Feeder Schools to DCI

[Anonymous]

Which ES feed into DCI? And is DCI worth all the hype?

[Anonymous]

Mundo Verde, DC Bilingual, LAMB, YY, Stokes

Worth it is really subjective. Is it a school you'd choose over Deal/Wilson? IMO, no simply because it's a new school with a high-needs population (50% economically disadvantaged kids).

But if you have a low performing DCPS middle/high school you are probably pleased it exists and that your children can continue with his/her friends. They are Tier 1 because their proficient/advanced AND not yet proficient/advanced students are making good progress on PARCC year over year.

Until DCI graduates a few classes from the high school (first class will graduate in 2020) I don't think we'll know how well prepared they are compared to high school students from other schools.

[Anonymous]

PP nailed it. It's very appealing to have the option of DCI for middle and high school, even though it isn't quite established yet. My DD is in PK3, so there's plenty of room for DCI to develop. Meanwhile, my alternative is Dunbar. So I just want the option. I would love for my DC to become truly fluent in a language, but even if that doesn't happen and DCI doesn't end up being awesome overall, chances are it will still be better than Dunbar.

[Anonymous]

Have any parents here gone from one of the feeders to DCI? Can you talk about the elementary and transition experience?

[Anonymous]

It is my first choice for my kids because of the IB curriculum and diploma. The 50% disadvantaged kids percentage won’t affect people with younger children. I’m no fan of Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is my first choice for my kids because of the IB curriculum and diploma. The 50% disadvantaged kids percentage won’t affect people with younger children. I’m no fan of Wilson.

why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is my first choice for my kids because of the IB curriculum and diploma. The 50% disadvantaged kids percentage won’t affect people with younger children. I’m no fan of Wilson.

why not?

Look at the percentage of disadvantaged kids in the feeder schools. It goes down dramatically.

Immersion wasn’t important to high SES parents until more recent years. People weren’t willing to go to a questionable school if it meant Spanish immersion. Now the schools are quite good and are full of high ses parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is my first choice for my kids because of the IB curriculum and diploma. The 50% disadvantaged kids percentage won’t affect people with younger children. I’m no fan of Wilson.

why not?

Look at the percentage of disadvantaged kids in the feeder schools. It goes down dramatically.

Immersion wasn’t important to high SES parents until more recent years. People weren’t willing to go to a questionable school if it meant Spanish immersion. Now the schools are quite good and are full of high ses parents.

Maybe. But with lotteries needing to happen in the future to get access to DCI there's no telling which students will wind up attending. High SES parents always have more options and if DCI is a 50:50 proposition, they will leave at or before 6th. This is what happened before DCI - and there WERE high SES parents in the original charter dual-language schools.

Econ Disadvantaged student percentage now by DCI feeder school
DCB - 99.3
Stokes - 52%
Mundo Verde - 29.7%
LAMB - 25.4%
YY - 10.6%

[Anonymous]

I think the 99.3 is an error, because in 2016 it was reported as 82.9% disadvantaged and there is no way that it got more economically disadvantaged in the last year. At least judging from what I see in PK3 and PK4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the 99.3 is an error, because in 2016 it was reported as 82.9% disadvantaged and there is no way that it got more economically disadvantaged in the last year. At least judging from what I see in PK3 and PK4.

Oops referring to DCB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is my first choice for my kids because of the IB curriculum and diploma. The 50% disadvantaged kids percentage won’t affect people with younger children. I’m no fan of Wilson.

why not?

Look at the percentage of disadvantaged kids in the feeder schools. It goes down dramatically.

Immersion wasn’t important to high SES parents until more recent years. People weren’t willing to go to a questionable school if it meant Spanish immersion. Now the schools are quite good and are full of high ses parents.

Maybe. But with lotteries needing to happen in the future to get access to DCI there's no telling which students will wind up attending. High SES parents always have more options and if DCI is a 50:50 proposition, they will leave at or before 6th. This is what happened before DCI - and there WERE high SES parents in the original charter dual-language schools.

Econ Disadvantaged student percentage now by DCI feeder school
DCB - 99.3
Stokes - 52%
Mundo Verde - 29.7%
LAMB - 25.4%
YY - 10.6%

Well, there is no way that DCB is going to stay at 99 percent. Plus YY kids do not have to lottery for DCI. I predict that the FARMS rate for DCI will creep down to around 30-35 percent and stay there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the 99.3 is an error, because in 2016 it was reported as 82.9% disadvantaged and there is no way that it got more economically disadvantaged in the last year. At least judging from what I see in PK3 and PK4.

Oops referring to DCB.

Even so, PK3, Pk4 and K are the smallest grades in the school. 1st, 2nd and 3rd are each almost 2x as large.

I'm sure it is going to be a more diverse economic mix, but it isn't going to be YY any time soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is my first choice for my kids because of the IB curriculum and diploma. The 50% disadvantaged kids percentage won’t affect people with younger children. I’m no fan of Wilson.

why not?

Look at the percentage of disadvantaged kids in the feeder schools. It goes down dramatically.

Immersion wasn’t important to high SES parents until more recent years. People weren’t willing to go to a questionable school if it meant Spanish immersion. Now the schools are quite good and are full of high ses parents.

Maybe. But with lotteries needing to happen in the future to get access to DCI there's no telling which students will wind up attending. High SES parents always have more options and if DCI is a 50:50 proposition, they will leave at or before 6th. This is what happened before DCI - and there WERE high SES parents in the original charter dual-language schools.

Econ Disadvantaged student percentage now by DCI feeder school
DCB - 99.3
Stokes - 52%
Mundo Verde - 29.7%
LAMB - 25.4%
YY - 10.6%

Well, there is no way that DCB is going to stay at 99 percent. Plus YY kids do not have to lottery for DCI. I predict that the FARMS rate for DCI will creep down to around 30-35 percent and stay there.

YY told its families it was time to think about an expansion ... so no lottery yet but who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the 99.3 is an error, because in 2016 it was reported as 82.9% disadvantaged and there is no way that it got more economically disadvantaged in the last year. At least judging from what I see in PK3 and PK4.

Oops referring to DCB.

Even so, PK3, Pk4 and K are the smallest grades in the school. 1st, 2nd and 3rd are each almost 2x as large.

I'm sure it is going to be a more diverse economic mix, but it isn't going to be YY any time soon.

I agree, although they expanded PK4, too.

I hope it doesn't become YY any time soon!

[Anonymous]

Geesh. This "FARMS numbers have to go down as you progress" thing is playing into all the negative stereotypes about charter families.