What do you think of Janney?

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Not sure why the post became about Hearst, but it seems like parents have other choices and don't need to default to buying into the Janney boundary. When Murch re-opens I bet that school will also be sought after.

Having more great school options is a good thing for everyone!

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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 ???

New PP. Yes, not diverse neither racially or socioeconomically.

Agree. Diverse means a good amount of everything not 75% of one thing and a smattering of others.

Deal, Wilson, and Walls are diverse -- no majority population at any of them. Hearst mirrors the city demographics almost to a kid -- also no majority population. Ross is 51% white, but still diverse. Interesting note, only Murch has someone in every category, no 0% categories (but still 62% white - very international, but still majority white).

Hardy is way diverse, and how many Janney parents would trade their right to send their kids to Deal for Hardy. Come on, raise your hands. We can't see them.

Good point. Hardy also has someone in every category, no 0%s; but, like Ross, it has a majority population (57% black), so it is not as diverse as Deal, Wilson, and Walls. Tiny too! I'd expect more families to be interested if they prefer small schools. It seems like everything people love about Hearst exists at Hardy.

Last I checked, this thread was about Janney. And while Hearst seems to be a nice, up-and-coming school, the fact is that there's no one in the Janney district who would choose Hearst over Janney. And it's certainly the case that no one with a right to go to Deal would give that up for Hardy. The qualitative difference there just can't be overlooked.

If by up and coming you mean superior sub group test scores, then you are correct.

Explain, in plain English.

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White kids performed better on PARCC at Hearst than Janney
Non Low-income students perform better in PARCC at Hearst than Janney.

Hearst is something like only 30% IB. So some white kids from higher income families perform better on PARCC, Big surprise. How do African-American students score at Hearst? Low-income family students? What time and resources do teachers have to spend on remedial attention for those who perform significantly below a number of their classmates? What level do classroom teachers have to teach to, to reach most of the students?

As mentioned upthread, it still is a big sign that when you're comparing subgroups that Janney is being beat by many other schools. Why do you not care about that? Hearst and Eaton pretty well with AA scores as well as non farm. I think Eaton, Stoddert, and Hearst do amongst the best in the city.

How about Janney? How do they do with AA and low income? Oh, that's right, there's not enough of them to know.

NP here. Frankly, as a parent whose kids will likely attend Janney in a few years, those minute difference is recent test scores don't concern me at all. I am confident my kids will be fine at Janney, and they probably would also be fine at Hearst or Stoddert or Eaton. This competition about overall similar test scores is insane, and it's funny to watch how on a thread where barely anyone has touted Janney as the best, there is such a concerted effort to point out that it isn't based on the recent PARCC. This really says more about you all than about Janney.

It's not just the most recent test where Janney lags behind its peers. It's past 4 that I know of. OP is the one that asked was Janney the best. People are simply pointing out other schools that do better to refute "Janney being the best."

Stop trying to downplay Janney parents. I'm sure 95% of them are great people. But I wish I could ring a bell every time a Janney parent touted being the best or saying stuff like "there's Janney and then there's everyone else" or "there's a reason why J is first and it's not alphabetical." When you get posts like that all the time, people are going to deflate those posters by pointing out that Janney is overcrowded and not even the best test wise.

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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 ???

New PP. Yes, not diverse neither racially or socioeconomically.

Agree. Diverse means a good amount of everything not 75% of one thing and a smattering of others.

Deal, Wilson, and Walls are diverse -- no majority population at any of them. Hearst mirrors the city demographics almost to a kid -- also no majority population. Ross is 51% white, but still diverse. Interesting note, only Murch has someone in every category, no 0% categories (but still 62% white - very international, but still majority white).

Hardy is way diverse, and how many Janney parents would trade their right to send their kids to Deal for Hardy. Come on, raise your hands. We can't see them.

Good point. Hardy also has someone in every category, no 0%s; but, like Ross, it has a majority population (57% black), so it is not as diverse as Deal, Wilson, and Walls. Tiny too! I'd expect more families to be interested if they prefer small schools. It seems like everything people love about Hearst exists at Hardy.

