Advice Needed-Really Worried about Child at Current School

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As for PPs guessing why 5th grade in DCPS can be hard and blaming it on charter schools “taking” friends. I call BS. I have yet to see a DCPS elementary school that provides the intellectual and social opportunities that these 10/11 year olds are ready for. They THRiVE at Latin and Basis in 5th grade. They love it. They are ready for it. DCPS could do something similar in their 5th grades, but don’t.

I agree with the caveat that this is not just about DCPS and it is nonsense to blame this on "charters". The exact same thing happens in 5th at HRCS. Kids peel off for Latin and BASIS because parents realize the social emotional wellbeing crap is not happening and is a shield against poor academic standards. It is also an issue of HS path.

As a parent of a kid that escaped to Latin or BASIS in 5th, I cringe when I think about how far behind our kid's friends in 5th and 6th are as against where they are now.

wow you need to get over yourself

That's a healthy and mature response. Much easier than having to face down the reality that 5th grade at most ES and most HRCS is substandard. Seems to me like I may have struck a nerve.

Lol you cringe at your friends childrens academic performance I'm good

Again, this is too personal for you to be able to differentiate between feeling sorry for kids who are receiving a substandard education and feeling sorry for the kids' performance. Not the same thing.

If it makes you feel better to lash out at me, I'm ok with that. Probably easier than having to face the reality of the learning deficit your kid is experiencing.

It's not personal to me I don't even have kids. I work at one of the two "prestige" schools you mention and am laughing because its really not that different. Just trying to figure out which parent you are so I can roll my eyes at dismissal

If you don't have kids in those schools then you have no clue what they are or are not learning.

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As for PPs guessing why 5th grade in DCPS can be hard and blaming it on charter schools “taking” friends. I call BS. I have yet to see a DCPS elementary school that provides the intellectual and social opportunities that these 10/11 year olds are ready for. They THRiVE at Latin and Basis in 5th grade. They love it. They are ready for it. DCPS could do something similar in their 5th grades, but don’t.

I agree with the caveat that this is not just about DCPS and it is nonsense to blame this on "charters". The exact same thing happens in 5th at HRCS. Kids peel off for Latin and BASIS because parents realize the social emotional wellbeing crap is not happening and is a shield against poor academic standards. It is also an issue of HS path.

As a parent of a kid that escaped to Latin or BASIS in 5th, I cringe when I think about how far behind our kid's friends in 5th and 6th are as against where they are now.

wow you need to get over yourself

That's a healthy and mature response. Much easier than having to face down the reality that 5th grade at most ES and most HRCS is substandard. Seems to me like I may have struck a nerve.

Lol you cringe at your friends childrens academic performance I'm good

Again, this is too personal for you to be able to differentiate between feeling sorry for kids who are receiving a substandard education and feeling sorry for the kids' performance. Not the same thing.

If it makes you feel better to lash out at me, I'm ok with that. Probably easier than having to face the reality of the learning deficit your kid is experiencing.

It's not personal to me I don't even have kids. I work at one of the two "prestige" schools you mention and am laughing because its really not that different. Just trying to figure out which parent you are so I can roll my eyes at dismissal

If you don't have kids in those schools then you have no clue what they are or are not learning.

I've worked at multiple schools in my career all the same grand band. Different ways of doing things; very similar content

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As for PPs guessing why 5th grade in DCPS can be hard and blaming it on charter schools “taking” friends. I call BS. I have yet to see a DCPS elementary school that provides the intellectual and social opportunities that these 10/11 year olds are ready for. They THRiVE at Latin and Basis in 5th grade. They love it. They are ready for it. DCPS could do something similar in their 5th grades, but don’t.

I agree with the caveat that this is not just about DCPS and it is nonsense to blame this on "charters". The exact same thing happens in 5th at HRCS. Kids peel off for Latin and BASIS because parents realize the social emotional wellbeing crap is not happening and is a shield against poor academic standards. It is also an issue of HS path.

As a parent of a kid that escaped to Latin or BASIS in 5th, I cringe when I think about how far behind our kid's friends in 5th and 6th are as against where they are now.

wow you need to get over yourself

That's a healthy and mature response. Much easier than having to face down the reality that 5th grade at most ES and most HRCS is substandard. Seems to me like I may have struck a nerve.

Lol you cringe at your friends childrens academic performance I'm good

Again, this is too personal for you to be able to differentiate between feeling sorry for kids who are receiving a substandard education and feeling sorry for the kids' performance. Not the same thing.

If it makes you feel better to lash out at me, I'm ok with that. Probably easier than having to face the reality of the learning deficit your kid is experiencing.

It's not personal to me I don't even have kids. I work at one of the two "prestige" schools you mention and am laughing because its really not that different. Just trying to figure out which parent you are so I can roll my eyes at dismissal

If you don't have kids in those schools then you have no clue what they are or are not learning.

I've worked at multiple schools in my career all the same grand band. Different ways of doing things; very similar content

With all due respect, you have no idea what you are talking about. The 5th grade curriculum at BASIS and Latin (especially at BASIS) has no earthly resemblance to what ES that are EOTP and several HRCS are covering. That's not an opinion, it is fact.

[Anonymous]

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As for PPs guessing why 5th grade in DCPS can be hard and blaming it on charter schools “taking” friends. I call BS. I have yet to see a DCPS elementary school that provides the intellectual and social opportunities that these 10/11 year olds are ready for. They THRiVE at Latin and Basis in 5th grade. They love it. They are ready for it. DCPS could do something similar in their 5th grades, but don’t.

I agree with the caveat that this is not just about DCPS and it is nonsense to blame this on "charters". The exact same thing happens in 5th at HRCS. Kids peel off for Latin and BASIS because parents realize the social emotional wellbeing crap is not happening and is a shield against poor academic standards. It is also an issue of HS path.

