Parent Essay critical of DCI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No new news. It’s because it’s a school that has to serve all students like any DCPS or charter school in the city. And many are below grade level. Maybe not as much as the other middle schools in the city but still true.

If you don’t have tracking or very small class sizes like the private’s, the higher performing kids will not be fully challenged. Yes, more challenged than if they went to a DCPS middle EOTP but not fully challenged. Parents will have to supplement just like parents at DEAL supplement.

Lastly, kids in the article seem to want to do the bare minimum. Don’t accept it. Supplement and give them more work. Also as a parent in DC you have to be more actively involved in your kids education to monitor, assess, and push. Expecting all that of the teachers is not going to work.

Other option like in the article is go private which some parents do and are willingly and can afford 40k a year. There you will get small class sizes and the teacher knows and can work more with individual students

DCI is not the idea school but for EOTP, it’s the best available for a middle and non test in high school. I promise it’s probably 10 times worst at other DCPS middle and high school. Just do go in with rose color glasses that it’s perfect.

Meant don’t

DCI is way better than Macfarland, our other EoTP option hear for bilingual. If DCI can't challenge kids then I am certain MacFalrand will be a total washout. Their PARCC scores were terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Did you even read the article? The parents, both of them, did speak to the teachers. They do check the assignments. She cites multiple problems: the work is not challenging, the material is not engaging, the teachers aren't holding kids accountable, and the teachers aren't bringing issues with the kids' performance to the attention of the parents in time to make corrections.

I am so grateful to the parent for this point of view--we are an upper elementary family at a DCI feeder and this article is giving me serious pause. I get that DCI needs to address the needs of kids who aren't on grade level, but there are scores of feeder kids coming up every year who ARE on grade level and are going to need more rigor and better accountability from DCI staff and administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"why are 8th graders being given a 5th grade reading list"? because for most 8th graders in DC, they are on a 5th grade level but have bee passed on year to year to be another teachers problem. What the writer needs to understand is that if DC actually challenged kids the achievement gap would only widen and that cannot happen. Until DC actually comes up with real rigor and not "honors for all" (what a joke at wilson), this isn't going tp change. To the teachers, the writers kids are just fine, they wil test well and sit quietly why they are trying to teach basic grammar and writing to kids who should have learned it 4 years earlier.

Sure but most feeder kids are on grade level in this case. It’s a shame they can’t track. My parents did zero supplementing and since I was in an advanced track I think it was fine. I don’t expect to supplement or even prod terribly much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"why are 8th graders being given a 5th grade reading list"? because for most 8th graders in DC, they are on a 5th grade level but have bee passed on year to year to be another teachers problem. What the writer needs to understand is that if DC actually challenged kids the achievement gap would only widen and that cannot happen. Until DC actually comes up with real rigor and not "honors for all" (what a joke at wilson), this isn't going tp change. To the teachers, the writers kids are just fine, they wil test well and sit quietly why they are trying to teach basic grammar and writing to kids who should have learned it 4 years earlier.

Sure but most feeder kids are on grade level in this case. It’s a shame they can’t track. My parents did zero supplementing and since I was in an advanced track I think it was fine. I don’t expect to supplement or even prod terribly much.

Are you kidding me. No way would DCPS do tracking or allow charters to do it which is funded by the city. They want to artificially narrow the achievement gap, not widen it. That’s why DCPS schools are such a disaster. At least in charters there are a higher cohort of at grade level and above level kids and they have more flexibility to try to create their own and more progressive curriculums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Did you even read the article? The parents, both of them, did speak to the teachers. They do check the assignments. She cites multiple problems: the work is not challenging, the material is not engaging, the teachers aren't holding kids accountable, and the teachers aren't bringing issues with the kids' performance to the attention of the parents in time to make corrections.

I am so grateful to the parent for this point of view--we are an upper elementary family at a DCI feeder and this article is giving me serious pause. I get that DCI needs to address the needs of kids who aren't on grade level, but there are scores of feeder kids coming up every year who ARE on grade level and are going to need more rigor and better accountability from DCI staff and administration.

Everything PP said in the above paragraphs, parents would already know without depending on the teacher if they are actively following their kids work. If a teacher has 25-40 kids in the classroom, how do you expect them to hold each and every kid accountable? It starts at home.