Last I checked, this thread was about Janney. And while Hearst seems to be a nice, up-and-coming school, the fact is that there's no one in the Janney district who would choose Hearst over Janney. And it's certainly the case that no one with a right to go to Deal would give that up for Hardy. The qualitative difference there just can't be overlooked.

If by up and coming you mean superior sub group test scores, then you are correct.

Explain, in plain English.

NP.
White kids performed better on PARCC at Hearst than Janney
Non Low-income students perform better in PARCC at Hearst than Janney.

Hearst is something like only 30% IB. So some white kids from higher income families perform better on PARCC, Big surprise. How do African-American students score at Hearst? Low-income family students? What time and resources do teachers have to spend on remedial attention for those who perform significantly below a number of their classmates? What level do classroom teachers have to teach to, to reach most of the students?

As mentioned upthread, it still is a big sign that when you're comparing subgroups that Janney is being beat by many other schools. Why do you not care about that? Hearst and Eaton pretty well with AA scores as well as non farm. I think Eaton, Stoddert, and Hearst do amongst the best in the city.

How about Janney? How do they do with AA and low income? Oh, that's right, there's not enough of them to know.

NP here. Frankly, as a parent whose kids will likely attend Janney in a few years, those minute difference is recent test scores don't concern me at all. I am confident my kids will be fine at Janney, and they probably would also be fine at Hearst or Stoddert or Eaton. This competition about overall similar test scores is insane, and it's funny to watch how on a thread where barely anyone has touted Janney as the best, there is such a concerted effort to point out that it isn't based on the recent PARCC. This really says more about you all than about Janney.

It's not just the most recent test where Janney lags behind its peers. It's past 4 that I know of. OP is the one that asked was Janney the best. People are simply pointing out other schools that do better to refute "Janney being the best."

Stop trying to downplay Janney parents. I'm sure 95% of them are great people. But I wish I could ring a bell every time a Janney parent touted being the best or saying stuff like "there's Janney and then there's everyone else" or "there's a reason why J is first and it's not alphabetical." When you get posts like that all the time, people are going to deflate those posters by pointing out that Janney is overcrowded and not even the best test wise.

Ok, so it's the last few tests, I still don't care. And I honestly think there's one or maybe two posters who say those things here, because it's always the same wording, often in the same post. Likely it was that same poster who made the one and only really self-congratulatory, obnoxious post on this thread - I have read this exact same post on other threads, about how they are patting themselves on the back to have bought in AU Park ten years ago, bla bla bla. I wonder if it's even a troll like someone else pointed out, although that comment about their real estate purchase makes me think she is for real. I wouldn't be surprised though if there are posters on this forum who post obnoxious praise of Janney just to make Janney parents look bad. But even if 5% of Janney parents are being self-indulging asshats on DCUM, it's hardly grounds for the wholesale condemnation of the community that is regularly taking place here.

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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 ???

New PP. Yes, not diverse neither racially or socioeconomically.

Agree. Diverse means a good amount of everything not 75% of one thing and a smattering of others.

Deal, Wilson, and Walls are diverse -- no majority population at any of them. Hearst mirrors the city demographics almost to a kid -- also no majority population. Ross is 51% white, but still diverse. Interesting note, only Murch has someone in every category, no 0% categories (but still 62% white - very international, but still majority white).

Hardy is way diverse, and how many Janney parents would trade their right to send their kids to Deal for Hardy. Come on, raise your hands. We can't see them.

Good point. Hardy also has someone in every category, no 0%s; but, like Ross, it has a majority population (57% black), so it is not as diverse as Deal, Wilson, and Walls. Tiny too! I'd expect more families to be interested if they prefer small schools. It seems like everything people love about Hearst exists at Hardy.

Last I checked, this thread was about Janney. And while Hearst seems to be a nice, up-and-coming school, the fact is that there's no one in the Janney district who would choose Hearst over Janney. And it's certainly the case that no one with a right to go to Deal would give that up for Hardy. The qualitative difference there just can't be overlooked.

If by up and coming you mean superior sub group test scores, then you are correct.

Explain, in plain English.

NP.
White kids performed better on PARCC at Hearst than Janney
Non Low-income students perform better in PARCC at Hearst than Janney.