As a parent of a kid that escaped to Latin or BASIS in 5th, I cringe when I think about how far behind our kid's friends in 5th and 6th are as against where they are now.

wow you need to get over yourself

That's a healthy and mature response. Much easier than having to face down the reality that 5th grade at most ES and most HRCS is substandard. Seems to me like I may have struck a nerve.

Lol you cringe at your friends childrens academic performance I'm good

Again, this is too personal for you to be able to differentiate between feeling sorry for kids who are receiving a substandard education and feeling sorry for the kids' performance. Not the same thing.

If it makes you feel better to lash out at me, I'm ok with that. Probably easier than having to face the reality of the learning deficit your kid is experiencing.

It's not personal to me I don't even have kids. I work at one of the two "prestige" schools you mention and am laughing because its really not that different. Just trying to figure out which parent you are so I can roll my eyes at dismissal

I am also a teacher at one of those schools and have also taught in DCPS elementary. There is a world of difference.

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Anonymous wrote:
As for PPs guessing why 5th grade in DCPS can be hard and blaming it on charter schools “taking” friends. I call BS. I have yet to see a DCPS elementary school that provides the intellectual and social opportunities that these 10/11 year olds are ready for. They THRiVE at Latin and Basis in 5th grade. They love it. They are ready for it. DCPS could do something similar in their 5th grades, but don’t.

I agree with the caveat that this is not just about DCPS and it is nonsense to blame this on "charters". The exact same thing happens in 5th at HRCS. Kids peel off for Latin and BASIS because parents realize the social emotional wellbeing crap is not happening and is a shield against poor academic standards. It is also an issue of HS path.

As a parent of a kid that escaped to Latin or BASIS in 5th, I cringe when I think about how far behind our kid's friends in 5th and 6th are as against where they are now.

wow you need to get over yourself

That's a healthy and mature response. Much easier than having to face down the reality that 5th grade at most ES and most HRCS is substandard. Seems to me like I may have struck a nerve.

Lol you cringe at your friends childrens academic performance I'm good

Again, this is too personal for you to be able to differentiate between feeling sorry for kids who are receiving a substandard education and feeling sorry for the kids' performance. Not the same thing.

If it makes you feel better to lash out at me, I'm ok with that. Probably easier than having to face the reality of the learning deficit your kid is experiencing.

It's not personal to me I don't even have kids. I work at one of the two "prestige" schools you mention and am laughing because its really not that different. Just trying to figure out which parent you are so I can roll my eyes at dismissal

I am also a teacher at one of those schools and have also taught in DCPS elementary. There is a world of difference.

Agree to disagree

[Anonymous]

No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

Or it could be that it’s not surprising this is happening at a DCPS school - a school where all other families have left by 4th or 5th which tells me that there were either serious academic or behavior issues. You don’t just jump ship lightly and it’s a trend here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

Everyone knows exactly what’s going on and that there’s no fixing it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

Or it could be that it’s not surprising this is happening at a DCPS school - a school where all other families have left by 4th or 5th which tells me that there were either serious academic or behavior issues. You don’t just jump ship lightly and it’s a trend here.

This is so wrong it’s laughable. Almost everyone outside of JR feeders jump ship to secure a middle and high school pathway, not because of behavior or academics. People love to opine on issues they have zero experience with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

Or it could be that it’s not surprising this is happening at a DCPS school - a school where all other families have left by 4th or 5th which tells me that there were either serious academic or behavior issues. You don’t just jump ship lightly and it’s a trend here.

This is so wrong it’s laughable. Almost everyone outside of JR feeders jump ship to secure a middle and high school pathway, not because of behavior or academics. People love to opine on issues they have zero experience with.

+100

[Anonymous]

A lot of HRCS use the same math curriculum as DCPS. There really isn’t a difference in that regard. The only difference from one school to the next is the socio economic status and race/ethnicity of the students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

Or it could be that it’s not surprising this is happening at a DCPS school - a school where all other families have left by 4th or 5th which tells me that there were either serious academic or behavior issues. You don’t just jump ship lightly and it’s a trend here.

This is so wrong it’s laughable. Almost everyone outside of JR feeders jump ship to secure a middle and high school pathway, not because of behavior or academics. People love to opine on issues they have zero experience with.

This. Brent lost 27 5th graders to BASIS in SY 2021. That wasn't a reflection on Brent, rather on the lack of MS or HS path.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one has asked which school because it is DCPS, if it was a charter they will be blaming the school.

Or it could be that it’s not surprising this is happening at a DCPS school - a school where all other families have left by 4th or 5th which tells me that there were either serious academic or behavior issues. You don’t just jump ship lightly and it’s a trend here.

This is so wrong it’s laughable. Almost everyone outside of JR feeders jump ship to secure a middle and high school pathway, not because of behavior or academics. People love to opine on issues they have zero experience with.

It’s laughable that all the CH people think it’s only about them. There is a whole other world EOTP outside CH.

Majority of these schools, people absolutely jump ship because of academics or behavior. But most will say it’s because of middle school as a justification for their out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Would you guys give this same residency fraud advice to a parent from Ward 7 or 8? Or would you complain about crowding?

Maybe MD residents but any District resident definitely not!

Is the Hardy/Deal/Jackson-Reed working more on residency fraud and not so much on boundary issues. Seems like there are so many Maryland kids

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of HRCS use the same math curriculum as DCPS. There really isn’t a difference in that regard. The only difference from one school to the next is the socio economic status and race/ethnicity of the students.

Ignorant post. Complete BS. Published Curriculum is the least of what goes on in a classroom/school. People leaving Cap Hill elementary schools for charters are highly likely to be joining a far more mixed racial/socio-economic group in the charter sector.