SWW - when do notices go out about interviews?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if SWW prioritizes DCPS students over ones applying from privates?

No preference.

That stinks. They should prioritize kids coming out of the dcps system over those that are opting in now.

That I am dead against! Already a very coveted school with very little spots and we are giving them to kids from private schools? BS.

Some families didn't strike gold in the lottery and went private vs moving. These are not the Upper NW apartment renters but long time home owners. Are their tax dollars being refunded? What do you have to say to them?

Public school children should be favored for a public magnet school. And regarding your tax refund, new flash! the money doesn't just go to schools and even if it did, what a ridiculous thought. Just because you're too afraid to send your precious spawn to public school like the rest of us doesn't mean you, who clearly has money as a long-time homeowner should be considered equally in a PUBLIC school magnet program. Stay in private school!

Any DC resident is eligible for services, schools, etc. in DC -- whether they choose to use them or not.

Yes, schools — but not necessarily any school you want. There are boundary rules, feeder rights, sibling preferences, etc.

It would be perfectly rational for DCPS to give graduates of DCPS middle schools a preference for DCPS application high schools.

Need a comparison? Look at taxpayer-funded DC charters that cover grades 5-12. They certainly prioritize their own middle school kids, giving them guaranteed access to the high school grades.

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous that rich people who send their kids to private schools also have access to public schools. How is that fair that they can get free education when they can afford to pay $50K? While we are at it, why do they get to use public pools and parks? Surely they can afford to go to their elitist private pools and join clubs or gyms for exercise! And how about the library? Hard working poor people need free access to literature but these fat cats can afford to just buy whatever they want to read! And fire trucks shouldn't be able to service rich houses either! Responding to a fire in a rich neighborhood could tie up resources that might be needed for the less fortunate. The private school elite can buy their own fire services, or just buy everything new again when it burns down!

Rich people pay taxes too.

I take it that the post you were responding to was an attempt at sarcasm

Yeah, which rich people? We do know about the regressive nature of the tax system, yes?

Troll. The US tax system is progressive.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I ask, for those who regularly travel around these areas, is it hard to get to Dunbar, or is that just my impression?

I usually go in/out of DC along 16th and Georgia and related corridors and it seems to me that getting from NE down North Capitol or NJ or 1st or whatever to Dunbar is not easy. Is there a Metro near there or anything? Is there any bus line that can take you there?

It just seems to me - no specific knowledge, just 30 years as a DC resident - that if there wasn't a high school already where Dunbar is, that it wouldn't be the place we would choose to site one. (Not that good sites are chosen - MacArthur's location is insane.)

But can anybody share on that? And does it affect where NE kids actually choose to go to high school?

It's bizarre that you think there isn't a bus line. The 80 runs right down North Capitol only a block or two away. The P6 goes along K. The G8 would be a little more of a walk but is totally doable for a kid that age.

To answer PP's question without condescension... Yes, its location is an historical artifact. If you were building today for Dunbar's catchment area you would put the school somewhere else, probably in Brookland. Here's a map.

https://dmv.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Dunbar%20HS.pdf

That said, Dunbar has a magnificent building on a very valuable piece of real estate. It would be a better location for a school attracting kids from all over the city, however.

It used to be that McKinley was an in-boundary school, so many kids went there instead of Dunbar. Spingarn was also an operational school back then, kids zoned for Eastern would have gone there but maybe kids from the current Dunbar area too. Armstrong (currently Friendship Armstrong) was a "manual training school", and there was M St High School (aka Perry School). It would be nice to have a high school in the Brookland neighborhood-- until 5 or 6 years ago there was a charter Washington Math and Science, which failed financially. That area is home to a lot of Catholic schools which I suppose lessens the push for a public high school.

100% accurate. Must be a native Washingtonian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my student got an interview for Walls but hasn’t heard from Banneker. Anyone else in this boat?

Never got an interview from Banneker but got accepted to Walls two years ago. Hope you get a slot but condition accordingly.

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For everyone complaining about the SWW parcc scores. I think people are forgetting that walls is a liberals arts based school. Even though many kids are advanced math, they are mostly on grade level or behind. Also, someone mentioned this early but they are teenagers and aren't going to try on something that doesn't affect them.

