MacArthur

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One advantage of MacArthur: Your kid can be a founder of pretty much anything. An actual founder. No need to spend thousands of dollars to set up a Potemkin non-profit for your kid's college applications.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s going to be mostly wealthy families who do club sports in high school, for those who do sports. There will be some sports but it’s not going to be a huge focal point. Friends will hang out in the neighborhood because it’s a neighborhoods school and will eventually function like Hardy or Deal. Community will come from the feeders.

It will not be wealthy families who do club sports. They're going private.

Yep, this to a tee.

Not even alot of just UMC families, let alone wealthy, if MA is a title 1 school. There is a significant cohort of very poor families. Nothing wrong with being poor but it presents with a lot more challenges and sports and AP is not the top priority for leadership.

If you don’t believe above, then you have not been paying attention to the trend in DCPS.

The unfortunate part is that they could have created a school that was attractive to families of all socioeconomic tiers, like JR, but Macarthur will not attract kids who can afford to pay for or test into a different school option. I assume people in the affected neighborhoods will target Walls, Latin, other charters, and privates. No one in my neighborhood is planning on Macarthur.

You could not be more wrong. We certainly can pay for private and we are IB for Jackson Reed too. But we’ve picked MacArthur. Go visit MacArthur before you put it down. Engaged and committed teachers, a dynamic principle, and a very nice building. If you want a public high school where your kid will be seen and known, and can get involved in starting up clubs and leading, then MacArthur is a great choice.

Sorry but you are an outlier. Majority of kids and families in this group are not choosing MA.

If you want seen and heard and easily start up and lead any club, go to DCI which BTW also has an extensive curriculum offerings and sports. There is a cohort of families WOTP who send their kids there. These things are not mutually exclusive of one or the other.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see anything that would draw me to Macarthur. Seems like a subpar experience across the board.

Sorry you feel that way. APs rolling out next year include:

AP World History, AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP English Language and Lit, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Human Geography

A close community of students who are empathic and work together. A dynamic staff that likes each other.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s going to be mostly wealthy families who do club sports in high school, for those who do sports. There will be some sports but it’s not going to be a huge focal point. Friends will hang out in the neighborhood because it’s a neighborhoods school and will eventually function like Hardy or Deal. Community will come from the feeders.

It will not be wealthy families who do club sports. They're going private.

Yep, this to a tee.

Not even alot of just UMC families, let alone wealthy, if MA is a title 1 school. There is a significant cohort of very poor families. Nothing wrong with being poor but it presents with a lot more challenges and sports and AP is not the top priority for leadership.

If you don’t believe above, then you have not been paying attention to the trend in DCPS.

The unfortunate part is that they could have created a school that was attractive to families of all socioeconomic tiers, like JR, but Macarthur will not attract kids who can afford to pay for or test into a different school option. I assume people in the affected neighborhoods will target Walls, Latin, other charters, and privates. No one in my neighborhood is planning on Macarthur.

You could not be more wrong. We certainly can pay for private and we are IB for Jackson Reed too. But we’ve picked MacArthur. Go visit MacArthur before you put it down. Engaged and committed teachers, a dynamic principle, and a very nice building. If you want a public high school where your kid will be seen and known, and can get involved in starting up clubs and leading, then MacArthur is a great choice.

Sorry but you are an outlier. Majority of kids and families in this group are not choosing MA.

If you want seen and heard and easily start up and lead any club, go to DCI which BTW also has an extensive curriculum offerings and sports. There is a cohort of families WOTP who send their kids there. These things are not mutually exclusive of one or the other.

I know three families at DCI in high school, none of whom are impressed at all by it. They chose it simply because it’s relatively small and was close by. Don’t kid yourself that somehow it’s better than MacArthur.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s going to be mostly wealthy families who do club sports in high school, for those who do sports. There will be some sports but it’s not going to be a huge focal point. Friends will hang out in the neighborhood because it’s a neighborhoods school and will eventually function like Hardy or Deal. Community will come from the feeders.

It will not be wealthy families who do club sports. They're going private.

Yep, this to a tee.

Not even alot of just UMC families, let alone wealthy, if MA is a title 1 school. There is a significant cohort of very poor families. Nothing wrong with being poor but it presents with a lot more challenges and sports and AP is not the top priority for leadership.

If you don’t believe above, then you have not been paying attention to the trend in DCPS.

The unfortunate part is that they could have created a school that was attractive to families of all socioeconomic tiers, like JR, but Macarthur will not attract kids who can afford to pay for or test into a different school option. I assume people in the affected neighborhoods will target Walls, Latin, other charters, and privates. No one in my neighborhood is planning on Macarthur.

