Haynes

[Anonymous]

I am interested in finding out if posted with children at Haynes expect to keep their kids there for the duration-12th grade. If you hav ea child in the upper grades will you please provide info on the program, are you happy, are your children being challenged?

[Anonymous]

My child isn't there by I do know that my friend plans on her children only being at the school for a few years. She has told me that the upper grades are not good and not diverse. I beleive she said around the 3rd grade she is going to transfer her to another school. Apparently the younger grades are the only diverse classes.

[Anonymous]

my child is there, and I would tell any prospective parent to visit the school for yourself, and to see what it has to offer. Not diverse is code for "no white kids." as we all know. The kids in the upper grades are very nice kids, and I haven't seen any problems with their behavior. They older kids mentor the younger kidds, and I'm happy for that relationship.

As to the claim that the upper grades are "not very good" I present:

"In Math, 80% of E.L. Haynes students scored Proficient or Advanced, a 12 percentage point gain over 2008 DC-CAS scores; 37% of E.L. Haynes students scored Advanced in Math. In Reading, 66% of students scored Proficient or Advanced, a 6 percentage point gain over 2008 DC-CAS scores. E.L. Haynes’ oldest students, who were 6th graders in the 2008-2009 school year, posted scores of 93% Proficient in Math; more than 50% of the class scored Advanced; not a single 6th grade student scored Below Basic in Math. In the last three years, E.L. Haynes has made extraordinary gains of 50 percentage points in Math proficiency and 26 percentage points in Reading proficiency, substantially exceeding DCPS’s three-year gains of 16 percentage points in Math and 10 percentage points in Reading"

[Anonymous]

PP here - I forgot to post my references:
http://www.elhaynes.org/edocs/ELH_DCCAS_Press_Release_2009.pdf

[Anonymous]

I know of two children who left the leading edge class, currently the highest grade is 8th, complaining that there was a lot of bullying and lack of academic rigor. They left prior to 6th grade.

I know of one 4th grader who left 5 weeks into the Haynes school year this fall. This was only 1 week into the school year of the school he transferred into due to Haynes early August start. Complaint: classroom management, many disruptive kids in the class.

One of these three kids is white. Two are now DCPS, one is parochial.

[Anonymous]

Diversity means all groups-race, econimcally

[Anonymous]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm wondering if current Haynes parents are feeling more hopeful about the prospect of staying past early elementary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my child is there, and I would tell any prospective parent to visit the school for yourself, and to see what it has to offer. Not diverse is code for "no white kids." as we all know. The kids in the upper grades are very nice kids, and I haven't seen any problems with their behavior. They older kids mentor the younger kidds, and I'm happy for that relationship.

As to the claim that the upper grades are "not very good" I present:

"In Math, 80% of E.L. Haynes students scored Proficient or Advanced, a 12 percentage point gain over 2008 DC-CAS scores; 37% of E.L. Haynes students scored Advanced in Math. In Reading, 66% of students scored Proficient or Advanced, a 6 percentage point gain over 2008 DC-CAS scores. E.L. Haynes’ oldest students, who were 6th graders in the 2008-2009 school year, posted scores of 93% Proficient in Math; more than 50% of the class scored Advanced; not a single 6th grade student scored Below Basic in Math. In the last three years, E.L. Haynes has made extraordinary gains of 50 percentage points in Math proficiency and 26 percentage points in Reading proficiency, substantially exceeding DCPS’s three-year gains of 16 percentage points in Math and 10 percentage points in Reading"

Those scores are much better than Deal's.

[Anonymous]

They didn't make AYP this year. Good numbers overall, but their Hispanic students struggled and their LEPs/NEPS and special ed population didn't come close.

[Anonymous]

DS1 is in PreK-3 at Haynes. I'd be quite surprised if he doesn't stay through 2nd, at least. The early childhood education school is really, really strong -- at least as strong as anything we've seen at any of the local monolingual privates (with differences, of course -- a lower percentage of "school ready" kids, e.g., but also less of a sense of entitlement).

I don't have a sense of how strong the upper elementary / middle school is, and I'm not worrying about it now. They're really still just getting their feet wet there -- this year's eighth grade class is their first; this also is the first year of having the separate 3rd-8th campus. I'm hopeful that the upper elementary / middle school will be as strong in five years as the early education school is now, and I'll start digging into that question in three years. For now, we just feel tremendously fortunate that DS1 gets to start his academic life at Haynes.

[Anonymous]

I know three kids, all white, who are in 5th grade at Haynes. All the families seem happy as far as I can tell. Two of the three transferred in in a previous year from other schools.

[Anonymous]

We started PK this year and so far have been really impressed. We haven't met many parents of older kids, but my sense is that families feel very committed to the school and fortunate to be there. I'm sure there is a tipping point at which parents will feel the pressure to stay or jump ship, but I don't see any signs of unrest now. In fact, the parents I've met seem really satisfied. Would appreciate more insight from parents of older kids though. Particularly middle schoolers.

[Anonymous]

When they leave in upper grades, where do they go?

[Anonymous]

How do you like the new campus?

[Anonymous]

They campus is great. The only issue is the mouse problem.