Ross?

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t had a child at Ross, but I know the principal, Holly Hurst. She’s a career educator who has worked in public and private schools. She also once ran a teacher education program. I’ve seen her navigate incredibly tricky situations with warmth and professionalism. While changing demographics certainly help Ross’s testing statistics, it is also true that the school has fantastic leadership.

Holly Searl! She has very high standards for the students and the teachers, and everyone rises to meet them.

She can also be very punitive and vindictive. She can be jealous when others become successful. I saw it first hand. Just check the teacher turnover.

BS. She has been principal at Ross for 16 years and the school is now ranked the #1 public elementary school in DC:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/elementary-schools/district-of-columbia

Try harder, disaffected troll.

She’s racist too. I remember years ago when the art teacher said “those kids” when referring to black students. Holly didn’t say anything to the teacher. I haven’t trusted or liked her since that incident.

You must be the former teacher who was fired for incompetence.

Sad.

You people to love to downplay observations and experiences by black people about racist behaviors shown by non-black people. Now that’s sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t had a child at Ross, but I know the principal, Holly Hurst. She’s a career educator who has worked in public and private schools. She also once ran a teacher education program. I’ve seen her navigate incredibly tricky situations with warmth and professionalism. While changing demographics certainly help Ross’s testing statistics, it is also true that the school has fantastic leadership.

Holly Searl! She has very high standards for the students and the teachers, and everyone rises to meet them.

She can also be very punitive and vindictive. She can be jealous when others become successful. I saw it first hand. Just check the teacher turnover.

BS. She has been principal at Ross for 16 years and the school is now ranked the #1 public elementary school in DC:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/elementary-schools/district-of-columbia

Try harder, disaffected troll.

She’s racist too. I remember years ago when the art teacher said “those kids” when referring to black students. Holly didn’t say anything to the teacher. I haven’t trusted or liked her since that incident.

This story is strange. Also the art teacher is a very lovely Black woman.

actually my mistake, it's the music teacher who is a lovely black woman, the art teacher left.

The art teacher is actually a very lovely man. The former art teacher left several years ago.

The principal does exhibit racist behaviors. I’ve seen it first hand with my student’s friends. Kids receive different consequences and sometimes they’ve been given differently along lines of race. If you have a different experience with her that’s okay but everyone should keep in mind that different people have different experiences based on their identity.

“She’s wonderful” is certainly not everyone’s experience.

Thank you! And I love how people love to spout off this nonsense about Dupont Circle being “progressive”. The white folks and the non-black folks who call themselves “progressives” show a lot of microaggressions and prejudiced behavior toward Foundational Black Americans (FBAs) in this neighborhood and this city.

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Anonymous wrote:We are a very happy Ross family.

I would agree that if there's a secret sauce, it's the fact that the school has the trifecta: an excellent, committed, forward-thinking leader in Holly Searl and amazing teaching staff, tons of community/family support, and a far easier population to educate relative to other DCPS schools.

I have heard from Ross friends that the SPED support is not great, in part because the staff is so small.

I did not hear similar complaints at another, also high-quality DCPS school my child previously attended.

No SPED support? Why? Is it because the SPED students would drag down test scores?

Well they don’t get to decide if a SPED student enrolls, so it’s in their best interest to provide the best support possible. I’ve worked at Title 1 and WOTP elementary schools and none did SPED well. At Ross at least you’re getting more individualized attention overall, and at a high performing school, the few kids behind get a lot more attention.

They don't get to decide who enrolls, but they can push for kids to go to self contained classes and since they don't have those the kid has to go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t had a child at Ross, but I know the principal, Holly Hurst. She’s a career educator who has worked in public and private schools. She also once ran a teacher education program. I’ve seen her navigate incredibly tricky situations with warmth and professionalism. While changing demographics certainly help Ross’s testing statistics, it is also true that the school has fantastic leadership.

Holly Searl! She has very high standards for the students and the teachers, and everyone rises to meet them.

She can also be very punitive and vindictive. She can be jealous when others become successful. I saw it first hand. Just check the teacher turnover.

BS. She has been principal at Ross for 16 years and the school is now ranked the #1 public elementary school in DC:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/elementary-schools/district-of-columbia

Try harder, disaffected troll.

She’s racist too. I remember years ago when the art teacher said “those kids” when referring to black students. Holly didn’t say anything to the teacher. I haven’t trusted or liked her since that incident.

You must be the former teacher who was fired for incompetence.

Sad.

You people to love to downplay observations and experiences by black people about racist behaviors shown by non-black people. Now that’s sad.

Uh…you people? I’m black honey.

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We've heard good things. We know several people at nearby title 1 schools who lottery in so they can stay in the neighborhood and have access to a decent middle school. The people we know are as a group fairly diverse. We've never heard of anyone who disliked the school or who left because of the school (one left for a different middle school feed). These facts are not true at the nearby popular title 1 schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t had a child at Ross, but I know the principal, Holly Hurst. She’s a career educator who has worked in public and private schools. She also once ran a teacher education program. I’ve seen her navigate incredibly tricky situations with warmth and professionalism. While changing demographics certainly help Ross’s testing statistics, it is also true that the school has fantastic leadership.

Holly Searl! She has very high standards for the students and the teachers, and everyone rises to meet them.

She can also be very punitive and vindictive. She can be jealous when others become successful. I saw it first hand. Just check the teacher turnover.

BS. She has been principal at Ross for 16 years and the school is now ranked the #1 public elementary school in DC:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/elementary-schools/district-of-columbia

Try harder, disaffected troll.

She’s racist too. I remember years ago when the art teacher said “those kids” when referring to black students. Holly didn’t say anything to the teacher. I haven’t trusted or liked her since that incident.

You must be the former teacher who was fired for incompetence.

Sad.

No. Just moved to a school with a principal who isn't racist. Easy enough.