Why does everyone go crazy on Janney threads?

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Anonymous wrote:Envy of success.

Now that's funny.

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

No way, Mann is far more affluent than the rest -- Spring Valley, Foxhall, Kent -- way more expensive than AU park, CCDC or the Palisades.

Yet Janney has a tick lower % of FARM. Both pretty negligible but Janney has a lower % with 2x the enrollment.

Agree that Mann is the more affluent district. The fund raising is well above any other DC public school

Mann families can afford private. Janney families went all-in for the ugly little Tenleytown houses and are committed (!!!) to promoting their school and real estate at all costs - even when they make themselves look clueless.

But that's the same situation in CCDC and the Palisades! Same price points, same general housing stock (maybe a bit more land).

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

No way, Mann is far more affluent than the rest -- Spring Valley, Foxhall, Kent -- way more expensive than AU park, CCDC or the Palisades.

Yet Janney has a tick lower % of FARM. Both pretty negligible but Janney has a lower % with 2x the enrollment.

Agree that Mann is the more affluent district. The fund raising is well above any other DC public school

Mann families can afford private. Janney families went all-in for the ugly little Tenleytown houses and are committed (!!!) to promoting their school and real estate at all costs - even when they make themselves look clueless.

But that's the same situation in CCDC and the Palisades! Same price points, same general housing stock (maybe a bit more land).

Kent and Forest Hills are every bit as tony Spring Valley but don't let that get in the way of a good story.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a different theory on the most obnoxious of the Janney boosting: real estate marketers.

They believe in the marketing theory that if you say it often enough, people will believe it, and it becomes its own thing. This has been a great way to increase the market in AU park for a certain group of real estate agents who otherwise are not ethically allowed to discuss schools.

Does DCUM have such a wide circulation that it would move the needle?

Among people looking for homes in DC and asking about public schools? Of course. This is probably the first site that will pop up in google! Why do you think the Real Estate forum has realtor sponsorship?

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

No way, Mann is far more affluent than the rest -- Spring Valley, Foxhall, Kent -- way more expensive than AU park, CCDC or the Palisades.

Yet Janney has a tick lower % of FARM. Both pretty negligible but Janney has a lower % with 2x the enrollment.

Agree that Mann is the more affluent district. The fund raising is well above any other DC public school

Mann families can afford private. Janney families went all-in for the ugly little Tenleytown houses and are committed (!!!) to promoting their school and real estate at all costs - even when they make themselves look clueless.

But that's the same situation in CCDC and the Palisades! Same price points, same general housing stock (maybe a bit more land).

Kent and Forest Hills are every bit as tony Spring Valley but don't let that get in the way of a good story.

Right- but we're not talking about the schools that SV, Kent and FH feed into...we're talking about the less tony neighborhoods.

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Janney feeds to best-in-class Deal. Mann merely feeds to "Hardly" Middle School.

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

Mann is the most affluent.

Janney is the most affluent school. The people that live within Mann's district are more affluent, but their kids go to privates. I wasn't comparing neighborhoods, I was comparing schools. Janney has the lowest FARM percentage in the entire city.

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

No way, Mann is far more affluent than the rest -- Spring Valley, Foxhall, Kent -- way more expensive than AU park, CCDC or the Palisades.

Yet Janney has a tick lower % of FARM. Both pretty negligible but Janney has a lower % with 2x the enrollment.

Agree that Mann is the more affluent district. The fund raising is well above any other DC public school

Mann families can afford private. Janney families went all-in for the ugly little Tenleytown houses and are committed (!!!) to promoting their school and real estate at all costs - even when they make themselves look clueless.

But that's the same situation in CCDC and the Palisades! Same price points, same general housing stock (maybe a bit more land).

Right - but Janney's IB homes are closer to Metro and of anyone, have least chance of ever in the future being zoned out of Deal and Wilson because of that proximity.

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

You really think AU Park is more affluent than Kent/Spring Valley/Wesley Heights? The only other more affluent places are neighborhoods where people are childless or empty nesters, like swathes of Kalorama and Georgetown, certainly not AU Park.

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I think the real issue is that Janney had not 1 but 2 renovations before any other nearby schools had any. I suspect that now that Lafayette is done and when Murch is done, everyone will pipe down.

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

No way, Mann is far more affluent than the rest -- Spring Valley, Foxhall, Kent -- way more expensive than AU park, CCDC or the Palisades.

Yet Janney has a tick lower % of FARM. Both pretty negligible but Janney has a lower % with 2x the enrollment.

Agree that Mann is the more affluent district. The fund raising is well above any other DC public school

Mann families can afford private. Janney families went all-in for the ugly little Tenleytown houses and are committed (!!!) to promoting their school and real estate at all costs - even when they make themselves look clueless.

But that's the same situation in CCDC and the Palisades! Same price points, same general housing stock (maybe a bit more land).

Right - but Janney's IB homes are closer to Metro and of anyone, have least chance of ever in the future being zoned out of Deal and Wilson because of that proximity.

Metro proximity and IB middles do not make Janney the most affluent, which is what you were arguing before, and what you have changed your mind about a few times now. Metro accessibility and IB middles are just what makes IB Janney neighborhoods have a higher crime rate.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a different theory on the most obnoxious of the Janney boosting: real estate marketers.

They believe in the marketing theory that if you say it often enough, people will believe it, and it becomes its own thing. This has been a great way to increase the market in AU park for a certain group of real estate agents who otherwise are not ethically allowed to discuss schools.

If it were strictly realtors, they'd be doing it with other schools too. Certainly Lafayette, Mann, Shepherd, and Takoma Park (to name only a few) have more visual charm. It's really probably the echo chamber of Janney assholes.

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There's no difference in farms rates...

Re: Farms stats. Janney is 2% FARMS while Mann is....3%.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the real issue is that Janney had not 1 but 2 renovations before any other nearby schools had any. I suspect that now that Lafayette is done and when Murch is done, everyone will pipe down.

Some others will still complain. I think Eaton is sort of scheduled for 2025, which in DC time could mean 2050!

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Anonymous wrote:And not the other Deal/Key Feeder/mostly affluent schools? Where's the Mann hatred? Why does Lafayette not get flamed despite being pretty identical to Janney in most respects?

What am I missing?

The reason is that out of all the affluent schools in NW, Janney is the most affluent. It's human nature for the masses to not like the most affluent. It's the reason why lots of people "hate" Microsoft.

No way, Mann is far more affluent than the rest -- Spring Valley, Foxhall, Kent -- way more expensive than AU park, CCDC or the Palisades.

Yet Janney has a tick lower % of FARM. Both pretty negligible but Janney has a lower % with 2x the enrollment.

Agree that Mann is the more affluent district. The fund raising is well above any other DC public school

But that's because it's a population where a significant portion of students attend private school. But I get your point. Still, on average, I bet the Mann income greatly outpaces the Janney income, FARMS kids included.

The other schools have generally had, up until now, larger percentages of OOB students. Janney was the first to have virtually no one who is OOB. Now more of the rest of the Ward 3 schools are trending in that direction.

Not true. Mann always had fewer. In fact, Mann was the one school that was able to delay being forced into ending at 5th grade (some WOTP schools used to go to 6th) for an extra year or so. That's because all the IB students didn't want to go to Hardy, but Mann has always had more political pull. They're just subtle about it. It's like they're Kennedys and prefer privacy and discretion whereas the Janney folks are like Kardashians. They JUST WON"T SHUT UP.