Hearst is something like only 30% IB. So some white kids from higher income families perform better on PARCC, Big surprise. How do African-American students score at Hearst? Low-income family students? What time and resources do teachers have to spend on remedial attention for those who perform significantly below a number of their classmates? What level do classroom teachers have to teach to, to reach most of the students?

As mentioned upthread, it still is a big sign that when you're comparing subgroups that Janney is being beat by many other schools. Why do you not care about that? Hearst and Eaton pretty well with AA scores as well as non farm. I think Eaton, Stoddert, and Hearst do amongst the best in the city.

How about Janney? How do they do with AA and low income? Oh, that's right, there's not enough of them to know.

NP here. Frankly, as a parent whose kids will likely attend Janney in a few years, those minute difference is recent test scores don't concern me at all. I am confident my kids will be fine at Janney, and they probably would also be fine at Hearst or Stoddert or Eaton. This competition about overall similar test scores is insane, and it's funny to watch how on a thread where barely anyone has touted Janney as the best, there is such a concerted effort to point out that it isn't based on the recent PARCC. This really says more about you all than about Janney.

It's not just the most recent test where Janney lags behind its peers. It's past 4 that I know of. OP is the one that asked was Janney the best. People are simply pointing out other schools that do better to refute "Janney being the best."

Stop trying to downplay Janney parents. I'm sure 95% of them are great people. But I wish I could ring a bell every time a Janney parent touted being the best or saying stuff like "there's Janney and then there's everyone else" or "there's a reason why J is first and it's not alphabetical." When you get posts like that all the time, people are going to deflate those posters by pointing out that Janney is overcrowded and not even the best test wise.

Ok, so it's the last few tests, I still don't care. And I honestly think there's one or maybe two posters who say those things here, because it's always the same wording, often in the same post. Likely it was that same poster who made the one and only really self-congratulatory, obnoxious post on this thread - I have read this exact same post on other threads, about how they are patting themselves on the back to have bought in AU Park ten years ago, bla bla bla. I wonder if it's even a troll like someone else pointed out, although that comment about their real estate purchase makes me think she is for real. I wouldn't be surprised though if there are posters on this forum who post obnoxious praise of Janney just to make Janney parents look bad. But even if 5% of Janney parents are being self-indulging asshats on DCUM, it's hardly grounds for the wholesale condemnation of the community that is regularly taking place here.

Who's condemning Janney? Saying Janney is a great school but maybe not the best or there are others is not condemning Janney.

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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 ???

New PP. Yes, not diverse neither racially or socioeconomically.

Agree. Diverse means a good amount of everything not 75% of one thing and a smattering of others.

Deal, Wilson, and Walls are diverse -- no majority population at any of them. Hearst mirrors the city demographics almost to a kid -- also no majority population. Ross is 51% white, but still diverse. Interesting note, only Murch has someone in every category, no 0% categories (but still 62% white - very international, but still majority white).

Hardy is way diverse, and how many Janney parents would trade their right to send their kids to Deal for Hardy. Come on, raise your hands. We can't see them.

Good point. Hardy also has someone in every category, no 0%s; but, like Ross, it has a majority population (57% black), so it is not as diverse as Deal, Wilson, and Walls. Tiny too! I'd expect more families to be interested if they prefer small schools. It seems like everything people love about Hearst exists at Hardy.

Last I checked, this thread was about Janney. And while Hearst seems to be a nice, up-and-coming school, the fact is that there's no one in the Janney district who would choose Hearst over Janney. And it's certainly the case that no one with a right to go to Deal would give that up for Hardy. The qualitative difference there just can't be overlooked.

If by up and coming you mean superior sub group test scores, then you are correct.

Explain, in plain English.

NP.
White kids performed better on PARCC at Hearst than Janney
Non Low-income students perform better in PARCC at Hearst than Janney.

Hearst is something like only 30% IB. So some white kids from higher income families perform better on PARCC, Big surprise. How do African-American students score at Hearst? Low-income family students? What time and resources do teachers have to spend on remedial attention for those who perform significantly below a number of their classmates? What level do classroom teachers have to teach to, to reach most of the students?

