SWW - when do notices go out about interviews?
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+2 And then the cycle continues at Walls... The junior class at Walls has an average GPA of 3.93, a number school counselor Kathryn Moore called “very high.” She also noted that the median GPA was over a 4.0. That means that well over half the class had a GPA above 4.0 at the start of the 2022-23 school year. This number will likely only increase, as juniors take on more AP classes, which are graded on a 5.0 scale.... Mr. Jordan said that the pandemic-era grading policy “does not push students to excel,” and that students will face a “rude awakening” when they get to college. “It gives them a cushion and a false sense of their performance,” he said. “Colleges do not have a WS or [a] 63 percent [minimum].” Some students do understand this. “It’s definitely hurt my work ethic,” Douglas said. “When I go to college, it’s going to hurt me because I’m not actively putting in as much effort as I should or as I could because of those policies. So when I go to college, I won’t be as prepared. I won’t have the strong work ethic that I probably could have [had] if those policies weren’t in place. https://www.swwrookery.com/post/hugely-inflat...-more-harm-than-good |
Anonymous
If folks believe DC has “massive grade inflation” and other problems why not move out of the city? Longer commute, sure, but except for a small number of jobs, people do not need to live within the city lines. People do have a choice. |
Anonymous
I'm not sure I understand why it's easier (or at all more desirable) for everyone who prioritizes education to move out of the city, rather than for DCPS to start operating like a normal school system. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
Congrats on having a kid with a healthy sense of self. I wish we all did but we don't. Beyond that, you missed my point. My point was that the current version--and the one from the past three years--make it SEEM like a meritocracy when a lot of the result is quite arbitrary. That's why I'd prefer a lottery--a 13-year-olds would then understand that it was luck, and not anything they did *wrong.* DC doesn't feel entitled to a spot but is also having a hard time grasping that they didn't do something bad or make a mistake. I have no interest in tailoring the process to my kid. I just know a LOT of highly qualified kids who are very disappointed and wondering what they should have done differently, when in fact, the real problem is the low number of seats, not anything they could have said or done. You have no basis to be telling me (or anyone else on this anonymous board) what we should work on in our parenting. Maybe step down off your high horse for a few minutes. |
Anonymous
Sure, but this was a 10 minute interview. |
Anonymous
One you can control. One you cannot. |
Anonymous
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DCPS is not overflowing with options for kids who are academically high-performing. If you're the kid who, say, did Algebra II in 8th grade, there are very limited academic options for you in this city. It's not like there's Walls, but there's also a selective program for kids who are great in math and science but can't make eye contact to save their lives. So the question is, does DCPS think they have an obligate to provide those kids with appropriate educations? Do you? Or do you think that appropriate-level classes for smart kids should be reserved for smart kids who are also, at 13 or 14, "bold, articulate, and engaged become our leaders"? For context, DC is an outlier here in terms of how they do admissions to selective high schools. This will be an unpopular opinion, but 'high-performing' in DCPS isn't what folks present. 4.0 GPA and parent insistence that their children are TAG says nothing. This isn't a FAPE for high-performing kids issue...put them in neighboring Arlington or MoCo and they'd be slightly above mediocre because they'd be with peers of helicopter parents pushing their 8th grade students to take Algebra II. That's just fast tracking, not actual genius and it burns kids out. Go to a lottery/GPA combo with equal ward quotas. |
Anonymous
Let's see the teacher is no longer at the school..... |
Anonymous
DCPS is not overflowing with options for kids who are academically high-performing. If you're the kid who, say, did Algebra II in 8th grade, there are very limited academic options for you in this city. It's not like there's Walls, but there's also a selective program for kids who are great in math and science but can't make eye contact to save their lives. So the question is, does DCPS think they have an obligate to provide those kids with appropriate educations? Do you? Or do you think that appropriate-level classes for smart kids should be reserved for smart kids who are also, at 13 or 14, "bold, articulate, and engaged become our leaders"? For context, DC is an outlier here in terms of how they do admissions to selective high schools. This will be an unpopular opinion, but 'high-performing' in DCPS isn't what folks present. 4.0 GPA and parent insistence that their children are TAG says nothing. This isn't a FAPE for high-performing kids issue...put them in neighboring Arlington or MoCo and they'd be slightly above mediocre because they'd be with peers of helicopter parents pushing their 8th grade students to take Algebra II. That's just fast tracking, not actual genius and it burns kids out. Go to a lottery/GPA combo with equal ward quotas. Of course they're not geniuses. If they were geniuses, "DCPS doesn't serve them" would be an absurd complaint. But "high-performing" is entirely relative to the schools you're in. For instance, EOTP, DCPS neighborhood high schools can't even serve kids who are at grade level. |
Anonymous
DCPS is not overflowing with options for kids who are academically high-performing. If you're the kid who, say, did Algebra II in 8th grade, there are very limited academic options for you in this city. It's not like there's Walls, but there's also a selective program for kids who are great in math and science but can't make eye contact to save their lives. So the question is, does DCPS think they have an obligate to provide those kids with appropriate educations? Do you? Or do you think that appropriate-level classes for smart kids should be reserved for smart kids who are also, at 13 or 14, "bold, articulate, and engaged become our leaders"? For context, DC is an outlier here in terms of how they do admissions to selective high schools. This will be an unpopular opinion, but 'high-performing' in DCPS isn't what folks present. 4.0 GPA and parent insistence that their children are TAG says nothing. This isn't a FAPE for high-performing kids issue...put them in neighboring Arlington or MoCo and they'd be slightly above mediocre because they'd be with peers of helicopter parents pushing their 8th grade students to take Algebra II. That's just fast tracking, not actual genius and it burns kids out. Go to a lottery/GPA combo with equal ward quotas. Sounds like you are looking for more of a STEM based focused school like McKinley Tech or Thomas Jefferson in VA. Like many have said already Walls is a humanities based school. Yes they have the good test scores in the city for Math but its not the focus. AI is taking over right before our eyes many of the lucrative programming jobs will be lost in 20 years if not sooner. Walls curriculum is focused on how history has shaped the world, thinking of the world as a global community, how can we make a positive impact in our communities and the world. The understanding of our fellow man and empathy for those less fortunate. Ambassadors, Consulate Officers, Political Leaders, Lawyers. They have partnerships with GW which has partnerships with State Department which is literally 2 blocks away. Developing independent, critical thinkers, and problem solvers of the next generation regarding national and global issues. Being great at Math is awesome but think of emotional intelligence as well. Ideally a student would be great at both or at least working towards improving. IMO. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like you are looking for more of a STEM based focused school like McKinley Tech or Thomas Jefferson in VA. Like many have said already Walls is a humanities based school. Yes they have the good test scores in the city for Math but its not the focus. AI is taking over right before our eyes many of the lucrative programming jobs will be lost in 20 years if not sooner. Walls curriculum is focused on how history has shaped the world, thinking of the world as a global community, how can we make a positive impact in our communities and the world. The understanding of our fellow man and empathy for those less fortunate. Ambassadors, Consulate Officers, Political Leaders, Lawyers. They have partnerships with GW which has partnerships with State Department which is literally 2 blocks away. Developing independent, critical thinkers, and problem solvers of the next generation regarding national and global issues. Being great at Math is awesome but think of emotional intelligence as well. Ideally a student would be great at both or at least working towards improving. IMO. |
Anonymous
| Their process isn't set up to take the highest-performing humanities students, either. It's a lottery. |
Anonymous
Nope. PP is right. You completely miss their point. |
Anonymous
Wrong. Stop defending an absurd admissions process by attacking other parents. |