When will schools like Janney step up and do their fair share to take at-risk kids??

[Anonymous]

Janney and other privileged schools are supposed to be at least 10 per cent "at risk" students, yet crickets so far. DC needs more opportunity, equity and inclusion for its marginalized families, and Ward 3 needs to do its part. Yet we hear crickets.

[Anonymous]

When they have room?

[Anonymous]

You want the Janney principal to break boundary rules to let in at risk kids?

Ok.

[Anonymous]

1) there's no actual set aside
2) These schools are stuffed to the gills with kids. How do you proposed to put another 80 kids in the building?

[Anonymous]

If the city really wants to do that, then they need to tweak the lottery to give kids from disadvantaged families a preference. As they haven't done that, there's no way to make this happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the city really wants to do that, then they need to tweak the lottery to give kids from disadvantaged families a preference. As they haven't done that, there's no way to make this happen.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't make room for 80 kids in school sthat takes next to zero from the lottery. You can't keep stuffing the same clown car. You have to make more cars that people want.

[Anonymous]

When they start forcing in bounds Janney kids to go to other schools. That'll be the day in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the city really wants to do that, then they need to tweak the lottery to give kids from disadvantaged families a preference. As they haven't done that, there's no way to make this happen.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't make room for 80 kids in school sthat takes next to zero from the lottery. You can't keep stuffing the same clown car. You have to make more cars that people want.

well, 12% of the school is OOB. make that all disadvantaged kids, and there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the city really wants to do that, then they need to tweak the lottery to give kids from disadvantaged families a preference. As they haven't done that, there's no way to make this happen.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't make room for 80 kids in school sthat takes next to zero from the lottery. You can't keep stuffing the same clown car. You have to make more cars that people want.

But all "High Performing" Schools could (?) say that - no child that moves OOB gets to stay AND every spot that is vacated gets replaced with an at-risk student. But enforcing that policy would be close to impossible.

[Anonymous]

Janney teachers are not prepared to take at-risk kids. The only reason Janney is high performing is the students come from families that are highly educated. The teachers are average at best and many have serious classroom management issues in the case when there is a child who is disruptive. Yes - the environment is better than most schools across DCPS - but it is not the end all be all.

[Anonymous]

Where will you put them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janney and other privileged schools are supposed to be at least 10 per cent "at risk" students, yet crickets so far. DC needs more opportunity, equity and inclusion for its marginalized families, and Ward 3 needs to do its part. Yet we hear crickets.

Above is stupid. It’s a neighborhood school so if you live in bounds then you have a spot. If you can’t afford to move there, then tough luck.

Neighborhood schools have no duty to take at risk kids. That’s what charters were originally created for in this city so these kids can go to a school outside their poor performing school. It has worked well for many of these families.

And no, I don’t live in ward 3. I live in NE in ward 5.

[Anonymous]

Just stop the SJW stuff already.

[Anonymous]

Schools don't set assignment policy, downtown does.

[Anonymous]

Eaton has to take all kids from the new shelter set to open in the spring.
Eaton is 100% full, in fact in the temp trailers during Reno but still will have to take the homeless kids from the "ward 3" shelter.
Why cant janney, murch, & hearst all help as fellow responsible ward 3 schools?
Homeless kids actually have the right to attend any dcps school, so dont say "because the shelter is in the eaton boundary". And if ward 3 really wants to help the homeless kids than everyone should pool resources and do right by them. Not just mary cheh's usual target.