Hill Middle Schools

[Anonymous]

I think it is easy to feel a little bit judged as a parent irrespective of whether you stay DCPS or leave after DCPS elementary for a charter school.

[Anonymous]

The obvious solution is to expect push back, to keep one's middle school plans under wraps in advance, and to develop a thick skin.

Worth it to stay in the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

East and South Asian immigrants generally want high-performing middle schools for their children (read those with academic tracking and not just for math) with good facilities for STEM work and music. They're seldom attracted to iffy DCPS middle schools with good facilities or decent charter middle schools with weak facilities. They don't tend to care about equity, what's woke, or racial make-up. They do tend to supplement extensively even where middle schools are good. They aren't attracted to DCPS EotP and seldom stay past ES. Frankly, their buy-is is a useful barometer of school quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:parent of child at a non-Brent Jefferson feeder and find the above post offensive

You can be offended all you want, but it’s true. You’re not going to find families a-ok with chronic truancy and a bad attitude about school within the Brent catchment. Those folks have high educational standards.

You will find those families IB for the other schools that feed into Jefferson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:East and South Asian immigrants generally want high-performing middle schools for their children (read those with academic tracking and not just for math) with good facilities for STEM work and music. They're seldom attracted to iffy DCPS middle schools with good facilities or decent charter middle schools with weak facilities. They don't tend to care about equity, what's woke, or racial make-up. They do tend to supplement extensively even where middle schools are good. They aren't attracted to DCPS EotP and seldom stay past ES. Frankly, their buy-is is a useful barometer of school quality.

Immigrants, even educated ones, lack understanding of how American educational system or child psychology works. Its a huge drawback for their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is titled “Hill Middle Schools” but it is disproportionately posters that moved to charter middle schools after 4th grade which is fine (we understand) reiterating how bad the local middle schools are and that no one should attend them. But it is not all that helpful if you are a younger parent on the fence who is seriously considering and wants to learn more about the Hill middle schools.

THIS^.

[Anonymous]

If you want to explore any school, go to that school, talk to students, teachers and parents of that school. Social forums tend to bring in extreme reviewers who are trying to justify why the left or stayed. People who are satisfied and know how to make it work, have no reason to feel offensive or defensive about their choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:parent of child at a non-Brent Jefferson feeder and find the above post offensive

Why would anyone give a FF if you’re offended?

[Anonymous]

I wish you all hadn't gotten the post deleted where the good little Karen tried to whitesplain why Asian parents avoid failing schools because apparently they don't know any better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:East and South Asian immigrants generally want high-performing middle schools for their children (read those with academic tracking and not just for math) with good facilities for STEM work and music. They're seldom attracted to iffy DCPS middle schools with good facilities or decent charter middle schools with weak facilities. They don't tend to care about equity, what's woke, or racial make-up. They do tend to supplement extensively even where middle schools are good. They aren't attracted to DCPS EotP and seldom stay past ES. Frankly, their buy-is is a useful barometer of school quality.

Immigrants, even educated ones, lack understanding of how American educational system or child psychology works. Its a huge drawback for their kids.

This 70s baby from NYC considers the above post as quite possibly the goofiest I've ever come across on DCUM.

No drawback whatsoever to upwardly mobile immigrants, and others in the know, questioning how the "American educational system" works here in 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish you all hadn't gotten the post deleted where the good little Karen tried to whitesplain why Asian parents avoid failing schools because apparently they don't know any better.

Huh? The post is still there. I'm not reading whitesplaining Karen in it. More like factually correct.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish you all hadn't gotten the post deleted where the good little Karen tried to whitesplain why Asian parents avoid failing schools because apparently they don't know any better.

Huh? The post is still there. I'm not reading whitesplaining Karen in it. More like factually correct.

Yes, the post still there is good and accurate. The deleted post did as I mentioned.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:East and South Asian immigrants generally want high-performing middle schools for their children (read those with academic tracking and not just for math) with good facilities for STEM work and music. They're seldom attracted to iffy DCPS middle schools with good facilities or decent charter middle schools with weak facilities. They don't tend to care about equity, what's woke, or racial make-up. They do tend to supplement extensively even where middle schools are good. They aren't attracted to DCPS EotP and seldom stay past ES. Frankly, their buy-is is a useful barometer of school quality.

Immigrants, even educated ones, lack understanding of how American educational system or child psychology works. Its a huge drawback for their kids.

LOL. Ime, most east and south Asian immigrants have a very good understanding of the American educational system and child psychology, which is why they make the choices they do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the younger parents — The Hill middle schools are not going to improve until they have a good high school feed.

For the umpteenth time - younger parents - if you actually want to learn about middle schools, I think talking to people with kids at the school or visiting the school is a much better option than this forum. But if this is where you are starting, I agree with the poster a few up - not knocking those who have chose to go private or charter, but maybe a new thread could be started with parents who are at the current DCPS middle schools, and they can talk about/answer questions re: their experience. Not a place for people to argue why you should not go there - just a place to ask questions - sort of like an open house.
It was posted on a previous page but maybe needs to be repeated -- as somebody who has lived here 20 years, worked in education and who has had kids in the DCPS system for 8 years - the schools can and do change. And to echo what another poster said, there are high performing upper elementary kids who perform well due to the quality of the instruction and their abilities (not just $$ Tutoring) -- who are continuing to do well in middle school.

We're E Asian immigrants, Hill residents of a decade. We wanted to learn about the 3 Ward 6 middle schools. We made a point of visiting them during school hours this past spring. We didn't see a single E Asian-looking student, parent, admin or educator at any of the the schools and far down on WLs for BASIS and the Latins. We will be staying at our DCPS ES for 5th grade, then probably moving to the burbs. No amount of chat and research will create Asian peers for our children at EH, SH and J. When will that change then?

Where have you been shopping for groceries? One of the reasons I moved is because it’s such a pain to get Asian produce on the Hill. If that were different, maybe I would have stayed.

[Anonymous]

The behavior of all students (including UMC whites) at Hill elementary schools post pandemic is what is concerning me the most. If the behavior is already this bad on the elementary level, just how is it going to improve in MS, when hormones naturally make kids go crazy???