DCI or Stuart Hobson for anxious child

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Don’t know anything about SH but DCI sports and EC are pretty good. Middle school has over 20 plus teams in addition to academies for some sports. A number of teams win championships and chess team is state champions like 3 or 4 years in row.

Clubs like debate and model UN compete and do well. Lots of opportunities in theater and now there is orchestra.

I don’t know anything about video and film but kids there are always winning one thing or another in the newsletter.

It’s got something for everyone and your kid will see their interest and find new ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t know anything about SH but DCI sports and EC are pretty good. Middle school has over 20 plus teams in addition to academies for some sports. A number of teams win championships and chess team is state champions like 3 or 4 years in row.

Clubs like debate and model UN compete and do well. Lots of opportunities in theater and now there is orchestra.

I don’t know anything about video and film but kids there are always winning one thing or another in the newsletter.

It’s got something for everyone and your kid will see their interest and find new ones.

I completely forgot that dci was part of this thread.

[Anonymous]

People are not putting SH at the bottom of their 6th grade lottery list. Not by a long shot. Latin is the 5th grade lottery. There are no seats at Deal. Private schools and schools in the suburbs are not a DC lottery choice. DCPS middle schools have lots of extracurriculars-of varying quality and student engagement maybe but still. Deal dominates at a lot of sports because it has so many more students but that also makes a lot of its teams harder to make.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t know anything about SH but DCI sports and EC are pretty good. Middle school has over 20 plus teams in addition to academies for some sports. A number of teams win championships and chess team is state champions like 3 or 4 years in row.

Clubs like debate and model UN compete and do well. Lots of opportunities in theater and now there is orchestra.

I don’t know anything about video and film but kids there are always winning one thing or another in the newsletter.

It’s got something for everyone and your kid will see their interest and find new ones.

I completely forgot that dci was part of this thread.

DCI robotics is also great and they have 2 middle school and a high school team who do really well. They have an amazing robotics lab. My kid and his friends (boys) like to do the cooking or baking club sometimes because they get to eat what they make 😉

Clubs are great and flexible because your kid can choose to do a variety of different clubs on different days if the schedule works and can do anywhere between 1-5 days a week.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t know anything about SH but DCI sports and EC are pretty good. Middle school has over 20 plus teams in addition to academies for some sports. A number of teams win championships and chess team is state champions like 3 or 4 years in row.

Clubs like debate and model UN compete and do well. Lots of opportunities in theater and now there is orchestra.

I don’t know anything about video and film but kids there are always winning one thing or another in the newsletter.

It’s got something for everyone and your kid will see their interest and find new ones.

I completely forgot that dci was part of this thread.

DCI robotics is also great and they have 2 middle school and a high school team who do really well. They have an amazing robotics lab. My kid and his friends (boys) like to do the cooking or baking club sometimes because they get to eat what they make 😉

Clubs are great and flexible because your kid can choose to do a variety of different clubs on different days if the schedule works and can do anywhere between 1-5 days a week.

Oh and my kid could fit in sports and clubs because sports practice was 2 days a week. Sometimes he would miss a club with games but it was fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anything wrong with supplementing. Honestly, I like supplementing. I figure out what my kid is either super interested in or needs reinforcement in, and we find things that work. Unless we sent our kid to some super bespoke private school that met all of our needs or interests (which I’m not sure exists) I would expect to keep doing it.

I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anything wrong with supplementing. Honestly, I like supplementing. I figure out what my kid is either super interested in or needs reinforcement in, and we find things that work. Unless we sent our kid to some super bespoke private school that met all of our needs or interests (which I’m not sure exists) I would expect to keep doing it.

I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

How many times does it have to be repeated for you to understand the curriculum at SH and other dcps is the lowest and slowest in the REGION and there is no way for bright students to get ahead and students who are below to get support. It’s not Stuart Hobson fault it’s the fault of dcps. It’s not strong academically and I don’t know a single parent who would argue this point. But keep attacking people (who include former SH boosters btw) that bemoan the lack of opportunities for bright kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anything wrong with supplementing. Honestly, I like supplementing. I figure out what my kid is either super interested in or needs reinforcement in, and we find things that work. Unless we sent our kid to some super bespoke private school that met all of our needs or interests (which I’m not sure exists) I would expect to keep doing it.

I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

How many times does it have to be repeated for you to understand the curriculum at SH and other dcps is the lowest and slowest in the REGION and there is no way for bright students to get ahead and students who are below to get support. It’s not Stuart Hobson fault it’s the fault of dcps. It’s not strong academically and I don’t know a single parent who would argue this point. But keep attacking people (who include former SH boosters btw) that bemoan the lack of opportunities for bright kids.

You are repeating the same conclusion over and over again. My kid is going to be at SH and this is a legitimate concern of mine. But generalized claims of it being the lowest and slowest in the region don’t help. What are sixth graders doing at other schools? What are you looking at to make this conclusion?

