Sports at Walls (WaPo article)

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-without-walls-admissions-test-diversity/2021/08/27/6959cec2-0293-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

"Walls" educates the lowest percentage of low income students and the highest percentage of white students than any other school in the District. There is no equity at "Walls." The fact remains that it is a choice to attend Walls and nobody should be complaining that they have to take a bus to play baseball. If baseball is that important, just choose a different school. It was a dumb article and certainly not one that should invite sympathy or those students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll feel sorry for the Walls baseball team when every kid in DC feels safe going to school.

Ah, right, because no problems can be addressed in any way until all the bigger ones are completely taken care of first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls.

I don’t think there’s a baseball field there, so it might not have seemed relevant to the story. But I agree that it should have been referenced as an example of DCPS priorities and precedents.

There isn't a dedicated baseball field there, but the Maret baseball team practices on it (which pushes back use of the field by other D.C. organizations who pay to rent the space...). They have portable turf pitchers' mound that they bring on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll feel sorry for the Walls baseball team when every kid in DC feels safe going to school.

Ah, right, because no problems can be addressed in any way until all the bigger ones are completely taken care of first.

Well, getting to baseball practice from a school one has chosen to attend certainly shouldn't be high on the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll feel sorry for the Walls baseball team when every kid in DC feels safe going to school.

Ah, right, because no problems can be addressed in any way until all the bigger ones are completely taken care of first.

Well, getting to baseball practice from a school one has chosen to attend certainly shouldn't be high on the list.

Sure, but... it's not like whatever the solution to the baseball field issue is would interfere with addressing safety on the way to school (which isn't even a DCPS issue entirely, you'd think MPD would also need to be involved). This is just what-aboutism.

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Anonymous wrote:And not one person acknowledging that these are the types of issues you will have when you build a charter school system like this. All these kids can go to their publics and play baseball. Nobody is forcing them to go to "Walls" (I think it's hilarious that the School Without Walls actually uses Walls--the thing they are without, as their nickname).

The way you're lecturing when you don't even know that SWW is part of DCPS. Put the drinks down. It's too early to be this drunk.

I would hardly call that a lecture. There is a fine line between "Walls" and charters. Both are just ways for elitists to separate themselves from the general population. I mean, how else can you look at a DCPS school that is only 25% Black? So the fact remains, nobody is forcing your kid to attend "Walls." If they want to play baseball without the hassle, go to a regular public school. You also seem a bit obsessed with drinks. I mean, that was quite a leap.

So who are those 25% of black kids at Walls to you? Nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And not one person acknowledging that these are the types of issues you will have when you build a charter school system like this. All these kids can go to their publics and play baseball. Nobody is forcing them to go to "Walls" (I think it's hilarious that the School Without Walls actually uses Walls--the thing they are without, as their nickname).

The way you're lecturing when you don't even know that SWW is part of DCPS. Put the drinks down. It's too early to be this drunk.

I would hardly call that a lecture. There is a fine line between "Walls" and charters. Both are just ways for elitists to separate themselves from the general population. I mean, how else can you look at a DCPS school that is only 25% Black? So the fact remains, nobody is forcing your kid to attend "Walls." If they want to play baseball without the hassle, go to a regular public school. You also seem a bit obsessed with drinks. I mean, that was quite a leap.

So who are those 25% of black kids at Walls to you? Nothing?

High-achieving Black kids in DCPS get nothing, esp if getting something would mean a white kid gets it, too. Black parents know this and if they can leave DCPS, they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-without-walls-admissions-test-diversity/2021/08/27/6959cec2-0293-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

"Walls" educates the lowest percentage of low income students and the highest percentage of white students than any other school in the District. There is no equity at "Walls." The fact remains that it is a choice to attend Walls and nobody should be complaining that they have to take a bus to play baseball. If baseball is that important, just choose a different school. It was a dumb article and certainly not one that should invite sympathy or those students.

Wow! So white kids don’t deserve a good education + regular high school sports. They are not asking for anything special - just pretty basic stuff. You must be one of those people castigating CH parents for not sending their kids to Eastern or perhaps you would like DCPS to shut Walls down. Or perhaps you want all DCPS schools to be random lottery so some ward 3 kids have to be bused to Ballou. Not even sure what you are advocating for. Whatever it is, it is not anchored in reality

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-without-walls-admissions-test-diversity/2021/08/27/6959cec2-0293-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

"Walls" educates the lowest percentage of low income students and the highest percentage of white students than any other school in the District. There is no equity at "Walls." The fact remains that it is a choice to attend Walls and nobody should be complaining that they have to take a bus to play baseball. If baseball is that important, just choose a different school. It was a dumb article and certainly not one that should invite sympathy or those students.

Wow! So white kids don’t deserve a good education + regular high school sports. They are not asking for anything special - just pretty basic stuff. You must be one of those people castigating CH parents for not sending their kids to Eastern or perhaps you would like DCPS to shut Walls down. Or perhaps you want all DCPS schools to be random lottery so some ward 3 kids have to be bused to Ballou. Not even sure what you are advocating for. Whatever it is, it is not anchored in reality

If white kids want field space in DC, they should have gone to Meritt or another private

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls.

