What’s your HS “back up” option?
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Anonymous
No reason to. Commute totally not worth it. Have you seen the scores? It’s not like it’s much better than the other poorly performing schools closer like SH. I would move for much better schools just outside DC. |
Anonymous
Touched a nerve? LOL |
Anonymous
| Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall. |
Anonymous
What system? Dcps, the lottery, living in a city where a huge percentage of kids come from generations of poverty? |
Anonymous
I would consider VA due to having lots more great in state college options than MD. If you don’t care about state schools, then either VA or MD. Get out of DCPS. Schools and school systems are much better in burbs, not to mention much larger higher performing peer group. |
Anonymous
| Older child is at Walls but younger did not get in. We are shelling out to send younger child to a private high school. I wish there were better options - DCPS has been terrible for younger child, who has learning disabilities. We couldn't move because that would put us outside DC for older child at Walls so private is the best option. Smaller private much better but is financially very hard on our family. |
Anonymous
We know people rejected from St. John's this year (and no significant behavioral issues). They had over 1400 applicants this year. Its an easier admit than other privates but not a guarantee. |
Anonymous
Everyone we know got into St John’s this year too (B-C students but I think some sibling preference and legacy connections). Do not know of anyone who applied and didn’t get in but maybe that’s just because of our demographics. |
Anonymous
People here are very scared of the generations of poverty and don’t want their precious children to be anywhere near it. Very sad when people think they are better than others. |
Anonymous
Nope. It’s because DCPS teaches to the lowest common denominator and basically ignores the huger performing kids. if you had G & T in elementary and tracking all subjects in middle and high school lots more families would stay in DCPS. But we can’t have that, can we and instead kids 4 or 5 grade el els apart are in the same class. Why don’t you ask the teachers how that is going before you make racist suggestions which BTW helps no one and gives more fuel for the UMC families to leave. Good job. |
Anonymous
I guess I'm just be of the people who is afraid if generational poverty, but it's not because I think I'm better than anyone. It's because I come from generational poverty (as well as violence, abuse, mental health issues, and substance abuse) and my biggest fear is that can't successfully keepy family lifted out of that situation. I feel like if I had generational wealth or a family network of stable, supportive people to help me raise my kids, I'd feel less stressed about all this. But I'm on my own (with my spouse, from a similar background) and I want a school community that is going to reinforce the values of education, hard work, emotional maturity, and personal accountability. I think that can be hard to find at a high poverty school. |
Anonymous
For what it’s worth, we are prepping for a move and have done a ton of research on school options, and we are not finding that the schools just outside DC are “much better.” It’s probably a wash. We’re thinking Deal/Jackson Reed will be our choice because if it’s a wash, we’d rather stay in the city. |
Anonymous
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We went to a charter much earlier. This seems late for a back
Up plan |
Anonymous
I think the most compelling case for suburbs over J-R is the prospect of in-state college tuition. |
Anonymous
Disagree, the schools just across the border in Arlington are better. |