I hold her accountable for letting things slide with her kids and them being lazy doing the minimum which by the way she accepts. If you can’t handle the the reality of what it’s like in DC schools, then move or go private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Yes, I predict these kids will not do very well in college. Doing the minimum and then watching YouTube and playing games doesn’t cut it in real life and mom isn’t going to be there writing a poorly written article complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Did you even read the article? The parents, both of them, did speak to the teachers. They do check the assignments. She cites multiple problems: the work is not challenging, the material is not engaging, the teachers aren't holding kids accountable, and the teachers aren't bringing issues with the kids' performance to the attention of the parents in time to make corrections.

I am so grateful to the parent for this point of view--we are an upper elementary family at a DCI feeder and this article is giving me serious pause. I get that DCI needs to address the needs of kids who aren't on grade level, but there are scores of feeder kids coming up every year who ARE on grade level and are going to need more rigor and better accountability from DCI staff and administration.

Everything PP said in the above paragraphs, parents would already know without depending on the teacher if they are actively following their kids work. If a teacher has 25-40 kids in the classroom, how do you expect them to hold each and every kid accountable? It starts at home.

I hold her accountable for letting things slide with her kids and them being lazy doing the minimum which by the way she accepts. If you can’t handle the the reality of what it’s like in DC schools, then move or go private.

Oh, FFS. It is not the job of a parent to curate a summer reading list for 8th grade. We keep hearing about how rigorous the IB curriculum is, and this is just bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Did you even read the article? The parents, both of them, did speak to the teachers. They do check the assignments. She cites multiple problems: the work is not challenging, the material is not engaging, the teachers aren't holding kids accountable, and the teachers aren't bringing issues with the kids' performance to the attention of the parents in time to make corrections.

I am so grateful to the parent for this point of view--we are an upper elementary family at a DCI feeder and this article is giving me serious pause. I get that DCI needs to address the needs of kids who aren't on grade level, but there are scores of feeder kids coming up every year who ARE on grade level and are going to need more rigor and better accountability from DCI staff and administration.

Everything PP said in the above paragraphs, parents would already know without depending on the teacher if they are actively following their kids work. If a teacher has 25-40 kids in the classroom, how do you expect them to hold each and every kid accountable? It starts at home.

I hold her accountable for letting things slide with her kids and them being lazy doing the minimum which by the way she accepts. If you can’t handle the the reality of what it’s like in DC schools, then move or go private.

Oh, FFS. It is not the job of a parent to curate a summer reading list for 8th grade. We keep hearing about how rigorous the IB curriculum is, and this is just bullshit.

Did I say anything about the reading list? No but now that you mention it, I would have my kid read the list and add another list if they found it too easy, what is so hard about that? I was talking about schoolwork in general. If you don’t like DCI, feel free to put your kid in a DCPS EOTP middle school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Did you even read the article? The parents, both of them, did speak to the teachers. They do check the assignments. She cites multiple problems: the work is not challenging, the material is not engaging, the teachers aren't holding kids accountable, and the teachers aren't bringing issues with the kids' performance to the attention of the parents in time to make corrections.

I am so grateful to the parent for this point of view--we are an upper elementary family at a DCI feeder and this article is giving me serious pause. I get that DCI needs to address the needs of kids who aren't on grade level, but there are scores of feeder kids coming up every year who ARE on grade level and are going to need more rigor and better accountability from DCI staff and administration.

Everything PP said in the above paragraphs, parents would already know without depending on the teacher if they are actively following their kids work. If a teacher has 25-40 kids in the classroom, how do you expect them to hold each and every kid accountable? It starts at home.

I hold her accountable for letting things slide with her kids and them being lazy doing the minimum which by the way she accepts. If you can’t handle the the reality of what it’s like in DC schools, then move or go private.

Oh, FFS. It is not the job of a parent to curate a summer reading list for 8th grade. We keep hearing about how rigorous the IB curriculum is, and this is just bullshit.

Did I say anything about the reading list? No but now that you mention it, I would have my kid read the list and add another list if they found it too easy, what is so hard about that? I was talking about schoolwork in general. If you don’t like DCI, feel free to put your kid in a DCPS EOTP middle school.

Oh, goodie. I love the old, “if you don’t like it, leave” argument. Why even bother discussing DC schools at all if that’s your attitude? Talk about lazy.

[Anonymous]

You’re talking to multiple posters.

Author of the article spoke to one teacher than did nothing further.