I don’t think there’s a baseball field there, so it might not have seemed relevant to the story. But I agree that it should have been referenced as an example of DCPS priorities and precedents.

There isn't a dedicated baseball field there, but the Maret baseball team practices on it (which pushes back use of the field by other D.C. organizations who pay to rent the space...). They have portable turf pitchers' mound that they bring on.

if DCPS kids really cared, they’d go to Maret games and practices and disrupt them to they point that the fields are untenable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls.

I don’t think there’s a baseball field there, so it might not have seemed relevant to the story. But I agree that it should have been referenced as an example of DCPS priorities and precedents.

There isn't a dedicated baseball field there, but the Maret baseball team practices on it (which pushes back use of the field by other D.C. organizations who pay to rent the space...). They have portable turf pitchers' mound that they bring on.

if DCPS kids really cared, they’d go to Maret games and practices and disrupt them to they point that the fields are untenable.

I’m black and have never understood the frame that white people should be rightfully denied certain things on account of being white, but this seems to be view that is coming up AMONG white folks more often. I’ve never heard this kind of thinking from black folks. In fact, we’d prefer if if the white kids got their field because then it strengthens the argument that (all) “our” kids should get one. The concept that UMC white kids should be denied seems to accept a reality when all of us are denied better lest we can afford Maret, etc. That is not striking a blow for equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-without-walls-admissions-test-diversity/2021/08/27/6959cec2-0293-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

"Walls" educates the lowest percentage of low income students and the highest percentage of white students than any other school in the District. There is no equity at "Walls." The fact remains that it is a choice to attend Walls and nobody should be complaining that they have to take a bus to play baseball. If baseball is that important, just choose a different school. It was a dumb article and certainly not one that should invite sympathy or those students.

Wow! So white kids don’t deserve a good education + regular high school sports. They are not asking for anything special - just pretty basic stuff. You must be one of those people castigating CH parents for not sending their kids to Eastern or perhaps you would like DCPS to shut Walls down. Or perhaps you want all DCPS schools to be random lottery so some ward 3 kids have to be bused to Ballou. Not even sure what you are advocating for. Whatever it is, it is not anchored in reality

If white kids want field space in DC, they should have gone to Meritt or another private

You’re clearly not from DC, so you should STFU. You’re just embarrassing yourself. “Merit”. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls.

I don’t think there’s a baseball field there, so it might not have seemed relevant to the story. But I agree that it should have been referenced as an example of DCPS priorities and precedents.

There isn't a dedicated baseball field there, but the Maret baseball team practices on it (which pushes back use of the field by other D.C. organizations who pay to rent the space...). They have portable turf pitchers' mound that they bring on.

if DCPS kids really cared, they’d go to Maret games and practices and disrupt them to they point that the fields are untenable.

I’m black and have never understood the frame that white people should be rightfully denied certain things on account of being white, but this seems to be view that is coming up AMONG white folks more often. I’ve never heard this kind of thinking from black folks. In fact, we’d prefer if if the white kids got their field because then it strengthens the argument that (all) “our” kids should get one. The concept that UMC white kids should be denied seems to accept a reality when all of us are denied better lest we can afford Maret, etc. That is not striking a blow for equity.

+100. All DCPS kids should have reasonable access to sports and other extracurriculars. It is obviously more of a challenge in the city than in the suburbs but it is shameful that DPR favors private schools over DCPS and charter schools. I’m guessing DPR is quietly told what to do by Bowser who has a lot of wealthy supporters. The Wilson pool is a similar story. I wish this Post reporter would do a story on that. It has been closed for several months due to maintenance issues but even when it was open, JR swim team got very little time. Private schools like Burke practice there and pick up all the most convenient times.

DCPS is one outrage after another

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there's no mention of Jelleff in this story. It's walkable from Walls.

I don’t think there’s a baseball field there, so it might not have seemed relevant to the story. But I agree that it should have been referenced as an example of DCPS priorities and precedents.

There isn't a dedicated baseball field there, but the Maret baseball team practices on it (which pushes back use of the field by other D.C. organizations who pay to rent the space...). They have portable turf pitchers' mound that they bring on.

if DCPS kids really cared, they’d go to Maret games and practices and disrupt them to they point that the fields are untenable.

I’m black and have never understood the frame that white people should be rightfully denied certain things on account of being white, but this seems to be view that is coming up AMONG white folks more often. I’ve never heard this kind of thinking from black folks. In fact, we’d prefer if if the white kids got their field because then it strengthens the argument that (all) “our” kids should get one. The concept that UMC white kids should be denied seems to accept a reality when all of us are denied better lest we can afford Maret, etc. That is not striking a blow for equity.

It just plain racism. White people talk like this so they can pretend that they aren't racist, but if they were the white person in the situation, you better believe they'd be complaining -- or making sure their own snowflake goes to private.

[Anonymous]

Should a parent not complain in this situation? Would you complain? Why/why not?