janney families going private instead?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Btw, although many Ward 3 kids end up somewhere besides DCPS, more than 1/2 the kids in DC attend charters, so a lot of those ward 3 kids are not at privates.

Nah. Why would Ward 3 kid drive across town to attend a charter when their neighborhood school that they can walk to is perfectly fine and lots of people move to Ward 3 just for the public schools there.

The 1/2 kids who attend charters are from Ward 5 and the like. I live in Ward 5 and don't know a single family that sends their kid to their inbound DCPS. They either drive to a WoP DCPS or charter or private.

We are friends with an AU Park family that pulled their daughters from Janney and sent them to Basis.

You are lying. There were no twins pulled from Janney and sent to Basis for 5th grade.

You might be right, PP. I know of only one pair of twin girls at BASIS, and they did not come from Janney.

On the other hand, the poster did not refer to them as twins, so it is possible that the girls are not twins.

First, if the girls are in the same grade, one or both might be adopted, which would not be particularly unusual in that neighborhood.

Second, the girls might be in different grades. BASIS did not accept many 6th graders this year. However, if the younger girl was accepted to the 5th grade, the older girl would have had sibling preference for 6th and bypassed the lottery.

Anyway, I'm curious to know the real story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Btw, although many Ward 3 kids end up somewhere besides DCPS, more than 1/2 the kids in DC attend charters, so a lot of those ward 3 kids are not at privates.

Nah. Why would Ward 3 kid drive across town to attend a charter when their neighborhood school that they can walk to is perfectly fine and lots of people move to Ward 3 just for the public schools there.

The 1/2 kids who attend charters are from Ward 5 and the like. I live in Ward 5 and don't know a single family that sends their kid to their inbound DCPS. They either drive to a WoP DCPS or charter or private.

A fair number of Ward 3 kids who are IB for Hardy attend Basis or Latin.

That's right. Many of us who are very happy to be at Mann, Key, Stoddert, Eaton, etc. prefer Latin or BASIS to Hardy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are three eras of Janney parents roaming around Jamboree. The Old School group laments the fact that they can't helicopter around the hallways until 9:30. Transition Parents love the new leadership and copter around in their own way: fundraising. The New School Group are high achievers who moved to AU Park because they think the school is perfect and don't need/want to put any time in.

This accurate and funny. We are in cohort number 2. I hope at least cohort number 3 donate the requested amount and contribute to the fundraisers.

Which group wears the official Janney mom quilted jacket uniform??

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Anonymous wrote:There are three eras of Janney parents roaming around Jamboree. The Old School group laments the fact that they can't helicopter around the hallways until 9:30. Transition Parents love the new leadership and copter around in their own way: fundraising. The New School Group are high achievers who moved to AU Park because they think the school is perfect and don't need/want to put any time in.

This accurate and funny. We are in cohort number 2. I hope at least cohort number 3 donate the requested amount and contribute to the fundraisers.

Which group wears the official Janney mom quilted jacket uniform??

Easy one: Group 2 with frumpy jeans also. Group 1 wears Birkenstocks and Group 3 throws the kid out of car in front of school so I can't tell.