APS Next Few Years

[Anonymous]

It would be very hard, I think, to locate a solid number of people who would proclaim, wow, APS has been going up, up, up over the past 10 years. I know that many in the county never denigrate their choices.

[Anonymous]

You should know that WL just substantially increased the size of the IB program allowing 60-80 more students from Yorktown and Wakefield. The program is already stretched. There is a decent chance that the program will not be as strong in the next couple years due to overcrowding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should know that WL just substantially increased the size of the IB program allowing 60-80 more students from Yorktown and Wakefield. The program is already stretched. There is a decent chance that the program will not be as strong in the next couple years due to overcrowding.

Seriously? APS expands IB opportunities -- a good thing -- and DCUrbanMoms goes with "now it'll be stretched and less strong?" This board has jumped the shark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should know that WL just substantially increased the size of the IB program allowing 60-80 more students from Yorktown and Wakefield. The program is already stretched. There is a decent chance that the program will not be as strong in the next couple years due to overcrowding.

Seriously? APS expands IB opportunities -- a good thing -- and DCUrbanMoms goes with "now it'll be stretched and less strong?" This board has jumped the shark.

it's opportunity hoarding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should know that WL just substantially increased the size of the IB program allowing 60-80 more students from Yorktown and Wakefield. The program is already stretched. There is a decent chance that the program will not be as strong in the next couple years due to overcrowding.

Seriously? APS expands IB opportunities -- a good thing -- and DCUrbanMoms goes with "now it'll be stretched and less strong?" This board has jumped the shark.

They should build IB at Wakefield and Yorktown if there is that much demand. Why supersize WL further?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should know that WL just substantially increased the size of the IB program allowing 60-80 more students from Yorktown and Wakefield. The program is already stretched. There is a decent chance that the program will not be as strong in the next couple years due to overcrowding.

Seriously? APS expands IB opportunities -- a good thing -- and DCUrbanMoms goes with "now it'll be stretched and less strong?" This board has jumped the shark.

They should build IB at Wakefield and Yorktown if there is that much demand. Why supersize WL further?

Are you living under a rock? They are turning the Ed Center building next to WL into high school space. That's why. Also you just don't create an IB program out of thin air. Nice try though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I graduated 20 years ago, and remember public middle (and most of high) school seeming overly simple, lots of wasted time just staring out the window, etc. This isn't an APS problem, an equity problem, a new problem at all -- it's public school.

If you can afford a rigorous private, sure. If not, save up for a good college. Be thankful you have a smart and motivated daughter and that this is the biggest of our parenting problems. She can spend her extra time on stellar ECs and test prep. Your daughter will be fine.

Did you go to a highly ranked public like FCPS, MCPS, or APS? I was similarly poorly prepared for college and had lots of wasted public school time, but I was at a low scoring rural school district. I would think you get better since housing is orders of magnitude more expensive partly because of the schools.

I hate to squander my DD youth on academic enrichment to fill the gaps school isn’t covering.

I am the PP here. No I did not go to a "highly ranked" public, just a very middle of the road Midwestern school, and I did not feel poorly prepared for the Ivy League college I attended, and graduated from with high honors. I think the bigger point, that no one is making, is that just because a high school is marginally "better," overall/on average, doesn't mean that your child will have a better experience. They might get the bad math teacher. Or get a teacher they don't mesh with, and get one low grade that brings down their class rank. Or they have social difficulties that end up negatively impacting their academic performance. You just can't predict. Therefore at the margins -- among similarly-resourced schools, with similar socioeconomic profiles -- you'd be silly to uproot. Whatever happened to the whole "bloom where you're planted" mentality -- teach your child to make the best of their specific school environment. There are great opportunities to be found (or better yet, made) at any of these schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I graduated 20 years ago, and remember public middle (and most of high) school seeming overly simple, lots of wasted time just staring out the window, etc. This isn't an APS problem, an equity problem, a new problem at all -- it's public school.

If you can afford a rigorous private, sure. If not, save up for a good college. Be thankful you have a smart and motivated daughter and that this is the biggest of our parenting problems. She can spend her extra time on stellar ECs and test prep. Your daughter will be fine.

Did you go to a highly ranked public like FCPS, MCPS, or APS? I was similarly poorly prepared for college and had lots of wasted public school time, but I was at a low scoring rural school district. I would think you get better since housing is orders of magnitude more expensive partly because of the schools.

I hate to squander my DD youth on academic enrichment to fill the gaps school isn’t covering.

I am the PP here. No I did not go to a "highly ranked" public, just a very middle of the road Midwestern school, and I did not feel poorly prepared for the Ivy League college I attended, and graduated from with high honors. I think the bigger point, that no one is making, is that just because a high school is marginally "better," overall/on average, doesn't mean that your child will have a better experience. They might get the bad math teacher. Or get a teacher they don't mesh with, and get one low grade that brings down their class rank. Or they have social difficulties that end up negatively impacting their academic performance. You just can't predict. Therefore at the margins -- among similarly-resourced schools, with similar socioeconomic profiles -- you'd be silly to uproot. Whatever happened to the whole "bloom where you're planted" mentality -- teach your child to make the best of their specific school environment. There are great opportunities to be found (or better yet, made) at any of these schools.

This kind of thinking is absolutely not allowed on DCUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should know that WL just substantially increased the size of the IB program allowing 60-80 more students from Yorktown and Wakefield. The program is already stretched. There is a decent chance that the program will not be as strong in the next couple years due to overcrowding.

Seriously? APS expands IB opportunities -- a good thing -- and DCUrbanMoms goes with "now it'll be stretched and less strong?" This board has jumped the shark.

it's opportunity hoarding

not a thing, but ok