MacArthur is the new Walls
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Anonymous
Like there are no IB Black kids at JR. SMH. |
Anonymous
Never said that and there might be a few but MacArthur is majority black and a title 1 school so majority of black kids are not IB for JR. Data is data and not anecdotal or just because you know a family here and there. |
Anonymous
I’ve already asked this question earlier on this thread but no one answered - can you please advise what official resource I can see this information at about MacArthur, e.g the title 1 status and demographics? |
Anonymous
NP. I think the "all black kids are OOB" claim for either school is ridiculous and I know of no data that OSSE/DCPS publishes that you could even infer that from. But with respect to the data we do have: The just released SY23-24 enrollment audit (here: https://osse.dc.gov/node/1720871) JR: 556 black students (28%) and 557 at-risk students (28%) MacArthur: 135 black students (57%) and 98 at-risk students (41%) I don't know a ton about Title 1 eligibility but that at-risk percentage is in line with other schools with Title 1 status. The only data we have on IB participation rates is from this document (here: https://dme.dc.gov/page/sy2021-22-public-school-enrollments-dcps-boundary) from SY21-22, which is obviously missing MacArthur and definitely does not break down by race or at-risk status. But: Deal: 78% of students IB (306 students OOB) Hardy: 62% of students IB (294 students OOB) Wilson: 64% of students IB (738 students OOB) |
Anonymous
The Title 1 designation was mentioned at the last Ward 3 EdNet meeting with the deputy mayor for education. |
Anonymous
| Wait - Macarthur is located in the Palisades - one of the more expensive areas to live in DC - but it is Title I??? Whoa. |
Anonymous
| MacArthur is 41% at risk??? Whoa. Really not what I was expecting. Closest equivalent for comparison’s sake is Stuart-Hobson (42% last year). |
Anonymous
So data confirms that MacArthur is majority black and title 1 with that many at risk kids. It’s almost 1/2 at risk. Sure there is no IB data yet but it’s pretty obvious that majority OOB are black and at risk since race correlates closely with SES in this town. There is no way that MacArthur is going to be any kind of top performing school with such a large percentage of at risk kids who likely have siblings that will be pulled into the school. No way unless the school uses a large portion of its resources to support these kids. |
Anonymous
| They had to fill the early classes when Hardy kids had a choice of JR and chose JR. Starting next year, all of Hardy feeds to MacArthur. After a few years of Hardy—>MacArthur it will start to become what it will be: a small neighborhood high school serving families who sent their kids to Mann Stoddert Key Eaton or Hyde Addison and on to Hardy. If neighborhood families hold the line - collective action, just like on banning cell phones from schools - we can do this. Send your kid to Hardy. Send them on to MacArthur. |
Anonymous
NP - 40% is the cut off to receive at risks funds from the city. It’s actually a really great thing because it helps support at our students. Jackson Reid is below the cut off so they don’t get any additional funding which is wide the wild wild west over there. With more than 500 at risk kids at Jackson Reed, Jackson Reed contains the equivalent of an entire risk high school in another part of the city, like Coolidge. or Anacostia. There are public high schools with fewer than 500 students and other parts of the city Jackson Reid contains them all. MacArthur is not going to be like that. MacArthur is going to be smaller and Wen neighborhood family start going as they should eventually, it will be a top school. It will take time. Also, high students are least likely to actually enroll or enroll because it’s so hard to get. This is where the value of a private transportation network that picks up at the local elementary school comes in. There is taco such a thing among some parents I know. Hang in there. Stay the course. |
Anonymous
**sorry for typos above. Taco = talk of. High students = high numbers at risk. The highest at risk are least likely to keep enrolling/stay enrolled bc it’s so hard to get to and takes effort many unstable households cannot manage. Private transportation network in the works according to my neighbors who have kids at Mann and are discussing. |
Anonymous
NP and I understand your general argument but Coolidge has 1000 kids and 70% are at risk. |
Anonymous
Hardy has 14% at risk kids also going to MacArthur so add that to current numbers and you are close to 55% so over half the school. Then siblings will follow. It’s going to take a long time to dilute that. It’s not going to be a few years because the school started with such high at risk numbers. It will still be a title 1 school after this year I bet |
Anonymous
Sorry but you are really naive because the at risk funds is not a lot and is just a small fraction of what you need to help support these kids. It’s peanuts Talk to all the title 1 schools EOTP…… |
Anonymous
| There is a 0% chance that Macarthur is the new Walls. |