New Washington Latin campus - 2021

[Anonymous]

Anyone have any details about the 2021 new Latin campus? Are they definitely opening another campus in 2021? Any ideas where the new campus will be located?

[Anonymous]

Yes, they're definitely opening a second campus, in August 2021. Nobody knows where yet, and the announcement is unlikely to be made before school starts this August.

Rumor has it that they're looking at Ward 7 sites.

[Anonymous]

Iwish they would go deep into Ward 8, to improve chances of it being majority minority and high need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Iwish they would go deep into Ward 8, to improve chances of it being majority minority and high need.

+100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Iwish they would go deep into Ward 8, to improve chances of it being majority minority and high need.

DCPS can help - but has chosen to be tight with real estate. I would love to see a share space model with a school that is under capacity.

[Anonymous]

There's no indication Latin knows how to educate at-risk minority students. Look at the subgroup scores at their current campus.

[Anonymous]

Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

+1. And if they can't, they should be shut down. +1

Re Latin what is bizarre is that they were GOOD AT THIS in the early years. As the school has become more affluent, the performance of its higher need subgroups has declined. It is weird to me that they weren't already on this problem, but rather had to be pushed by PCSB to come up with a plan to get approved to replicate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

Get real, no charter can do that. A giant, well-fund, comprehensive middle or high school with a big high SES population, maybe. But a DC charter, forget it.

We pulled out of a charter with a mile-long WL because our kid wasn't challenged there - too many low-performing and average students and not nearly enough support for advanced leaners.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

+1. And if they can't, they should be shut down. +1

Re Latin what is bizarre is that they were GOOD AT THIS in the early years. As the school has become more affluent, the performance of its higher need subgroups has declined. It is weird to me that they weren't already on this problem, but rather had to be pushed by PCSB to come up with a plan to get approved to replicate.

OK, but it's still great for the City that Latin exists. We have a bunch of UMC friends and neighbors EotP who would have bailed for the burbs without Latin. Who would have won in that case, other than suburban real estate agents? How do poor kids benefit when high SES families vote with their feet from our public schools after ES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

+1. And if they can't, they should be shut down. +1

Re Latin what is bizarre is that they were GOOD AT THIS in the early years. As the school has become more affluent, the performance of its higher need subgroups has declined. It is weird to me that they weren't already on this problem, but rather had to be pushed by PCSB to come up with a plan to get approved to replicate.

OK, but it's still great for the City that Latin exists. We have a bunch of UMC friends and neighbors EotP who would have bailed for the burbs without Latin. Who would have won in that case, other than suburban real estate agents? How do poor kids benefit when high SES families vote with their feet from our public schools after ES?

How do poor kids in any way benefit from their sequestered presence at Latin?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

+1. And if they can't, they should be shut down. +1

Re Latin what is bizarre is that they were GOOD AT THIS in the early years. As the school has become more affluent, the performance of its higher need subgroups has declined. It is weird to me that they weren't already on this problem, but rather had to be pushed by PCSB to come up with a plan to get approved to replicate.

OK, but it's still great for the City that Latin exists. We have a bunch of UMC friends and neighbors EotP who would have bailed for the burbs without Latin. Who would have won in that case, other than suburban real estate agents? How do poor kids benefit when high SES families vote with their feet from our public schools after ES?

How do poor kids in any way benefit from their sequestered presence at Latin?

As a minority who grew up poor. I can't count the ways I benefitted from going to middle and high school mostly with UMC students, not just having them in the building, but in almost all my classes. The worlds of my white classmates were much bigger than mine, for for the most part, a lot happier, which made a huge impression on me. Their presence in my school meant that a PTA raised piles of money for the school. I learned to copy the confident way well-off classmates spoke and acted, which helped me fit in once I got to an elite college. I also befriended well-off kids whose professional parents encouraged me to apply to top colleges and even helped me navigate the application process. Hello - school experiences for poor kids are not just about scoring well on standardized tests.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

+1. And if they can't, they should be shut down. +1

Re Latin what is bizarre is that they were GOOD AT THIS in the early years. As the school has become more affluent, the performance of its higher need subgroups has declined. It is weird to me that they weren't already on this problem, but rather had to be pushed by PCSB to come up with a plan to get approved to replicate.

OK, but it's still great for the City that Latin exists. We have a bunch of UMC friends and neighbors EotP who would have bailed for the burbs without Latin. Who would have won in that case, other than suburban real estate agents? How do poor kids benefit when high SES families vote with their feet from our public schools after ES?

How do poor kids in any way benefit from their sequestered presence at Latin?

As a minority who grew up poor. I can't count the ways I benefitted from going to middle and high school mostly with UMC students, not just having them in the building, but in almost all my classes. The worlds of my white classmates were much bigger than mine, for for the most part, a lot happier, which made a huge impression on me. Their presence in my school meant that a PTA raised piles of money for the school. I learned to copy the confident way well-off classmates spoke and acted, which helped me fit in once I got to an elite college. I also befriended well-off kids whose professional parents encouraged me to apply to top colleges and even helped me navigate the application process. Hello - school experiences for poor kids are not just about scoring well on standardized tests.

Pretty much same here. Grew up as a child of immigrants, lower middle class family, and attended many classes with my more affluent white classmates. Most of the minority kids in my school were from working class families, or bused in from the projects. I also benefitted, both from the bolded and because my I saw that these classmates had different goals--I then knew to set the bar higher in terms of academic performance and college aspirations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does know how to educate at-risk minority kids outside creepy boot camp programs rejected by white/high SES families, e.g. KIPP and SEED? No school can be all things to all comers.

Charter schools need to be able to educate all comers, that's why they get public money and can't turn away students.

+1. And if they can't, they should be shut down. +1

Re Latin what is bizarre is that they were GOOD AT THIS in the early years. As the school has become more affluent, the performance of its higher need subgroups has declined. It is weird to me that they weren't already on this problem, but rather had to be pushed by PCSB to come up with a plan to get approved to replicate.

OK, but it's still great for the City that Latin exists. We have a bunch of UMC friends and neighbors EotP who would have bailed for the burbs without Latin. Who would have won in that case, other than suburban real estate agents? How do poor kids benefit when high SES families vote with their feet from our public schools after ES?

How do poor kids in any way benefit from their sequestered presence at Latin?

"Sequestered" presence? What ever does that mean?