Can anything be done about HB Woodlawn?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

I mean of course there is. You know the Dep Mayor in DC just resigned for getting a colleague’s kid into a particular school. I see no reason why the HB principal and others who are in on this cheating shouldn’t have to come clean and face the public. It stinks to high heaven.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

Yes. You need to know the right people, though. I support HB, so this isn’t bitter grapes. I have a friend who is friends with an APS administrator. My friend’s child was ushered in through a backdoor process, but I have not asked how exactly it was done. This child has no special needs, social or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

Yes. You need to know the right people, though. I support HB, so this isn’t bitter grapes. I have a friend who is friends with an APS administrator. My friend’s child was ushered in through a backdoor process, but I have not asked how exactly it was done. This child has no special needs, social or otherwise.

Yes. I am opposed to HB by the way. Perfectly happy to have grapes that are bitter. The more taxes I pay and the more crowded my kids’ school is, the buttered those grapes get!!!

[Anonymous]

Maybe we need some resignations and heads cracked together at APS like in DC this week.

“Deputy Mayor Resigns After Allowing Chancellor to Bypass School Lottery”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/02/16/auto-draft/

[Anonymous]

Favors of this sort aren’t that uncommon and you’re fooling yourself if you think this sort of thing isn’t happening within APS. I know someone who got into a lottery elementary school via sibling priority but the older sibling was graduating and leaving the school for middle school as the younger sibling was entering Kindergarten. The front office just marked it as “sibling priority” as a favor to the family who had been in the school for so many years. There is no accountability/oversight for these situations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Favors of this sort aren’t that uncommon and you’re fooling yourself if you think this sort of thing isn’t happening within APS. I know someone who got into a lottery elementary school via sibling priority but the older sibling was graduating and leaving the school for middle school as the younger sibling was entering Kindergarten. The front office just marked it as “sibling priority” as a favor to the family who had been in the school for so many years. There is no accountability/oversight for these situations.

That’s cheating. Or more accurately, since it’s public funds: fraud.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

I mean of course there is. You know the Dep Mayor in DC just resigned for getting a colleague’s kid into a particular school. I see no reason why the HB principal and others who are in on this cheating shouldn’t have to come clean and face the public. It stinks to high heaven.

File a FOIA. Be careful how you word it though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

I mean of course there is. You know the Dep Mayor in DC just resigned for getting a colleague’s kid into a particular school. I see no reason why the HB principal and others who are in on this cheating shouldn’t have to come clean and face the public. It stinks to high heaven.

The entire senior staff at APS needs to go. They are awful and the signs of incompetence are everywhere: poor planning, unequal access to choice/lottery schools, and huge achievement gaps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

I mean of course there is. You know the Dep Mayor in DC just resigned for getting a colleague’s kid into a particular school. I see no reason why the HB principal and others who are in on this cheating shouldn’t have to come clean and face the public. It stinks to high heaven.

The entire senior staff at APS needs to go. They are awful and the signs of incompetence are everywhere: poor planning, unequal access to choice/lottery schools, and huge achievement gaps.

Another DC Public Schools official is out today. Skirting the rules for the school lottery. Same thing happens for HB. Heads should roll at APS. This is outrageous favoritism. Happening in plain sight too!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put some trailers in that site and force them to take on 500 more kids. LIKE THE REST OF APS!!! Those sanctimonious HB parents make me want to VOMIT.

I noticed on AEM that the most sanctimonious one about how white HB is said that she has kids (plural) there.

Nothing fishy about that at all! But even if it were all fair and square (which it’s clearly not), it’s still rotten. We don’t have space for these snowflake programs. Stick those kids ... all plural of them... in trailers like the rest of our kids.

If you don’t want your kids in trailers you can transfer to another school in APS that is less crowded. Two middle schools that have zero trailers were accepting transfers this year.

But I sure can’t send them to HB. Only the chosen ones can go there.

Yes. The ones randomly chosen.

Can't wait until your kids apply to college and it's not even random. Boy are you in for some disappointment.

I think most of us believe the initial lottery is random and 75 lucky kids are chosen (for middle school) each year. The issue we have is with those who get in outside of the lottery process. Current HB middle school class sizes are around 82-85, quite a few “extras” end up at HB each year. That would be great if these extras were being taken from the waitlist but that doesn’t seem to be happening. It seems to be another “system” that gets certain kids in outside of the lottery. Without transparency after the initial lottery we’ll never know what is actually happening...

I know for sure a kid who got in, never on the waitlist and let in by the principal. No autism, bullying issues, just a principal who liked this kid.

