Prospective DC All Girls Charter High School-Focus Groups (2 Sessions)

[Anonymous]

We would like to invite you to 2 focus group sessions to engage the community about the possibility of an all girls charter high school!

Target audience for focus groups: Parents & their middle school girls

Topics for discussion are as follows:

~Student Engagement
~Teaching & Learning
~Girls & their aspirations
~What parents & students want in an all-girls school

Light refreshments will be served.

Our focus group sessions are as follows:

Organization: Girls Global Academy
Contact: [e-mail] or 202-930-5113
Library: Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library
Room: LAR Meeting Room 2
Date(s): Saturday, February 25, 2017
Time: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Organization: Girls Global Academy
Contact: [e-mail] or 202-930-5113
Library: Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neighborhood Library
Room: BEN Small Room #2
Date(s): Sunday, February 26, 2017
Time: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

We are hoping to have a rich and thoughtful dialogue with our participants.

Thank You

[Anonymous]

I can't attend, but I can tell you there is a great need for such a school, provided it has truly top notch academics, rigorous curriculum, and a structured, safe climate.

[Anonymous]

Make Banneker your all girl school...the population is already above 90% female...it would compliment the newly established all boys school.

[Anonymous]

Banneker is mostly girls?

[Anonymous]

There is already a pre K-8th All Girls school. This was a reason why Ron Brown was able to be established. The issue is are you making it a high school? or simply middle school? The link is below.


https://excelpubliccharterschool.org/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is already a pre K-8th All Girls school. This was a reason why Ron Brown was able to be established. The issue is are you making it a high school? or simply middle school? The link is below.


https://excelpubliccharterschool.org/

OP said high school.

[Anonymous]

I see this is for a All Girls High School post so that's awesome. Banneker is majority girls and one main reason is due to their lack of sports programs for boys (Varsity football and Basketball) no Baseball as well. They do have sports that boys participate. However, those 3 sports not being there is a key to them not having a lot of boys at the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make Banneker your all girl school...the population is already above 90% female...it would compliment the newly established all boys school.

A bit of an exaggeration. Last I saw, Banneker was about 73% girl, Ellington 67% and SWW 60%. It is largely due to not having sports as another PPnpointed out.

[Anonymous]

For those suggesting simply changing Banneker to an all-girls high school my question is, why? Yes a large percentage of Banneker's student population are girls but its just one school in one Ward. There are 7 other Wards and thousands of girls throughout the city that could benefit from having an all-girls high school so why deny/deprive them? Are girls not worth it? Are girls not deserving?

[Anonymous]

I would supprt this if it was a K-8 school. High School is too late for so many of these girls. you need to start at K to provide the right influences and counter a lot of the issues at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would supprt this if it was a K-8 school. High School is too late for so many of these girls. you need to start at K to provide the right influences and counter a lot of the issues at home.

Who are 'these girls' you're speaking of?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would supprt this if it was a K-8 school. High School is too late for so many of these girls. you need to start at K to provide the right influences and counter a lot of the issues at home.

Read the thread. There already is a k-8 all girls public charter school. The meeting is about the prospect of a an all girls public charter HIGH SCHOOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would supprt this if it was a K-8 school. High School is too late for so many of these girls. you need to start at K to provide the right influences and counter a lot of the issues at home.

Not one word of the OP's note indicated that this was for underprivileged or troubled or at risk students. Why are you assuming that's the goal with this post?

[Anonymous]

For the same reason the boys of color school was really for at risk students. Until DCPS got push back on a racially exclusive school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the same reason the boys of color school was really for at risk students. Until DCPS got push back on a racially exclusive school

This isn't a DCPS initiative. It's a potential charter