S/o Ward 8 parents, what kind of schools do you want?

[Anonymous]

If you could bring any type of charter or dcps to your own backyard, what would it be? What types of pedagogy or programming are most appealing for a new school to open up in Ward 8?

[Anonymous]

Why are you asking? What’s your agenda?

[Anonymous]

you are not going to find a cross section of Ward 8 parents on this website. You can look on the PCSB website to see maps of each charter school and where it draws from--that will help you see the most popular schools for Ward 8 kids.

[Anonymous]

https://dme.dc.gov/page/interactive-maps

Charter schools each have a similar map on their DCPCSB page. So you can look at where people actually go.

[Anonymous]

Make it a citywide DCPS school that is accessible by car, bus, and Metrorail and is not far from a major thoroughfare that leads to and from Ward 8. Make it as desirable as the West of the Park schools so people don’t have to travel as far to get the top rated DCPS schools that are safe and diverse. Make it a school that any parent would want their child to attend.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, PP's. I am familiar with those resources, but I'd like to know where people would want send their kids to school if they weren't constrained by the expense and logistics of commuting across town. What's popular now doesn't answer that question.

As to my agenda, I just want to have a civil conversation and understand more about the people in our city. This came to me as a question after reading the Tyler thread, so I know there are some ward 8 dcumers.

[Anonymous]

not all ward 8 parents want the same things. Some want to be close to home and others are willing to travel. Some want diversity and some want as many white kids as possible and some want afrocentric education where all the teachers and administrators are black too. Some want arts. Some want high PARCC scores. Some want language immersion or montessori or a traditional school with uniforms and discipline.

There are tens of thousands of people in Ward 8. There's not going to a consensus about schools there any more than in any other ward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:not all ward 8 parents want the same things. Some want to be close to home and others are willing to travel. Some want diversity and some want as many white kids as possible and some want afrocentric education where all the teachers and administrators are black too. Some want arts. Some want high PARCC scores. Some want language immersion or montessori or a traditional school with uniforms and discipline.

There are tens of thousands of people in Ward 8. There's not going to a consensus about schools there any more than in any other ward.

+1. And if you really want to know et out into the community and listen to some real people.
do this from behind your

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:not all ward 8 parents want the same things. Some want to be close to home and others are willing to travel. Some want diversity and some want as many white kids as possible and some want afrocentric education where all the teachers and administrators are black too. Some want arts. Some want high PARCC scores. Some want language immersion or montessori or a traditional school with uniforms and discipline.

There are tens of thousands of people in Ward 8. There's not going to a consensus about schools there any more than in any other ward.

This is OP, and this is what I'm hoping to get at. The Tyler thread paints ward 8 families and African American families with a very broad brush. So here's a chance for people to weigh in with personal opinions if they want to. And as to the next poster who says get out there, excuse me, this is dcum and I don't see why this topic more than any other should be limited to conversations IRL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:not all ward 8 parents want the same things. Some want to be close to home and others are willing to travel. Some want diversity and some want as many white kids as possible and some want afrocentric education where all the teachers and administrators are black too. Some want arts. Some want high PARCC scores. Some want language immersion or montessori or a traditional school with uniforms and discipline.

There are tens of thousands of people in Ward 8. There's not going to a consensus about schools there any more than in any other ward.

This is OP, and this is what I'm hoping to get at. The Tyler thread paints ward 8 families and African American families with a very broad brush. So here's a chance for people to weigh in with personal opinions if they want to. And as to the next poster who says get out there, excuse me, this is dcum and I don't see why this topic more than any other should be limited to conversations IRL.

A key part of having a conversation is sharing your thoughts and opinions. What would you like to see?

[Anonymous]

Op here. I am not a ward 8 resident, but if I had my pick and lottery were not an issue, I'd love to send my son to a school like lamb, Montessori and Spanish immersion. Montessori is important to me as is having a diverse school community (we are white), and I find it frustrating that so far none of the montessori charters have located east of the river or even anywhere accessible to families there. Some people think the "no excuses" schools like kipp are the only ones that work with low income kids, but I really dont believe that. The Tyler thread implies that low income families don't want language immersion programs. That is really what started me thinking about this. And full disclosure, I have a toddler and don't have a lot of networking time hence the thread.

[Anonymous]

OP if you are serious I would suggest coming to a ward 8 education council meeting just to listen. I am sure you would be welcome.

[Anonymous]

I would want a school like Stokes in the neighborhood for PreK-8 and a Banneker for HS. DC is a rising 4th grader now at an independent immersion school, but Stokes was our first choice lottery pick every year starting in PreK3. I'm happy to hear that they're bringing a campus to Ward 7. Thurgood Marshall is in the neighborhood and might be a good HS option, but we're likely going for Banneker and Walls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make it a citywide DCPS school that is accessible by car, bus, and Metrorail and is not far from a major thoroughfare that leads to and from Ward 8. Make it as desirable as the West of the Park schools so people don’t have to travel as far to get the top rated DCPS schools that are safe and diverse. Make it a school that any parent would want their child to attend.

There will never be a city wide school that is desirable if it has more than a few ward 8 kids. You have it backwards, DC schools are desirable in a backward correlation to how many ward 8 kids go there. I am not saying anything about those kids but that is simply how it is and how they are perceived. It would have to transform similar and completely as cap hill did to be different and it simply doesn’t have the charm for that.

DC doesnt make schools, the students do.