Jefferson-Houston Principal

[Anonymous]

Wow . I was in graduate school in 2003 and did my student teaching at JH. We were told it was turning the corner way back then. I no longer live in the area but saw this post and just cant believe people are still waiting for the change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[Eye roll]

First off, after multiple years of double digit gains, Jefferson-Houston is now accredited. So, there's that.

For PP with "friends with TC bound kids [that are] freaked"...
I can truly say that attitudes like that come from a place of ignorance, bigotry, or both.

Signed,
Parent of student who got 5s on the two AP classes she took last year, is signed up for four more APs this year, and who has multiple friends who are both low income and minorities. (She met "those people" in her high commitment extra curriculars and/or her advanced classes, btw.)

District B members, it’s not accredited. It has not been accredited in recent memory. And it probably won’t be any time soon. As you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[Eye roll]

First off, after multiple years of double digit gains, Jefferson-Houston is now accredited. So, there's that.

For PP with "friends with TC bound kids [that are] freaked"...
I can truly say that attitudes like that come from a place of ignorance, bigotry, or both.

Signed,
Parent of student who got 5s on the two AP classes she took last year, is signed up for four more APs this year, and who has multiple friends who are both low income and minorities. (She met "those people" in her high commitment extra curriculars and/or her advanced classes, btw.)

It is not accredited but they expect it to get accredited later this month under the new standards that measure growth/progress.

This. They lowered the accreditation standards for the state and they hope J-H will now meet that new lowered standard.

[Anonymous]

"Jefferson-Houston School, an International Baccalaureate (I.B.) World School, will be accredited with conditions, moving out of the Accreditation Denied status of the last several school years. It has shown exponential growth over the past five years but missed the benchmarks within mathematics for achievement levels of black students and students with disabilities. The school met or surpassed all other state benchmarks including English, English subgroup benchmarks, science, and chronic absenteeism."



http://www.acpsk12.org/news/?p=10378

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Jefferson-Houston School, an International Baccalaureate (I.B.) World School, will be accredited with conditions, moving out of the Accreditation Denied status of the last several school years. It has shown exponential growth over the past five years but missed the benchmarks within mathematics for achievement levels of black students and students with disabilities. The school met or surpassed all other state benchmarks including English, English subgroup benchmarks, science, and chronic absenteeism."



http://www.acpsk12.org/news/?p=10378

This sounds right. Did not hit 80% in any but one subject, and that was barely over 80. Flunked one subject with less than 60. Actually getting worse in Math. Nothing new here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Jefferson-Houston School, an International Baccalaureate (I.B.) World School, will be accredited with conditions, moving out of the Accreditation Denied status of the last several school years. It has shown exponential growth over the past five years but missed the benchmarks within mathematics for achievement levels of black students and students with disabilities. The school met or surpassed all other state benchmarks including English, English subgroup benchmarks, science, and chronic absenteeism."



http://www.acpsk12.org/news/?p=10378

This sounds right. Did not hit 80% in any but one subject, and that was barely over 80. Flunked one subject with less than 60. Actually getting worse in Math. Nothing new here.

And the SB is completely silent.

[Anonymous]

Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

Is it even a SB decision?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

lol. You must be a JH parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

lol. You must be a JH parent.

Nope. Not a JH parent. The city has invested lots of money in that school, and ff the UMC residents stay in JH, the school will continue to get better. Or go private. You bought a home in an area zoned for JH. Live with it. You're not going to overcrowd other schools because you're unhappy about where you bought. That's not the way it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

lol. You must be a JH parent.

Nope. Not a JH parent. The city has invested lots of money in that school, and ff the UMC residents stay in JH, the school will continue to get better. Or go private. You bought a home in an area zoned for JH. Live with it. You're not going to overcrowd other schools because you're unhappy about where you bought. That's not the way it works.

I bought in '98, long before the boundaries changed and long before the legislature moved the accreditation goal posts. But I do enjoy how angry that makes you!

-signed,

Mom to three kids that got admins out of the sh*thole.

[Anonymous]

You’re a pretty disgraceful person for calling the school a s*hole. I only pray your children don’t turn out to be as nasty as you are.

Sure maybe it wasn’t for you and you’re relieved you got your transfers. Not everything is for everybody. It doesn’t have to be. But you don’t have to disparage an entire school just to prove your own personal point. There are plenty of happy students and families and real learning at JH. It works for us but not for you. Just leave it alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

lol. You must be a JH parent.

Nope. Not a JH parent. The city has invested lots of money in that school, and ff the UMC residents stay in JH, the school will continue to get better. Or go private. You bought a home in an area zoned for JH. Live with it. You're not going to overcrowd other schools because you're unhappy about where you bought. That's not the way it works.

I bought in '98, long before the boundaries changed and long before the legislature moved the accreditation goal posts. But I do enjoy how angry that makes you!

-signed,

Mom to three kids that got admins out of the sh*thole.

That's a great story. I'm sure you share it during cocktail hour. But it doesn't address the fairness of someone buying in one school zone and demanding the privilege of transferring into another, already-crowded ACPS school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who on the SB is campaigning to start allowing admin transfers again (for reasons other than personal health or safety)?

No one. And they better not.

lol. You must be a JH parent.

Nope. Not a JH parent. The city has invested lots of money in that school, and ff the UMC residents stay in JH, the school will continue to get better. Or go private. You bought a home in an area zoned for JH. Live with it. You're not going to overcrowd other schools because you're unhappy about where you bought. That's not the way it works.

I bought in '98, long before the boundaries changed and long before the legislature moved the accreditation goal posts. But I do enjoy how angry that makes you!

-signed,

Mom to three kids that got admins out of the sh*thole.

That's a great story. I'm sure you share it during cocktail hour. But it doesn't address the fairness of someone buying in one school zone and demanding the privilege of transferring into another, already-crowded ACPS school.

Somehow I bet you don't apply that argument of 'privilege' when it's a poor student of color attending a school out of his zone. That's what makes me lol at you.