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Anonymous wrote:For everyone complaining about the SWW parcc scores. I think people are forgetting that walls is a liberals arts based school. Even though many kids are advanced math, they are mostly on grade level or behind. Also, someone mentioned this early but they are teenagers and aren't going to try on something that doesn't affect them.

It was a liberal arts school four years ago, too, and the PARCC didn't matter then either once you were in high school. Neither of those changed. What changed was the admissions process.

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DINKYs to move into the city and rejoice about the free PK3/PK4 but then not be forward thinking enough to know their neighborhood school might actually be their kids' HS.

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Anonymous wrote:DINKYs to move into the city and rejoice about the free PK3/PK4 but then not be forward thinking enough to know their neighborhood school might actually be their kids' HS.

If the at-risk kids EOTP can figure out how to avoid their neighborhood schools, pretty sure that SWW applicants can, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if SWW prioritizes DCPS students over ones applying from privates?

No preference.

That stinks. They should prioritize kids coming out of the dcps system over those that are opting in now.

That I am dead against! Already a very coveted school with very little spots and we are giving them to kids from private schools? BS.

Some families didn't strike gold in the lottery and went private vs moving. These are not the Upper NW apartment renters but long time home owners. Are their tax dollars being refunded? What do you have to say to them?

Public school children should be favored for a public magnet school. And regarding your tax refund, new flash! the money doesn't just go to schools and even if it did, what a ridiculous thought. Just because you're too afraid to send your precious spawn to public school like the rest of us doesn't mean you, who clearly has money as a long-time homeowner should be considered equally in a PUBLIC school magnet program. Stay in private school!

Any DC resident is eligible for services, schools, etc. in DC -- whether they choose to use them or not.

Yes, schools — but not necessarily any school you want. There are boundary rules, feeder rights, sibling preferences, etc.

It would be perfectly rational for DCPS to give graduates of DCPS middle schools a preference for DCPS application high schools.

Need a comparison? Look at taxpayer-funded DC charters that cover grades 5-12. They certainly prioritize their own middle school kids, giving them guaranteed access to the high school grades.

Charter schools don’t kick out kids after middle school? The horror!

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Whoever said this about the SWW interview process nailed it:

“The purpose of this is not to get a meaningful, predictive metric. Obviously. If it were, everyone would get the same questions, there would be training for graders, extremely clear rating rubrics, testing to make sure everyone is on the same page about what should get a good score.”

I still can’t believe that they are having current kids RATE prospective kids in the interview, and it matters for the outcome. And apparently no/little training of those kid interviewers?? If a 10th grade girl thinks most boys are icky, and rates them lower, oh well!!!! Them’s the breaks!!!!! (oh but all Walls students are geniuses so we should all implicitly trust their judgement)

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I’m pretty new here. I don’t get why so many of these posts have nothing to do with the initial topic. Why not start a different topic to debate the merits of The System or the quality of SWW’s student body or DCPS policies? This thread was simply about SWW interview notices, expanding a bit to include related info like interview details. Posting here to complain about capitalism or the system or the school or denigrate the student body can accomplish exactly nothing and isn’t helpful in addressing the actual topic (SWW interviews). So why do that here if it accomplishes nothing and helps no one?

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous that rich people who send their kids to private schools also have access to public schools. How is that fair that they can get free education when they can afford to pay $50K? While we are at it, why do they get to use public pools and parks? Surely they can afford to go to their elitist private pools and join clubs or gyms for exercise! And how about the library? Hard working poor people need free access to literature but these fat cats can afford to just buy whatever they want to read! And fire trucks shouldn't be able to service rich houses either! Responding to a fire in a rich neighborhood could tie up resources that might be needed for the less fortunate. The private school elite can buy their own fire services, or just buy everything new again when it burns down!

Rich people pay taxes too.

I take it that the post you were responding to was an attempt at sarcasm

Yeah, which rich people? We do know about the regressive nature of the tax system, yes?

Troll. The US tax system is progressive.

On paper. In practice? Remember what Warren Buffet said about how much he pays in taxes compared to his secretary?

[Anonymous]

From the data it looks like more than 50% of applicants are accepted

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Anonymous wrote:From the data it looks like more than 50% of applicants are accepted

I think it’s closer to 10%.

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Anonymous wrote:From the data it looks like more than 50% of applicants are accepted

What data?