Looking for some feedback on Eastern HS?

[Anonymous]

OP, unless you're an inveterate woke kumbaya lefty family, Eastern's IBD almost certainly isn't worth it. I really wish that this weren't true. A tiny number of UMC CH families enroll at Eastern. I've tutored students there. The school just doesn't serve the neighborhood like it could, not by a long shot. DCPS could care less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're entering the 11th grade as a new family & looking for feedback on the school.

OP if you asked specific questions you would likely get more helpful answers. Otherwise it is just a rorschach test for everyone to vent.

What do you want to know? Sports offerings? Music? Program options? Interventions available? College acceptances? Percent of teachers with advanced degrees? Principal priorities? AP offerings? SAT scores? Demographics? Suspension rates? Most beloved school traditions? Post-secondary counseling? Mental health supports? Vocational programs within the school? Number of volumes in the library? Names of clubs?

Come on. What matters to you and your 11th grader? That way you may get some real information.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, unless you're an inveterate woke kumbaya lefty family, Eastern's IBD almost certainly isn't worth it. I really wish that this weren't true. A tiny number of UMC CH families enroll at Eastern. I've tutored students there. The school just doesn't serve the neighborhood like it could, not by a long shot. DCPS could care less.

It’s DCPS *could NOT care less*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, unless you're an inveterate woke kumbaya lefty family, Eastern's IBD almost certainly isn't worth it. I really wish that this weren't true. A tiny number of UMC CH families enroll at Eastern. I've tutored students there. The school just doesn't serve the neighborhood like it could, not by a long shot. DCPS could care less.

I think DCPS is fine with it as is because many ward 7 and 8 families lottery into Eastern. These families are grateful to have an option that is better than Anacostia and Ballou high schools. Eastern is also considered preferable to HD Woodson HS. If CH families started filling up Eastern, where would these other kids go? Anacostia and Ballou are massively under enrolled

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

Typical social justice hypocrisy

His son does attend Eastern, which is more than I can say for any of my Hill neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, unless you're an inveterate woke kumbaya lefty family, Eastern's IBD almost certainly isn't worth it. I really wish that this weren't true. A tiny number of UMC CH families enroll at Eastern. I've tutored students there. The school just doesn't serve the neighborhood like it could, not by a long shot. DCPS could care less.

Why do you assume OP is UMC?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

Typical social justice hypocrisy

His son does attend Eastern, which is more than I can say for any of my Hill neighbors.

Dude already made entirely clear that he’d take Walls if possible. So just like Hill neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eastern's vaunted IB Diploma Program, established in 2009 under Michelle Rhee, doesn't even offer IB specific classes these days. The kids take AP classes then IB exams, which doesn't work well of course. Eastern remains a non starter for almost all in-boundary middle-class families.

I thought you werent allowed to take IB exams without taking the courses, unlike AP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Eastern's vaunted IB Diploma Program, established in 2009 under Michelle Rhee, doesn't even offer IB specific classes these days. The kids take AP classes then IB exams, which doesn't work well of course. Eastern remains a non starter for almost all in-boundary middle-class families.

This is false. I teach at Eastern. The students take IB classes and then IB exams. AP courses are separate, as are their exams.

Thank you for responding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

Typical social justice hypocrisy

His son does attend Eastern, which is more than I can say for any of my Hill neighbors.

Dude already made entirely clear that he’d take Walls if possible. So just like Hill neighbors.

I send my kids to a charter HS, as do most of my neighbors who didn’t go private or get into Walls. There are other options, and their family still stuck with Eastern. I recognize that is, long term, probably the best thing for Eastern. I’m just saying that Joe Weeden, whom I’ve never even spoken to, at least sticks with his principles better than most.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

Typical social justice hypocrisy

His son does attend Eastern, which is more than I can say for any of my Hill neighbors.

Dude already made entirely clear that he’d take Walls if possible. So just like Hill neighbors.

I send my kids to a charter HS, as do most of my neighbors who didn’t go private or get into Walls. There are other options, and their family still stuck with Eastern. I recognize that is, long term, probably the best thing for Eastern. I’m just saying that Joe Weeden, whom I’ve never even spoken to, at least sticks with his principles better than most.

How does HE stick with his principals? After decades of obnoxious, preening blathering, he conceded that in fact, school choice is something Hill parents want. I won’t speculate on his son because that’s not fair; but there just are not any charter options that you can start at 9th grade. But sure, glad he had a second kid so he can continue with his self-aggrandizement and expect us to forget about kid #1 embarrassingly demonstrating the limits to his nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Why the hate? My impression was the oldest daughter was especially high achieving. You know the type. He conceded that going to Walls from EH was the overall much better fit for her. I do not think there is any real inconsistency in believing in neighborhood schools, supporting DCPS, and sending a very high-achieving child who gets in to a DCPS application high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why the hate? My impression was the oldest daughter was especially high achieving. You know the type. He conceded that going to Walls from EH was the overall much better fit for her. I do not think there is any real inconsistency in believing in neighborhood schools, supporting DCPS, and sending a very high-achieving child who gets in to a DCPS application high school.

Because for DECADES he has been the holier-than-thou “neighborhood schools” advocate and against charters. But as soon as he personally benefits from choice, he takes it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why the hate? My impression was the oldest daughter was especially high achieving. You know the type. He conceded that going to Walls from EH was the overall much better fit for her. I do not think there is any real inconsistency in believing in neighborhood schools, supporting DCPS, and sending a very high-achieving child who gets in to a DCPS application high school.

Because he and others need to stop blaming parents for DCPS’s failures.
It is ridiculous to ask parents to make their kids Guinea pigs so that it creates momentum over time for more neighbourhood kids to enroll. It is the responsibility of DCPS to create schools with a variety of programs that work for all types of kids ranging from high achieving to low achieving.
If DCPS refuses to provide what the neighbourhood community is asking for, they shouldn’t be surprised with the lack of neighbourhood enrolment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Joe Weedon will thinks Eastern is fine for everyone (except his daughter):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

His daughter went to Walls and recently testified to DC Council that options for schools should be limited and more students encouraged to go to their neighborhood schools.

Typical social justice hypocrisy

His son does attend Eastern, which is more than I can say for any of my Hill neighbors.

Dude already made entirely clear that he’d take Walls if possible. So just like Hill neighbors.

I send my kids to a charter HS, as do most of my neighbors who didn’t go private or get into Walls. There are other options, and their family still stuck with Eastern. I recognize that is, long term, probably the best thing for Eastern. I’m just saying that Joe Weeden, whom I’ve never even spoken to, at least sticks with his principles better than most.

How does HE stick with his principals? After decades of obnoxious, preening blathering, he conceded that in fact, school choice is something Hill parents want. I won’t speculate on his son because that’s not fair; but there just are not any charter options that you can start at 9th grade. But sure, glad he had a second kid so he can continue with his self-aggrandizement and expect us to forget about kid #1 embarrassingly demonstrating the limits to his nonsense.

Cap City, Chavez*, Thurgood Marshall, KIPP*, Friendship*, Digital Pioneers*, Haynes, Washington Leadership Academy, Girls Global Academy, IDEA*, Maya Angelou*, Paul*, SEED*, Sojourner Truth, and Richard Wright would like a word. The ones with asterisks have fewer than 10 on their 9th grade waitlists, and many have no waitlist. Not saying these are necessarily all better than Eastern but there are plenty of charters and selective DCPS options for 9th graders.