Is your LO at Key?
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Anonymous
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Nobody needs to be desperate for opportunities to bash Janney, Janney does all the work!
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Anonymous
| The good private schools don't have that many openings in 6th grade. Where do all the Key students enroll? |
Anonymous
No real dog in this fight as my kids aren't at Janney, but you must be spending too much time online if you think that anonymous troll posts give you any insight into a school and a neighborhood. I've lived in AU Park for almost a decade, and have met nothing but nice, down-to-earth people. As for Key, I have friends who are very happy there, and who are planning to give Hardy a chance. |
Anonymous
They bail after third and fourth. An extra year of tuition is worth getting a seat. They also bail for charters after fourth, both Latin and Basis -- which take more Hardy feeder kids than Hardy does -- start at fifth. |
Anonymous
So there are significant number of privates that have fourth and fifth grade openings? I'm not impressed with the charters. The test scores are the same as most low-performing non-charter DC publics EOTP. |
Anonymous
Fine for you to not send your child to a charter - but you might want to educate yourself a little before making false statements. www.learndc.org is a good resource for test scores. |
Anonymous
Key sends 1-2 5th graders to each private school in the area, as well as local catholic schools. |
Anonymous
Where do you think I'm getting this information? Look at the PARCC scores. Most have 30 percent or below proficiency in math and reading. Maybe YOU should educate yourself. |
Anonymous
Latin and BASIS were the 2 charters mentioned. And their scores are significantly higher than that. |
Anonymous
There's nothing false about that statement. Look at Creative Minds International (just for the sake of argument since it's considered one of the better ones). In 2015-2016 only 33 percent of students met or exceeded expectations for their grade level in reading and only 27 percent in math. Look at some of the others. You'll see similar results. Here ya go: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/3069 |
Anonymous
Latin middle school has 70 percent meeting or exceeding in reading (pretty good) in math they're at 53 percent (meh). Basis is 60 percent for both math and reading. You're right that it's higher than 30 percent, but I wouldn't be necessarily ecstatic to put my kid in either of those settings. |
Anonymous
Most schools have "admission years" where they add another class and take a bunch of kids. Usually it's for fourth or fifth grade and then again at high school. In non-admission years they only take students to replace the ones who have left. So it's much easier to get in at an admission year. |
Anonymous
Most schools have "admission years" where they add another class and take a bunch of kids. Usually it's for fourth or fifth grade and then again at high school. In non-admission years they only take students to replace the ones who have left. So it's much easier to get in at an admission year. |
Anonymous
Key's reading is 72 percent too. Deal's reading is 63 percent and math is 50 percent. Latin and BASIS are also on par with the western Montgomery County middle schools. |
Anonymous
I had heard 6th grade is an admission year st many D.C. privates. At which schools is that not true? |