Did you hear this directly from the principal? If not, I don't know how you can say this with such certainty. I don't have a dog in this fight, but I see people share anecdotal "evidence" of fraud all the time without acknowledging that they might not know the whole story. There are issues with kids that their parents don't necessarily discuss and are not immediately apparent. Just like there are people who legitimately need handicap parking tags, but whose handicap isn't obvious externally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put some trailers in that site and force them to take on 500 more kids. LIKE THE REST OF APS!!! Those sanctimonious HB parents make me want to VOMIT.

I noticed on AEM that the most sanctimonious one about how white HB is said that she has kids (plural) there.

Nothing fishy about that at all! But even if it were all fair and square (which it’s clearly not), it’s still rotten. We don’t have space for these snowflake programs. Stick those kids ... all plural of them... in trailers like the rest of our kids.

If you don’t want your kids in trailers you can transfer to another school in APS that is less crowded. Two middle schools that have zero trailers were accepting transfers this year.

But I sure can’t send them to HB. Only the chosen ones can go there.

Yes. The ones randomly chosen.

Can't wait until your kids apply to college and it's not even random. Boy are you in for some disappointment.

I think most of us believe the initial lottery is random and 75 lucky kids are chosen (for middle school) each year. The issue we have is with those who get in outside of the lottery process. Current HB middle school class sizes are around 82-85, quite a few “extras” end up at HB each year. That would be great if these extras were being taken from the waitlist but that doesn’t seem to be happening. It seems to be another “system” that gets certain kids in outside of the lottery. Without transparency after the initial lottery we’ll never know what is actually happening...

I know for sure a kid who got in, never on the waitlist and let in by the principal. No autism, bullying issues, just a principal who liked this kid.

Did you hear this directly from the principal? If not, I don't know how you can say this with such certainty. I don't have a dog in this fight, but I see people share anecdotal "evidence" of fraud all the time without acknowledging that they might not know the whole story. There are issues with kids that their parents don't necessarily discuss and are not immediately apparent. Just like there are people who legitimately need handicap parking tags, but whose handicap isn't obvious externally.

Exactly. Casey Robinson is a real, dedicated person, and you are slandering her anonymously. Report her to the superintendent, out the family on this board, or shut up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

Yes. You need to know the right people, though. I support HB, so this isn’t bitter grapes. I have a friend who is friends with an APS administrator. My friend’s child was ushered in through a backdoor process, but I have not asked how exactly it was done. This child has no special needs, social or otherwise.

Yep. I know somebody like this. They then managed to get kid’s best friend in through same back door the following year.

There is a fairly big clique of parent/kids I know that all could not have ended up there “randomly”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put some trailers in that site and force them to take on 500 more kids. LIKE THE REST OF APS!!! Those sanctimonious HB parents make me want to VOMIT.

I noticed on AEM that the most sanctimonious one about how white HB is said that she has kids (plural) there.

Nothing fishy about that at all! But even if it were all fair and square (which it’s clearly not), it’s still rotten. We don’t have space for these snowflake programs. Stick those kids ... all plural of them... in trailers like the rest of our kids.

If you don’t want your kids in trailers you can transfer to another school in APS that is less crowded. Two middle schools that have zero trailers were accepting transfers this year.

But I sure can’t send them to HB. Only the chosen ones can go there.

Yes. The ones randomly chosen.

Can't wait until your kids apply to college and it's not even random. Boy are you in for some disappointment.

I think most of us believe the initial lottery is random and 75 lucky kids are chosen (for middle school) each year. The issue we have is with those who get in outside of the lottery process. Current HB middle school class sizes are around 82-85, quite a few “extras” end up at HB each year. That would be great if these extras were being taken from the waitlist but that doesn’t seem to be happening. It seems to be another “system” that gets certain kids in outside of the lottery. Without transparency after the initial lottery we’ll never know what is actually happening...

Kids get transferred into every school that "isn't accepting transfers." Why is the door closed to some and not others?

This is so true. Good question.

[Anonymous]

If any of you are so certain that students are being admitted to HB in violation of policy, file a lawsuit. Get it out in the open so that real change can happen. All of this anonymous rumor and speculation about this poster or that poster knowing a kid who got in even though the poster isn't aware of any special need or other consideration their neighbor might have chosen not to share doesn't accomplish anything and is a waste of time, so put up or shut up. If you have actual knowledge of fraud, blow the whistle so something can be done. If you don't have actual knowledge and are just speculating, stop wasting everyone's time that could be better spent on real issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if you think HB is all random, you have been duped.

I have younger kids but was told by a neighbor that "there are ways to get your child into HB". She would not elaborate but her child does go there. Is there something to this?

I love reading this board because I am an HB graduate and my parents are lower-middle class. I lived on Halls Hill (before the development) and my parents continue to live there. I got in and trust me, my parents did NOT pay or have any connections. As did my younger sister.