How is MacArthur HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW the kids that have been fighting are the juniors and sophomores. The seniors are a calm, unique bunch and the freshmen so far seem calm. I think as the juniors and sophomores graduate every year the school will start to look and feel different with fewer to no fights.

They need to send kids that fight back to their IB school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My freshman son is enjoying MacArthur it’s definitely a culture shock, he’s coming from Basis but he likes the school. He witnessed his first fight already though.

By the way, I am not upset about the fight. I know children fight all the time and I know how high school is.

I'm sorry he's having to deal with fights (I assume you mean in school). Not all schools in DC have them in the school building, but I certainly saw my share in the middle school I went to (out of state).

Why would you think that? They don’t have younger siblings that come up the chain as peas in a pod.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW the kids that have been fighting are the juniors and sophomores. The seniors are a calm, unique bunch and the freshmen so far seem calm. I think as the juniors and sophomores graduate every year the school will start to look and feel different with fewer to no fights.

This is probably true at most schools. Sophomores and (some) Juniors are developmentally more prone to poor behavior.

[Anonymous]

Based on what I have read here, I feared our 10th grade kid would be miserable at MacArthur (drugs, fights, disruptive students), but so far, things have been surprisingly positive. The choice of classes is great, teachers are engaging, and students have been friendly. Our kid did witness a fight on Tuesday but found it “interesting” rather than upsetting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on what I have read here, I feared our 10th grade kid would be miserable at MacArthur (drugs, fights, disruptive students), but so far, things have been surprisingly positive. The choice of classes is great, teachers are engaging, and students have been friendly. Our kid did witness a fight on Tuesday but found it “interesting” rather than upsetting.

Glad to hear it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW the kids that have been fighting are the juniors and sophomores. The seniors are a calm, unique bunch and the freshmen so far seem calm. I think as the juniors and sophomores graduate every year the school will start to look and feel different with fewer to no fights.

They need to send kids that fight back to their IB school.

Well considering MA offered all their seats in the lottery this year and went really deep in the waitlist, there is likely a lot of OOB kids that started this year.

[Anonymous]

90 kids from Hardy enrolled that’s more than half the freshman class so no, they did not have to go “deep”. Out of boundary seats went to kids zoned for deal, oyster, and other high-quality metals and charters like IB Wells, Elliot Hine

[Anonymous]

Also several transfers from Burke private school, the British School, and basis. Just a reminder that out of bounds does not necessarily mean what you think it means. It just means not in the neighborhood of the (Hardy) feeder.

[Anonymous]

A lot of people I know have their kids at MacArthur and all happy with it. The biggest complaint I heard this week about it was that the hallways are too crowded this year (they have more students than before now).

Agree with what others have said- do not listen to anyone about a school unless they actually have kids attending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90 kids from Hardy enrolled that’s more than half the freshman class so no, they did not have to go “deep”. Out of boundary seats went to kids zoned for deal, oyster, and other high-quality metals and charters like IB Wells, Elliot Hine

That is not what the data shows. 220 seats offered in the lottery and matched 185 OOB kids right away. Now some might not accept.

So if you are actually correct about 90, which I don’t see data for, if it’s a class of 220 that is about 40% of the class.

Time will only tell this year if MA is still title 1 and with poorly performing scores…….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:90 kids from Hardy enrolled that’s more than half the freshman class so no, they did not have to go “deep”. Out of boundary seats went to kids zoned for deal, oyster, and other high-quality metals and charters like IB Wells, Elliot Hine

That is not what the data shows. 220 seats offered in the lottery and matched 185 OOB kids right away. Now some might not accept.

So if you are actually correct about 90, which I don’t see data for, if it’s a class of 220 that is about 40% of the class.

Time will only tell this year if MA is still title 1 and with poorly performing scores…….

90 from Hardy is reasonable. That means another 90 from Hardy went private or selective HS or moved. It's hard to imagine how more than 90 could have gone elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

this year Hardy students could go JR. so 90 is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this year Hardy students could go JR. so 90 is good.

Incorrect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this year Hardy students could go JR. so 90 is good.

Nope. Wrong. Only someone with an older sibling currently enrolled at JR could feed into JR.

[Anonymous]

Where Hardy 8th grade students went in 9th:

SY23-24 to SY24-25:
21 to MA
78 to JR

SY22-23 to SY23-24:
55 to MA
55 to JR

SY21-22 to SY22-23:
94 to JR

SY20-21 to SY21-22:
97 to JR

SY19-20 to SY20-21:
86 to JR

https://edscape.dc.gov/page/student-enrollment-pathways

I think it's unlikely Hardy will ever send more than about 100 to MacArthur given how many they used to send to Jackson-Reed. If it's really 90 this year, that's actually pretty impressive retention.