What do you think of Janney?

[Anonymous]

What are your experiences there? I have heard from multiple people that it's the best public (by far) in DC. Do you agree? I am debating a move at the moment.

[Anonymous]

What do you think of Janney?


That you can always tell a Janney mom, you just can't tell her very much.

[Anonymous]

Please not another thread about Janney - there are multiple old threads about the school you should go and read.

-A satisfied Janney parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think of Janney?


That you can always tell a Janney mom, you just can't tell her very much.

Hahahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are your experiences there? I have heard from multiple people that it's the best public (by far) in DC. Do you agree? I am debating a move at the moment.

Definitely not one of the best bay far. It's definitely top 5 in my opinion. Test scores wise it's top 5 but not #1. The thing it has going for it over other schools that score higher is that it feeds to Deal. If you compare subgroups, Hearst does better and also feeds to Deal but smaller and more diverse community. It's a great school. Personally, I wouldn't choose it if I had the choice. It's a little too crowded and not as diverse as I'd like.

[Anonymous]

RTFF

[Anonymous]

I don't agree. You shouldn't believe everything people tell you. There are ca 10 or so really good DCPSs.
Best in what sense? Test scores? How do you measure best? Definitely not the best when it comes to test scores.
I've heard from several people that Janney has by far the most pain in the butt parents.

[Anonymous]

Come visit us. Don't listen to the haters.

[Anonymous]

Too darn big, prefer Mann, Key, Stoddert and Hearst over Janney any day.

[Anonymous]

Despite being in the District, Janney is only 7% African American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are your experiences there? I have heard from multiple people that it's the best public (by far) in DC. Do you agree? I am debating a move at the moment.

Definitely not one of the best bay far. It's definitely top 5 in my opinion. Test scores wise it's top 5 but not #1. The thing it has going for it over other schools that score higher is that it feeds to Deal. If you compare subgroups, Hearst does better and also feeds to Deal but smaller and more diverse community. It's a great school. Personally, I wouldn't choose it if I had the choice. It's a little too crowded and not as diverse as I'd like.

Not "diverse" ???

Janney is very diverse. There are all types and many languages spoken there.

White, black, European, Indian, Asian, Hispanic ,and mixed race kids, how much more diverse do you want it ???

[Anonymous]

The best DCPS schools:

JKLMM HORSES

Janney, Key, Lafayette, Mann, Murch

Hearst, Oyster, Ross, Stoddert, Eaton, Shepherd

Honorable mentions to Brent and Maury

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think of Janney?


That you can always tell a Janney mom, you just can't tell her very much.

Hahahaha

Yeah, all Janney moms are the same. Do you generalize about other groups of people like that as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best DCPS schools:

JKLMM HORSES

Janney, Key, Lafayette, Mann, Murch

Hearst, Oyster, Ross, Stoddert, Eaton, Shepherd

Honorable mentions to Brent and Maury

+ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Despite being in the District, Janney is only 7% African American.

So? Most schools in DC are 90%+ AA, which doesn't represent the demographics of the District either. Not every school has to mirror the city as a whole. Janney is a neighborhood school and reflects the demographics of the neighborhood.