students that Janney does not (FARM).
As for me and my family, S looks better than J for the things we look for in a school. Also, they are IB.

Janney and Shepherd's truancy and suspension rates are virtually identical. Where do in the know posters get their discipline #s from? I get my information from DCPS School Profile. This poster that talks about discipline issues is completely uninformed.

And also, Shepherd's proficiency #s for black students are almost identical to Janney's performance (actually 1% better than Janney for math) so those students are doing well in spite of

large percentage of his or her classmates are below grade level and a number bring discipline issues to school everyday

. You liberal segregationists can stay in your white bubble and pretend that's what the world looks like.

First angry poster that posted all that data. Thanks for taking an even deeper dive and proving PP's comment was offensive. I really do think it's one evil poster with a lot of time on their hands that likes to upset people. See the most recent post ("Murch will never be on JKLM level"). I really wish they would just go away.

I think they are worried their overpriced cookie cutter colonials will lose value.

[Anonymous]

Give it a try. After all, nothing says exclusive, aspirational, and desirable, like desperately promoting yourself.

[Anonymous]

Lol 20:26

[Anonymous]

Does class size come into play as a consideration for school quality?

I would think it should. This is a reason for dropping the (-) from the KLM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does class size come into play as a consideration for school quality?

I would think it should. This is a reason for dropping the (-) from the KLM.

I am loving the (-)!

Signed,
Original KLMMOResshh psoter

[Anonymous]

And PS, we are IB for a "lower case" school. I would personally add some to upper case status but we have to wait to be invited in like Ross did this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does class size come into play as a consideration for school quality?

I would think it should. This is a reason for dropping the (-) from the KLM.

I am loving the (-)!

Signed,
Original KLMMOResshh psoter

Well, I am the original poster that posted mid-thread in the other thread, that was then quoted here. I'm feeling pretty famous. Guess that was my 15 seconds.

[Anonymous]

KLMMORS...stupid.

You get that, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KLMMORS...stupid.

You get that, right?

but the eye roll, that is super classy.