Middle School at DCI

[Anonymous]

I would love to hear about people's experiences at DCI for middle school (Spanish track in particular)---good or bad. Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

please do a search

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:please do a search

Thanks. I did and didn’t find a lot of information. I’m looking for recent experiences. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

People can start threads for the latest info.

No need to ask permission, and no need to look at old threads. DCI and all schools in dc are constantly changing.

Chill out, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:please do a search

Please go f*ck yourself, PP.

[Anonymous]

Stay away from DCI. -Former parent

[Anonymous]

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Helpful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from DCI. -Former parent

Can you elaborate? I am interested for my middle schooler too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from DCI. -Former parent

Can you elaborate? I am interested for my middle schooler too.

OP here. Can you please elaborate? Concrete feedback would be much appreciated.

[Anonymous]

If you're looking for concrete feedback, do a search for DCI on DCUM. There have been half a dozen long DCI threads in the last six months alone...

School is still fairly chaotic and housed in a strangely configured building (long and lean) that isn't the best. Weak disciplinary practices.

School is far from homes of most students in feeders (esp. Cap Hill) and not near a Metro stop, meaning long, tiring commutes in traffic/on parent hired buses for most of the kids.

Teaching population unstable - around 1/4 of the teachers leaving annually.

School is populated by mostly high-need low-income students but won't track students, other than for math and language. Lack of rigor a real problem for advanced students.
Over reliance on technology hasn't worked too well.

Essentially no native speakers on both the small Chinese and French tracks, so low standards for speaking after as many as 9 years of immersion or partial immersion studies. Spanish track dominates in a big way.

etc. etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:please do a search

You’re annoying. Just don’t respond

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please do a search

Please go f*ck yourself, PP.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're looking for concrete feedback, do a search for DCI on DCUM. There have been half a dozen long DCI threads in the last six months alone...

School is still fairly chaotic and housed in a strangely configured building (long and lean) that isn't the best. Weak disciplinary practices.

School is far from homes of most students in feeders (esp. Cap Hill) and not near a Metro stop, meaning long, tiring commutes in traffic/on parent hired buses for most of the kids.

Teaching population unstable - around 1/4 of the teachers leaving annually.

School is populated by mostly high-need low-income students but won't track students, other than for math and language. Lack of rigor a real problem for advanced students.
Over reliance on technology hasn't worked too well.

Essentially no native speakers on both the small Chinese and French tracks, so low standards for speaking after as many as 9 years of immersion or partial immersion studies. Spanish track dominates in a big way.

etc. etc.

Thanks for the substantive response. I did a search and didn’t see a lot of comments with the type of info I’m looking for (as in info from actual
parents of students as opposed to speculation) but I’ll check again.

[Anonymous]

Would appreciate hearing details about the negative impacts of reliance on technology. Could you please share more information based on your experience? Do most kids tend to stay for high school?