You could not be more wrong. We certainly can pay for private and we are IB for Jackson Reed too. But we’ve picked MacArthur. Go visit MacArthur before you put it down. Engaged and committed teachers, a dynamic principle, and a very nice building. If you want a public high school where your kid will be seen and known, and can get involved in starting up clubs and leading, then MacArthur is a great choice.

Sorry but you are an outlier. Majority of kids and families in this group are not choosing MA.

If you want seen and heard and easily start up and lead any club, go to DCI which BTW also has an extensive curriculum offerings and sports. There is a cohort of families WOTP who send their kids there. These things are not mutually exclusive of one or the other.

These negative posts are so odd. First of all, seems like PP has never been to Macarthur and doesn’t have a kid there.Second, poster purports to speak for the phantom “majority” of people in this group and elsewhere. Finally, DCI is NOT new where you can be a founder and has a very specific feeder pattern and curriculum that make the school not a real option for most people. (DCI also has a similar demo to Macarthur so if the goal is to get away from a substantial number of Black and brown kids as I suspect is the case for some of you then DCI isn’t the move). I’ve also had friends who pulled their kids OUT of DCI because of the chaos and questionable academics—esp the Yu Ying families. Same with Latin’s HS in terms of getting in for HS. It is also NOT new with opportunities for leadership etc. the way Mac has. And Walls? Who here can plan on attending Walls with their limited admissions. PP stop grasping at straws just to put down a school you clearly know nothing about! We are pleased with the school. The Title I status by the way means the school will receive even more funding and support and be well staffed (see JR’s teacher CUTS under new budget) and smart parents know how to make that work for their kids. Also the Title I status won’t last forever so these added resources are just what the school needs in the early years so that admin aren’t spread thin while establishing a new school.

We are OOB and kid has an hour commute, using two buses, so transport certainly hasn’t been a picnic. However teachers and admin are excellent caliber. Kid is challenged and learning. Kids start clubs based on interests and there’s great support all around. Yes there are some rough and tacky kids with issues at home or in their respective communities and there have been fights. The admin has dealt with all of this quite well and if your kid isn’t in it, they aren’t in it. I’m told there are fights at JR and rough kids there too. If Walls is an option for you, go there (I say this ever having toured or visited Walls and without having anyone close to me with kids there). But otherwise I’d say Macarthur is the way to go if you can get in. Also the closed campus means less room for mischief unlike the open campus/roam free at lunch situation at JR. Macarthur is a small school where all teachers know your kid and it is great.

And for those of you coming from private DCPS has a TON of opportunities as far as colleges and extracurricular activities. Again smart parents know how to make this work for their kids and get a leg up in college admissions.

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I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

DP. Never change DCUM! Bashing schools based on “what the neighbors who also don’t send their kids to the school” say.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s going to be mostly wealthy families who do club sports in high school, for those who do sports. There will be some sports but it’s not going to be a huge focal point. Friends will hang out in the neighborhood because it’s a neighborhoods school and will eventually function like Hardy or Deal. Community will come from the feeders.

It will not be wealthy families who do club sports. They're going private.

Yep, this to a tee.

Not even alot of just UMC families, let alone wealthy, if MA is a title 1 school. There is a significant cohort of very poor families. Nothing wrong with being poor but it presents with a lot more challenges and sports and AP is not the top priority for leadership.

If you don’t believe above, then you have not been paying attention to the trend in DCPS.

The unfortunate part is that they could have created a school that was attractive to families of all socioeconomic tiers, like JR, but Macarthur will not attract kids who can afford to pay for or test into a different school option. I assume people in the affected neighborhoods will target Walls, Latin, other charters, and privates. No one in my neighborhood is planning on Macarthur.

You could not be more wrong. We certainly can pay for private and we are IB for Jackson Reed too. But we’ve picked MacArthur. Go visit MacArthur before you put it down. Engaged and committed teachers, a dynamic principle, and a very nice building. If you want a public high school where your kid will be seen and known, and can get involved in starting up clubs and leading, then MacArthur is a great choice.

Sorry but you are an outlier. Majority of kids and families in this group are not choosing MA.

If you want seen and heard and easily start up and lead any club, go to DCI which BTW also has an extensive curriculum offerings and sports. There is a cohort of families WOTP who send their kids there. These things are not mutually exclusive of one or the other.

