How to replicate Ross's success?

[Anonymous]

Ross is clearly doing things well but let's not lose sight of the fact that it only has 166 kids who attend and very few with IEPs (3%). It's not really a fair fight in terms of comparisons with schools twice its size and much higher percentages of SpEd students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note recent trend of Ross staff moving on to teaching and leadership positions at nearby DCPS schools. Eg. Principal of HD Cooke. Assistant P. at Seaton, teachers at Seaton and SWW@FS. Good news for those schools and DCPS as a whole.

Seaton parent here. I have not heard of any official announcement on AP Rivers' replacement. Who will be coming from Ross? If this is true (new AP and teachers from Ross to Seaton), that is GREAT news for Seaton!! Great changes continue to happen at Seaton .

[Anonymous]

I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.

I for one would be interested in learning your methods for spotting a poor kid from drop off or pick-up....sheesh - really??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.

I for one would be interested in learning your methods for spotting a poor kid from drop off or pick-up....sheesh - really??

it's easy; they make the poor kids wear rags and the IEP kids wear dunces caps.

[Anonymous]

Who wants to send their kid to Ross if there's 166 kids in a classroom at any one time? Geeesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who wants to send their kid to Ross if there's 166 kids in a classroom at any one time? Geeesh.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

the school has 166 kids total. one class per grade, pre-k through 5th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who wants to send their kid to Ross if there's 166 kids in a classroom at any one time? Geeesh.

Anonymous wrote:
I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.

I for one would be interested in learning your methods for spotting a poor kid from drop off or pick-up....sheesh - really??

I'm assuming that PP is looking at parents' cars, parents in well-dressed business attire, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone at Ross needs to get behind the FrancisSWW option and quit leaving for charters -- you can bet your money that FS/SWW will flourish. BASIS has no programs outside of academics that can/will compare to what can be organized on that green space at Francis, not to mention the pool.

It'll only flourish if the Ross families commit.

Screwed for HS, but at least that's three years more in the system.

[Anonymous]

Ross families all leave at 3rd and 4th grade, so that is not ideal at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ross families all leave at 3rd and 4th grade, so that is not ideal at all.

So are Brent families. Heck even many IT and 2R families that we know are leaving after 4th. Not a unique problem. Even if they leave after 3rd or 4th, the kids testing are still QUITE impressive. Go Ross!!

-not Ross family but a fan

[Anonymous]

Where are all these families going?

[Anonymous]

how many kids were actually tested? was this a very small cohort if kids leave at third grade?