As mentioned upthread, it still is a big sign that when you're comparing subgroups that Janney is being beat by many other schools. Why do you not care about that? Hearst and Eaton pretty well with AA scores as well as non farm. I think Eaton, Stoddert, and Hearst do amongst the best in the city.

How about Janney? How do they do with AA and low income? Oh, that's right, there's not enough of them to know.

NP here. Frankly, as a parent whose kids will likely attend Janney in a few years, those minute difference is recent test scores don't concern me at all. I am confident my kids will be fine at Janney, and they probably would also be fine at Hearst or Stoddert or Eaton. This competition about overall similar test scores is insane, and it's funny to watch how on a thread where barely anyone has touted Janney as the best, there is such a concerted effort to point out that it isn't based on the recent PARCC. This really says more about you all than about Janney.

It's not just the most recent test where Janney lags behind its peers. It's past 4 that I know of. OP is the one that asked was Janney the best. People are simply pointing out other schools that do better to refute "Janney being the best."

Stop trying to downplay Janney parents. I'm sure 95% of them are great people. But I wish I could ring a bell every time a Janney parent touted being the best or saying stuff like "there's Janney and then there's everyone else" or "there's a reason why J is first and it's not alphabetical." When you get posts like that all the time, people are going to deflate those posters by pointing out that Janney is overcrowded and not even the best test wise.

Ok, so it's the last few tests, I still don't care. And I honestly think there's one or maybe two posters who say those things here, because it's always the same wording, often in the same post. Likely it was that same poster who made the one and only really self-congratulatory, obnoxious post on this thread - I have read this exact same post on other threads, about how they are patting themselves on the back to have bought in AU Park ten years ago, bla bla bla. I wonder if it's even a troll like someone else pointed out, although that comment about their real estate purchase makes me think she is for real. I wouldn't be surprised though if there are posters on this forum who post obnoxious praise of Janney just to make Janney parents look bad. But even if 5% of Janney parents are being self-indulging asshats on DCUM, it's hardly grounds for the wholesale condemnation of the community that is regularly taking place here.

Who's condemning Janney? Saying Janney is a great school but maybe not the best or there are others is not condemning Janney.

I'm not referring to those posts. I'm referring to those on this thread and many others that are attacking Janney parents (especially moms) personally, based on what I think are no to very few real life experiences and obnoxious anonymous posts on this forum. They surfaced right on the first page, and culminated in one poster's rant about a "bunch of overfed, overbleached, hyper-competitive moms".

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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 ???

Pp you quoted. I said "not as diverse as I'd like it" note the "I".
As an AA parent, I would prefer my kid not be an only. Yes, it's selfish opinion but that's why I said it was for me.
I didn't say one negative thing about the school. I think it's a great school. I would prefer Hearst or Eaton who apparently do better in testing and have a diverse student body. People keep saying "well what about DCPS that is 90% black", I'm not talking about those schools, I'm comparing to other WOTP schools. I wouldn't want my kid at a 90% black school either.

Viewing "diversity" solely in black and white terms is very one-dimensional, sort of a 1970s view of the concept. Moreover, while African-Americans may now be below 50% of DC's population, they are by far still the largest group, so seeing AAs as being the diversity in DC is misplaced.

The PP is correct about Janney's diversity from a broad, 21st century meaning of the term. The only aspect where Janney is less diverse is on income. But that's harder to achieve in the US which (like DC) has a strong tradition of local, even neighborhood schools.

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OP, Janney is a good school. It's not perfect; maybe it's not great; but it is a good school. It is overcrowded for a reason. Are there some over-the-top parents there? Sure. But you will find challenging parents at every school - they may not look like this weird characture of a Janney mom, but they are out there. Is it a particularly diverse school? No, not really. But that is not the only measure of a good school, although it is certainly something to consider quite seriously - if you are choosing to live in DC, and to send your child to a DCPS, you ought to consider what that means to you. It would be a great thing if Janney were more representative of the city as a whole, but it's not; and, at this point, I'm not sure how you change that.