These negative posts are so odd. First of all, seems like PP has never been to Macarthur and doesn’t have a kid there.Second, poster purports to speak for the phantom “majority” of people in this group and elsewhere. Finally, DCI is NOT new where you can be a founder and has a very specific feeder pattern and curriculum that make the school not a real option for most people. (DCI also has a similar demo to Macarthur so if the goal is to get away from a substantial number of Black and brown kids as I suspect is the case for some of you then DCI isn’t the move). I’ve also had friends who pulled their kids OUT of DCI because of the chaos and questionable academics—esp the Yu Ying families. Same with Latin’s HS in terms of getting in for HS. It is also NOT new with opportunities for leadership etc. the way Mac has. And Walls? Who here can plan on attending Walls with their limited admissions. PP stop grasping at straws just to put down a school you clearly know nothing about! We are pleased with the school. The Title I status by the way means the school will receive even more funding and support and be well staffed (see JR’s teacher CUTS under new budget) and smart parents know how to make that work for their kids. Also the Title I status won’t last forever so these added resources are just what the school needs in the early years so that admin aren’t spread thin while establishing a new school.

We are OOB and kid has an hour commute, using two buses, so transport certainly hasn’t been a picnic. However teachers and admin are excellent caliber. Kid is challenged and learning. Kids start clubs based on interests and there’s great support all around. Yes there are some rough and tacky kids with issues at home or in their respective communities and there have been fights. The admin has dealt with all of this quite well and if your kid isn’t in it, they aren’t in it. I’m told there are fights at JR and rough kids there too. If Walls is an option for you, go there (I say this ever having toured or visited Walls and without having anyone close to me with kids there). But otherwise I’d say Macarthur is the way to go if you can get in. Also the closed campus means less room for mischief unlike the open campus/roam free at lunch situation at JR. Macarthur is a small school where all teachers know your kid and it is great.

And for those of you coming from private DCPS has a TON of opportunities as far as colleges and extracurricular activities. Again smart parents know how to make this work for their kids and get a leg up in college admissions.

thanks for an actually informative post! we are at a T1 MS and Macarthur is definitely on our list. I am a bit worried about socializing though - how does your DS maintain friendship while commuting?

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

So...maybe don't comment on the subject then? No one is taking you seriously here, so maybe stop commenting.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

So...maybe don't comment on the subject then? No one is taking you seriously here, so maybe stop commenting.

NP, defensive much, can’t handle the truth? Just because people does nit have kids at the school doesn’t mean they don’t talk to families who does have kids go to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

So...maybe don't comment on the subject then? No one is taking you seriously here, so maybe stop commenting.

NP, defensive much, can’t handle the truth? Just because people does nit have kids at the school doesn’t mean they don’t talk to families who does have kids go to the school.

Sick burn, "people does nit." Sounds as if you could perhaps use some MacArthur English classes.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

So...maybe don't comment on the subject then? No one is taking you seriously here, so maybe stop commenting.

NP, defensive much, can’t handle the truth? Just because people does nit have kids at the school doesn’t mean they don’t talk to families who does have kids go to the school.

DP. I’ve yet to read a post from a single parent with a kid at the school that is wholly negative. Of course when people post good things about schools they’re called “boosters” so 🤷‍♀️ DCUM would be MUCH more useful if people stopped using it to play out their weird psychodramas about school choice that involve making yourself feel better by insulting other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the previous posters. Indeed I do not have a child at Macarthur, but I live in a neighborhood that now, sadly, ,feeds into Macarthur, so I talk regularly with neighbors whose kids are closer to making the choice of where to attend high school. I've not encountered a single person who intends to send their kid to Macarthur. The complaints? 1) It is not and will never be a fully operational high school with sports and activities due to space constraints; 2) their kids' friends from middle school are not going there so there is no neighborhood cohort; 3) commute; 4) persistent disciplinary problems; and 5) reluctance to rely on the school to get their kids into top colleges.

So...maybe don't comment on the subject then? No one is taking you seriously here, so maybe stop commenting.

NP, defensive much, can’t handle the truth? Just because people does nit have kids at the school doesn’t mean they don’t talk to families who does have kids go to the school.

More like “can’t handle the negative stuff I just made up that exists only in my head because neither I nor any of the people I know have ever been within 10 miles of the school”.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s going to be mostly wealthy families who do club sports in high school, for those who do sports. There will be some sports but it’s not going to be a huge focal point. Friends will hang out in the neighborhood because it’s a neighborhoods school and will eventually function like Hardy or Deal. Community will come from the feeders.

It will not be wealthy families who do club sports. They're going private.

