Whittle School

[Anonymous]

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They say that they’re working with state and city and seem cconfident they will open on Sept 3rd. They don’t explicitly promise to open in the building but strongly imply it.

There is a federal handle. Section 106 consultation at federal level is also needed if building is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

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I don’t know one child that apllied and haven’t heard of one child going there. Did they accept anyone or is it too much of an unknown to open up this fall?

[Anonymous]

They did accept families, they even did an early acceptance round.

[Anonymous]

DP, I know two kids coming from public schools, one from DCPS and one from a charter school. Both were offered a significant amount of financial aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this property is federally owned then it must go thru Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Anyone want to pursue it? Go to ACHP.gov and see which staff member has responsibility for th Department of State, and contact them.

Isn't part of the land Murch sits on also federally owned (Park Service)? They needed all the permits, traffic studies, dDOT approvals, plus historic preservation, plus Commission of Fine Arts signing off on every little thing. And to even swing for 2 years across the street from the Intelsat building at UDC there was red tape with traffic studies, lots of meetings, ANC processes, etc.

Weird that these folks just plopped in there without a peep.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't worry about this stop work, no permit, won't get open thingy everyone is talking about. The FORMER PRESIDENT OF YALE, chancellor of BERKLY, CEO of BOEING OF INDIA and someone who went to EXETER are all over it. Problem...solved.

You are so right.

The EXETER connection can fix it all.

I don't know if you people are being sarcastic. you are, right? One of you?

The DAUGHTER of the FORMER PRESIDENT OF YALE is also on the Whittle LEADERSHIP team. Nothing can go wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know one child that apllied and haven’t heard of one child going there. Did they accept anyone or is it too much of an unknown to open up this fall?

I know three kids who are enrolled and going in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP, I know two kids coming from public schools, one from DCPS and one from a charter school. Both were offered a significant amount of financial aid.

I heard they started offering 50% scholarships. This followed their 10% discount scholarships that was not tempting anyone. And these are only for one year, don't rely on it continuing for the next year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know one child that apllied and haven’t heard of one child going there. Did they accept anyone or is it too much of an unknown to open up this fall?

I know three kids who are enrolled and going in the fall.

I'm curious. Are they all in the same family? What was the motivation of the families?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know one child that apllied and haven’t heard of one child going there. Did they accept anyone or is it too much of an unknown to open up this fall?

I know three kids who are enrolled and going in the fall.

I'm curious. Are they all in the same family? What was the motivation of the families?

No. Three separate families. During the info sessions, they said all of the right things. If you're a parent that is willing to take the risk and it works out then you've gotten in on the ground floor of something transformative. What's the worst that can happen? It is an accredited place and the students will not lose anything by attending for a year. If it doesn't work out then you find another school the following year. Some people are willing to jump in with both feet and others are not. I think it's that simple.

My children are not attending Whittle. I did attend many info sessions and I met a lot of the people who will be working there. They are all smart, engaged and committed educators. The Head of School is the real deal. Many of them have uprooted their lives and left really good, comfortable positions to follow the light. The problem is that for that amount of tuition people want a track record and proven results.

I hope they succeed and put some pressure on some of the schools to reevaluate how they approach education.

[Anonymous]

Unless I'm missing something, the accreditation process takes years under a best case scenario. These guys aren't even accredited to the demo work that they've been doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that for that amount of tuition people want a track record and proven results.

Do you think it's unreasonable for families to want a track record of proven results for that amount of tuition?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is that for that amount of tuition people want a track record and proven results.

Do you think it's unreasonable for families to want a track record of proven results for that amount of tuition?

Not at all. Where did I say that? I understand the reservations and I also understand the person that says, "what do we have to lose." I don't have to jump on the bash Whittle bandwagon to make people feel good. I 100% get why people are skeptical. Chris Whittle has a spotty past.

I personally think that the model is awesome and I hope it works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know one child that apllied and haven’t heard of one child going there. Did they accept anyone or is it too much of an unknown to open up this fall?

I know three kids who are enrolled and going in the fall.

I'm curious. Are they all in the same family? What was the motivation of the families?

No. Three separate families. During the info sessions, they said all of the right things. If you're a parent that is willing to take the risk and it works out then you've gotten in on the ground floor of something transformative. What's the worst that can happen? It is an accredited place and the students will not lose anything by attending for a year. If it doesn't work out then you find another school the following year. Some people are willing to jump in with both feet and others are not. I think it's that simple.

My children are not attending Whittle. I did attend many info sessions and I met a lot of the people who will be working there. They are all smart, engaged and committed educators. The Head of School is the real deal. Many of them have uprooted their lives and left really good, comfortable positions to follow the light. The problem is that for that amount of tuition people want a track record and proven results.

I hope they succeed and put some pressure on some of the schools to reevaluate how they approach education.

This was 100% posted by someone affiliated with the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know one child that apllied and haven’t heard of one child going there. Did they accept anyone or is it too much of an unknown to open up this fall?

I know three kids who are enrolled and going in the fall.

I'm curious. Are they all in the same family? What was the motivation of the families?

No. Three separate families. During the info sessions, they said all of the right things. If you're a parent that is willing to take the risk and it works out then you've gotten in on the ground floor of something transformative. What's the worst that can happen? It is an accredited place and the students will not lose anything by attending for a year. If it doesn't work out then you find another school the following year. Some people are willing to jump in with both feet and others are not. I think it's that simple.

My children are not attending Whittle. I did attend many info sessions and I met a lot of the people who will be working there. They are all smart, engaged and committed educators. The Head of School is the real deal. Many of them have uprooted their lives and left really good, comfortable positions to follow the light. The problem is that for that amount of tuition people want a track record and proven results.

I hope they succeed and put some pressure on some of the schools to reevaluate how they approach education.

This was 100% posted by someone affiliated with the school.

Nope. It was me. Not affiliated with the school in any way, shape or form. I stand by the fact that they are saying the right things. If it works, it will be transformative. The people there are wonderful. Has anyone bashing the place spent any time talking to the people at Whittle? Have you listened to what they're saying? I think not.

It's too new and expensive for me so my children will not be enrolling.