The unfortunate thing about DCUM is that it quickly devolves into a slug fest. Who knows the real motivations behind it, but it always does. Janney is an easy target because it is a good school that is pretty much entirely IB, and, yes, there are some fabulously smug parents there. But, please, not everyone there is like that. I don't have a kid there now; I have never had a kid there; but, if I had it to do over again, I probably would try to send my kids to Janney. Most of the kids and parents I have met from there have been nice, welcoming, reasonable, and with a solid grounding in reality. You will find that in other schools as well, but I have found that to particularly be the case with those families.

I would think it would make more sense for everyone to focus their energies on improving or appreciating their own schools rather than spending all this time trying to knock down Janney.

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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 ???

Pp you quoted. I said "not as diverse as I'd like it" note the "I".
As an AA parent, I would prefer my kid not be an only. Yes, it's selfish opinion but that's why I said it was for me.
I didn't say one negative thing about the school. I think it's a great school. I would prefer Hearst or Eaton who apparently do better in testing and have a diverse student body. People keep saying "well what about DCPS that is 90% black", I'm not talking about those schools, I'm comparing to other WOTP schools. I wouldn't want my kid at a 90% black school either.

Viewing "diversity" solely in black and white terms is very one-dimensional, sort of a 1970s view of the concept. Moreover, while African-Americans may now be below 50% of DC's population, they are by far still the largest group, so seeing AAs as being the diversity in DC is misplaced.

The PP is correct about Janney's diversity from a broad, 21st century meaning of the term. The only aspect where Janney is less diverse is on income. But that's harder to achieve in the US which (like DC) has a strong tradition of local, even neighborhood schools.

I'm so sick of people saying that a family from India and Spain is diverse. No. Sorry. It's a valid point to say you don't want your kid to be the only kid with dark brown skin in his class. Stop saying it's an old fashion way of looking at things. A white kid from Spain that speaks Spanish is great when being able to offer worldly diversity and cultural diversity, but that kid is not going to have the same plight as a black kid would when dealing with the issues that we deal with on a day to day basis. That white looking kid that speaks Spanish is not going to have to worry about being stereotyped by his teachers, parents of friends, neighbors or cops.

Honestly, would you be fine with sending your white kid to a school of all kids with black skin? What if the black kids were from dozens of African countries, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican, and Trinidad? That's diverse right? Well guess what, Banneker is filled with various African students as well as Caribbean students and for some reason I don't see any whites applying for it despite its diversity that's not boiled down to black/white. Because they don't see Ethipoian, Nigerian, Trinidad, Jamaican, they see an all black school and they don't want their kid to be an only. Valid reason IMO. Don't contest when the tables are turned.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Hearst is an excellent school. In fact, I would rank it higher than Janney.

-signed, a Hearst Parent

Clearly the parents who live in Prince George's rank Hearst pretty high.

Obviously a troll, as anyone who knows anything about how the lottery works (or geography and the commute from PG) could tell you. Idiot.

That you need to slam Hearst suggests you're a paranoid Janney mom, clutching her personalized necklace from poshmommy (wishing it were pearls and she could avoid it all by being on the private school board instead).

(No, I'm not at either school. Just sick of the self-importance and smugness).

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I'm so sick of people saying that a family from India and Spain is diverse. No. Sorry. It's a valid point to say you don't want your kid to be the only kid with dark brown skin in his class. Stop saying it's an old fashion way of looking at things. A white kid from Spain that speaks Spanish is great when being able to offer worldly diversity and cultural diversity, but that kid is not going to have the same plight as a black kid would when dealing with the issues that we deal with on a day to day basis. That white looking kid that speaks Spanish is not going to have to worry about being stereotyped by his teachers, parents of friends, neighbors or cops.

Honestly, would you be fine with sending your white kid to a school of all kids with black skin? What if the black kids were from dozens of African countries, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican, and Trinidad? That's diverse right? Well guess what, Banneker is filled with various African students as well as Caribbean students and for some reason I don't see any whites applying for it despite its diversity that's not boiled down to black/white. Because they don't see Ethipoian, Nigerian, Trinidad, Jamaican, they see an all black school and they don't want their kid to be an only. Valid reason IMO. Don't contest when the tables are turned.