She tried to motivate her kids but knows they were ignoring her and watching YouTube.

She admits she doesn’t always make sure they’re doing the work.

There are no consequences for her children’s garbage attitude about how books are so basic.

Typical entitled lazy parent demanding the school do everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"why are 8th graders being given a 5th grade reading list"? because for most 8th graders in DC, they are on a 5th grade level but have bee passed on year to year to be another teachers problem. What the writer needs to understand is that if DC actually challenged kids the achievement gap would only widen and that cannot happen. Until DC actually comes up with real rigor and not "honors for all" (what a joke at wilson), this isn't going tp change. To the teachers, the writers kids are just fine, they wil test well and sit quietly why they are trying to teach basic grammar and writing to kids who should have learned it 4 years earlier.

Sure but most feeder kids are on grade level in this case. It’s a shame they can’t track. My parents did zero supplementing and since I was in an advanced track I think it was fine. I don’t expect to supplement or even prod terribly much.

These kids were coming from Mundo. I doubt they were on grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In theory, you'd promptly push back, but in practice, tangling with a school constantly is exhausting and often pointless. '

I sympathize with the mom and think she makes valid points in her article. In fact, I thought that the article was brave, given that it's really easy to figure out that she's writing about experiences with a DCI education.

There's far too much whitewashing of glaring rigor issues in our public middle schools, other than at BASIS, with it hopeless facilities (no real gym, stage, outdoor space or even a school library).

DCI is printed right at the end of the article. I appreciated her willingness to publicly call out the school. Far too often parents are afraid of doing so.

She was a coward. She didn’t address the problem with her kids, just wrote an article wondering why dci didn’t do her part in raising her kids.

It is exhausting to motivate kids, especially after a hard day at work, but you have to do it.

DCI has nowhere near 40 kids in a class. Most don’t even have 25.

So what you are saying is that teachers are useless and add almost most value to in classroom education? Parents just need to supplement, make the lesson plans, choose all the reading materials, quiz their kids etc. Teachers keep telling us how critical their job is but according to you, they are pointless. Its up to parents to do all the teaching. No degree needed.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

I said address the problem by speaking to the teachers about your concern and the fact that your kids aren’t motivated. If they’re not responsive, go up the chain. And as a parent, both mom and dad should be motivating their kids on their end. No one in my family went to college and I have a PhD. The kids are ultimately responsible for their lives and if they don’t understand the consequences of not working hard, then they will be the only one to pay. Writing a poorly written article about how the school is racist doesn’t help anyone. Maybe mom should focus less on her headshot and more on prodding her kids. Dad seems totally checked out.

Did you even read the article? The parents, both of them, did speak to the teachers. They do check the assignments. She cites multiple problems: the work is not challenging, the material is not engaging, the teachers aren't holding kids accountable, and the teachers aren't bringing issues with the kids' performance to the attention of the parents in time to make corrections.

I am so grateful to the parent for this point of view--we are an upper elementary family at a DCI feeder and this article is giving me serious pause. I get that DCI needs to address the needs of kids who aren't on grade level, but there are scores of feeder kids coming up every year who ARE on grade level and are going to need more rigor and better accountability from DCI staff and administration.

Everything PP said in the above paragraphs, parents would already know without depending on the teacher if they are actively following their kids work. If a teacher has 25-40 kids in the classroom, how do you expect them to hold each and every kid accountable? It starts at home.

I hold her accountable for letting things slide with her kids and them being lazy doing the minimum which by the way she accepts. If you can’t handle the the reality of what it’s like in DC schools, then move or go private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re talking to multiple posters.

Author of the article spoke to one teacher than did nothing further.

She tried to motivate her kids but knows they were ignoring her and watching YouTube.

She admits she doesn’t always make sure they’re doing the work.

There are no consequences for her children’s garbage attitude about how books are so basic.

Typical entitled lazy parent demanding the school do everything.

From her Instagram page, it looks like they have three kids; the two boys are involved in extracurriculars like swim team, so there is limited time. I also don't see where her husband is in the equation. Maybe he has a demanding job, or maybe she does the lion's share as many mothers do, who knows.

Personally, I would only take a chance with a newish school with uneven academics if I had a) an only child, or b) another parent willing to help out equally with staying on top of their academics. Otherwise, things will fall through the cracks, as they appear to be in this case.