Yep, this to a tee.

Not even alot of just UMC families, let alone wealthy, if MA is a title 1 school. There is a significant cohort of very poor families. Nothing wrong with being poor but it presents with a lot more challenges and sports and AP is not the top priority for leadership.

If you don’t believe above, then you have not been paying attention to the trend in DCPS.

The unfortunate part is that they could have created a school that was attractive to families of all socioeconomic tiers, like JR, but Macarthur will not attract kids who can afford to pay for or test into a different school option. I assume people in the affected neighborhoods will target Walls, Latin, other charters, and privates. No one in my neighborhood is planning on Macarthur.

You could not be more wrong. We certainly can pay for private and we are IB for Jackson Reed too. But we’ve picked MacArthur. Go visit MacArthur before you put it down. Engaged and committed teachers, a dynamic principle, and a very nice building. If you want a public high school where your kid will be seen and known, and can get involved in starting up clubs and leading, then MacArthur is a great choice.

Sorry but you are an outlier. Majority of kids and families in this group are not choosing MA.

If you want seen and heard and easily start up and lead any club, go to DCI which BTW also has an extensive curriculum offerings and sports. There is a cohort of families WOTP who send their kids there. These things are not mutually exclusive of one or the other.

These negative posts are so odd. First of all, seems like PP has never been to Macarthur and doesn’t have a kid there.Second, poster purports to speak for the phantom “majority” of people in this group and elsewhere. Finally, DCI is NOT new where you can be a founder and has a very specific feeder pattern and curriculum that make the school not a real option for most people. (DCI also has a similar demo to Macarthur so if the goal is to get away from a substantial number of Black and brown kids as I suspect is the case for some of you then DCI isn’t the move). I’ve also had friends who pulled their kids OUT of DCI because of the chaos and questionable academics—esp the Yu Ying families. Same with Latin’s HS in terms of getting in for HS. It is also NOT new with opportunities for leadership etc. the way Mac has. And Walls? Who here can plan on attending Walls with their limited admissions. PP stop grasping at straws just to put down a school you clearly know nothing about! We are pleased with the school. The Title I status by the way means the school will receive even more funding and support and be well staffed (see JR’s teacher CUTS under new budget) and smart parents know how to make that work for their kids. Also the Title I status won’t last forever so these added resources are just what the school needs in the early years so that admin aren’t spread thin while establishing a new school.

We are OOB and kid has an hour commute, using two buses, so transport certainly hasn’t been a picnic. However teachers and admin are excellent caliber. Kid is challenged and learning. Kids start clubs based on interests and there’s great support all around. Yes there are some rough and tacky kids with issues at home or in their respective communities and there have been fights. The admin has dealt with all of this quite well and if your kid isn’t in it, they aren’t in it. I’m told there are fights at JR and rough kids there too. If Walls is an option for you, go there (I say this ever having toured or visited Walls and without having anyone close to me with kids there). But otherwise I’d say Macarthur is the way to go if you can get in. Also the closed campus means less room for mischief unlike the open campus/roam free at lunch situation at JR. Macarthur is a small school where all teachers know your kid and it is great.

And for those of you coming from private DCPS has a TON of opportunities as far as colleges and extracurricular activities. Again smart parents know how to make this work for their kids and get a leg up in college admissions.

You sound like a hypocrite because you have never been to DCI and obviously don't have a kid there. Just because DCI is not new does not mean that a kid can’t be a founder of a club or start a club. They absolutely can and the school encourages and welcomes new clubs. The school is also large enough that new clubs can also draw in enough kids to not only participate but also help run it. Families can get in on the French or Chinese track. I will grant you it is much harder to get in then MA but not impossible.

Secondly, DCI is not similar to MA demographics. DCI is not a title 1 school, they have significantly less at risk kids. DCI is also not majority black.

The data speaks for itself. Wealthy families are not choosing MA and why there is such a large OOB at risk group putting MA in title 1 status. You are delusional if you think lots of wealthy families who can afford private are choosing a new high school which is not only title 1 but very far away, with an unproven track record with limited academics, sports, and club offerings.

Lastly, yes you get some more money for title 1 but it is very far from enough of what you need with resources to support all the at risk kids.

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Oh wow this has gotten out of control here. Title 1 doesn’t necessarily mean bad. I have spoken to parents (white, financially stable) with kids there and they love it. I have visited and seen how engaged and friendly teachers and admin are. If you don’t want to send your kids there fine, but don’t bash the school on hearsay and vague fears about people with less money.