It's evident from your POV of view that you identify as black, and you make a good point that in some situations, a person with black skin will have a different experience than the person with a different level of melanin in that same situation.
^^^ the absolute truth of this doesn't mean only the people with black skin get to write the definition of "diversity" in 2016. 1st pp was correct, that a diverse school encompasses all manner of "races," ethnicities, religions, and much more.

(Janney's student body hits a few of these categories.)

When you mean to say "this school just isn't black enough for me to feel right about sending my son there," why not say what you mean?

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Back to the original question, don't buy just for Janney. I would buy in a Deal feeder -- maybe Janney but more likely Lafayette, Murch or Hearst, and maybe also Sheppard. You will be in great hands at any of them. The other @JKLMM HORSES schools are also wonderful but then you have to figure out a middle school plan.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Hearst is an excellent school. In fact, I would rank it higher than Janney.

-signed, a Hearst Parent

Clearly the parents who live in Prince George's rank Hearst pretty high.

Obviously a troll, as anyone who knows anything about how the lottery works (or geography and the commute from PG) could tell you. Idiot.

That you need to slam Hearst suggests you're a paranoid Janney mom, clutching her personalized necklace from poshmommy (wishing it were pearls and she could avoid it all by being on the private school board instead).

(No, I'm not at either school. Just sick of the self-importance and smugness).

See, there you go again, blaming an obnoxious post on Janney moms, based on nothing but your prejudice and resentment. I'm assuming you are the same poster as the one with the "over bleached" rant earlier. I wonder how you summon so much hatred for a community you don't even know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back to the original question, don't buy just for Janney. I would buy in a Deal feeder -- maybe Janney but more likely Lafayette, Murch or Hearst, and maybe also Sheppard. You will be in great hands at any of them. The other @JKLMM HORSES schools are also wonderful but then you have to figure out a middle school plan.

Which children look like horses? Or are you completely ignoring ABCD*F*HI*KLM*****ST*VW*Y*?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Hearst is an excellent school. In fact, I would rank it higher than Janney.

-signed, a Hearst Parent

Clearly the parents who live in Prince George's rank Hearst pretty high.

Obviously a troll, as anyone who knows anything about how the lottery works (or geography and the commute from PG) could tell you. Idiot.

That you need to slam Hearst suggests you're a paranoid Janney mom, clutching her personalized necklace from poshmommy (wishing it were pearls and she could avoid it all by being on the private school board instead).

(No, I'm not at either school. Just sick of the self-importance and smugness).

See, there you go again, blaming an obnoxious post on Janney moms, based on nothing but your prejudice and resentment. I'm assuming you are the same poster as the one with the "over bleached" rant earlier. I wonder how you summon so much hatred for a community you don't even know.

Who but an insecure Janney mom would have suggested that Hearst was the school for PG County children? It's both racist and classist and we all know it. No-one except someone who has something to lose by pointing out the obvious (Hearst has better scores, smaller class sizes, and the same feeder pattern) gains by doing so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Hearst is an excellent school. In fact, I would rank it higher than Janney.

-signed, a Hearst Parent

Clearly the parents who live in Prince George's rank Hearst pretty high.

Obviously a troll, as anyone who knows anything about how the lottery works (or geography and the commute from PG) could tell you. Idiot.

That you need to slam Hearst suggests you're a paranoid Janney mom, clutching her personalized necklace from poshmommy (wishing it were pearls and she could avoid it all by being on the private school board instead).

(No, I'm not at either school. Just sick of the self-importance and smugness).

See, there you go again, blaming an obnoxious post on Janney moms, based on nothing but your prejudice and resentment. I'm assuming you are the same poster as the one with the "over bleached" rant earlier. I wonder how you summon so much hatred for a community you don't even know.

Who but an insecure Janney mom would have suggested that Hearst was the school for PG County children? It's both racist and classist and we all know it. No-one except someone who has something to lose by pointing out the obvious (Hearst has better scores, smaller class sizes, and the same feeder pattern) gains by doing so.

Ok, you are obviously a troll. Yup, every poster on all the Hearst threads talking about rhe residency cheaters from MD are Janney parents. Why on earth would you think the parents from another school would bother to have this much animosity towards another school they don't even attend? Wait, why don't you tell us where your kids attend school so I can make a skmar judgment about that school?