McKinley Tech and Banneker - why don't more white students attend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cohort problems and confidence in DCPS. Nobody wants to be an only. That chicken and egg problem has started to be solved at lower grades, which will advance to secondary schools over time. There is more confidence in DC, in DCPS, and that things will get better over time.

There may not be whites at Banneker today, but it will just be a matter of time.

Not at all convinced. The school has very strong traditions rooted in AA identity/achievement, with support from Howard Univ.

Good. I would still send DD there if she wanted to go.

My son is a sophmore at Banneker and according to him there are a couple of White freeshman boys this year. The school has always had a Latina presence.

[Anonymous]

And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My good girlfriend works at McKinley and many of those students struggle to maintain a 2.0 GPA.

If you receive below a 2.0 you must transfer to another school.

So, this is the ultimate joke. How do you ensure high test scores? By transferring out underperforming folks. Easy peasy.

ie. the entire concept behind charter schools!

Charters CANNOT do this, without going through multiple hoops. McKinley Tech and Banneker somehow can, as a matter of routine. Big difference.

This. Application HSs can do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?

Yeah, my neighbor's cows ate a ton of grass every day. You had to see it to believe it! Kids love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?

Yeah, my neighbor's cows ate a ton of grass every day. You had to see it to believe it! Kids love it.

What is this code for? I can't figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?

Yeah, my neighbor's cows ate a ton of grass every day. You had to see it to believe it! Kids love it.

What is this code for? I can't figure it out.

Completely random, useless post, such as "And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?".

How were your cows this morning?

[Anonymous]

I'm confused by the person who said that the graduation rates are not as high as you expect. Banneker has a 100% graduation/100% college acceptance rate. McKinley Tech appears to have a 92% graduation rate.

What exactly WERE you expecting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?

Yeah, my neighbor's cows ate a ton of grass every day. You had to see it to believe it! Kids love it.

What is this code for? I can't figure it out.

Completely random, useless post, such as "And is that a problem for the kids? or just the overanxious parents on DCUM?".

How were your cows this morning?

IDGI... some (I assume) parents post on here concerned about their child being an 'only'. So I asked a poster who claimed to have knowledge of some 'only' kids at Banneker what their feedback was.

Sure you're not smoking the grass and using the cows as a cover?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My good girlfriend works at McKinley and many of those students struggle to maintain a 2.0 GPA.

If you receive below a 2.0 you must transfer to another school.

So, this is the ultimate joke. How do you ensure high test scores? By transferring out underperforming folks. Easy peasy.

ie. the entire concept behind charter schools!

Charters CANNOT do this, without going through multiple hoops. McKinley Tech and Banneker somehow can, as a matter of routine. Big difference.

This. Application HSs can do that.

Yup. And still, even with that, they get worse results than Wilson and SWS.

Sorry, McKinley and Banneker, you don't fool us. Which is why, going back to OP's original question, there's no more white students attending. Why would they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My good girlfriend works at McKinley and many of those students struggle to maintain a 2.0 GPA.

If you receive below a 2.0 you must transfer to another school.

So, this is the ultimate joke. How do you ensure high test scores? By transferring out underperforming folks. Easy peasy.

ie. the entire concept behind charter schools!

Charters CANNOT do this, without going through multiple hoops. McKinley Tech and Banneker somehow can, as a matter of routine. Big difference.

This. Application HSs can do that.

Yup. And still, even with that, they get worse results than Wilson and SWS.

Sorry, McKinley and Banneker, you don't fool us. Which is why, going back to OP's original question, there's no more white students attending. Why would they?

What "facts" are you basing this statement on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My good girlfriend works at McKinley and many of those students struggle to maintain a 2.0 GPA.

If you receive below a 2.0 you must transfer to another school.

So, this is the ultimate joke. How do you ensure high test scores? By transferring out underperforming folks. Easy peasy.

ie. the entire concept behind charter schools!

Charters CANNOT do this, without going through multiple hoops. McKinley Tech and Banneker somehow can, as a matter of routine. Big difference.

This. Application HSs can do that.

Yup. And still, even with that, they get worse results than Wilson and SWS.

Sorry, McKinley and Banneker, you don't fool us. Which is why, going back to OP's original question, there's no more white students attending. Why would they?

What "facts" are you basing this statement on?

Oh, please. Go find the long Banneker thread from a few months ago, we dissected this to death.

[Anonymous]

All I got from that is that average SAT scores are lower, and some people (likely you) like to harp on it. Not a really nuanced discussion of what makes a better school.

[Anonymous]

My white kid applied to Banneker about 8 years ago. I was very impressed with the school but it was not a good fit for her and she went to Ellington instead.

My impression is that Banneker is very structured, there's a lot of support from staff, and that the students work very hard. The tours at the Saturday morning open house were led by students who were vocal about how much work they had to do, which was one reason my kid got scared off ( in addition to her being more artsy than intellectual I should add). But I would have been happy to have her go there if things had been different.

What has bothered me about past discussions about Banneker on DCUM is the resistance of some white families to even look at the school and instead they are completely willing to reject the school based on assumptions and innuendo. Go check out the school. It may not be right for your kid but how do you know that unless you visit?

[Anonymous]

We live in the Capitol Hill area so Wilson is not an option.
I'm excited to hear all these positive things about Bannecker
And McKinley Tech especially since I think my kid likes
STEM. We are happy with Brent ES so as long as we have a decent
High school option, then middle school is the only weak link.
Hopefully, in a few years, there will be more white kids at these schools.
I'm fine with HS being majority AA, I would however strongly prefer my
kid not being one of only 2-3 white kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP we are in the same situation, which charter is doing a good job with your child's IEP?

BASIS DC.

We're there with an IEP, too, and at this point DC is planning to stay through high school because I don't think another school will be as good.