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Anonymous wrote:Our DC is headed to SH next year. They are a high performing kid and are excited about all of the ECs at the school. We will be keeping an eye on the level of the work and will likely keep supplementing if it’s not rigorous enough but our family is very excited about the school.

I've been browsing this site for more than a decade now, and the conversations around SH really remind me of the conversations around Hardy 10 years ago. Snowballing effect of more families opting in and the school stepping up to meet the needs to high achieving students.

I dont live in that area and my kids are on a different middle/high track, but we have friends at SH and the kids seem completely happy, challenged by the variety of ECs and projects (like the "climate symposium?") and will be fine ramping up when they get to high school.

SH getting stronger is a great thing for the city.

I could not agree more. Stuart Hobson getting stronger is a wonderful thing!

But it’s still a weak, weak school that is failing the smart kids of DC. And lying about statistics (see above for example) and pretending like kids don’t need serious supplementation and outside extra curricular activities isn’t making it stronger. This only serves OSSE and the crazy boosters who care more about their property values going up than children. Stuart Hobson is not a good school, neither is Eliot Hine, neither is Jefferson and that extends to every other dcps middle. Dc needs to do more for their children.

But do you not get that the ONLY way for a public school to keep improving and getting strong, especially in terms of how well it serves high achieving kids, is for more families who have high academic standards and/or high achieving kids to send their kids there? It's literally the only way. You can fantasize all you want about change coming from a top-down DCPS initiative, but it never will. It will come as it has at other schools, with more families investing in the school and saying "we need XYZ program to better serve the school population." And yes, as these changes happen, a lot of families will hedge their bets by supplementing, because at the same time they want the school to improve (and also want their kids to have the experience of attending a decent in boundary school) they are not going to take the risk of hindering their child's project as the school is still improving.

This is all normal. That's why people focus on the progress and on the increasing numbers of high achieving kids attending, instead of fixating on the ways in which the school is still not comparable to a school like Deal or Hardy yet. Because it's the only way to get it there.

If we all just sit around saying S-H (and Eliot-Hine and Jefferson) are terrible and failing kids, instead of looking for the progress and for the ways the school is building off that progress, then these schools will remain terrible because families who value a strong education will avoid them.

Like, what do you want? What's your goal, other than to tell people their school sucks? Mission accomplished.

But what is your goal? To pretend it’s going well? It’s not. And lying to parents and pressuring them to send their kids to a dcps is really not the way forward either. Have people know the true warts and all of the school: disruptive students, poor curriculum, low test scores, few extracurriculars compared to other schools. Let them make an unbiased choice. Don’t boost it.

PP here. Who is lying? Who do you think is being tricked here? We are at an S-H feeder and I don't know a single family who is unaware of the test scores, the curriculum limitations, or the biggest glaring gap of all -- the lack of an adequate high school feed at S-H. Different people are handling it different ways. Everyone's kid is different (with not only different academic needs but also different social needs that may or may not be served by the IB school regardless of academic options). People also have different options -- some people can more easily relocate, some can afford private and others can't, some will get lucky in the lottery for alternative schools and others won't.

But I don't know a single person who thinks S-H has exceptional test scores or is the very best academic option for an academically advanced kid. It's obviously not. But it might be the least bad of limited options, or it might be a compromise made for social or emotional reasons, or a family might decide to play it by ear, see how 6th goes, and make adjustments down the road if necessary.

I don't see how you posting over and over again that S-H is simply unacceptable, that it only teaches remedial math (absolutely false), or that parents who send their kids there are irresponsible or stupid is helping anyone make school choices here. It really seems like you have some kind of deep seated anger about this issue that you are working out on other parents and it's getting old.

Agree with the bold.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anything wrong with supplementing. Honestly, I like supplementing. I figure out what my kid is either super interested in or needs reinforcement in, and we find things that work. Unless we sent our kid to some super bespoke private school that met all of our needs or interests (which I’m not sure exists) I would expect to keep doing it.

I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

How many times does it have to be repeated for you to understand the curriculum at SH and other dcps is the lowest and slowest in the REGION and there is no way for bright students to get ahead and students who are below to get support. It’s not Stuart Hobson fault it’s the fault of dcps. It’s not strong academically and I don’t know a single parent who would argue this point. But keep attacking people (who include former SH boosters btw) that bemoan the lack of opportunities for bright kids.

You are repeating the same conclusion over and over again. My kid is going to be at SH and this is a legitimate concern of mine. But generalized claims of it being the lowest and slowest in the region don’t help. What are sixth graders doing at other schools? What are you looking at to make this conclusion?

These are all questions I asked myself when I considered my IB school (S-H). You should have done this research for yourself if it’s a legitimate concern for you.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anything wrong with supplementing. Honestly, I like supplementing. I figure out what my kid is either super interested in or needs reinforcement in, and we find things that work. Unless we sent our kid to some super bespoke private school that met all of our needs or interests (which I’m not sure exists) I would expect to keep doing it.

I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

How many times does it have to be repeated for you to understand the curriculum at SH and other dcps is the lowest and slowest in the REGION and there is no way for bright students to get ahead and students who are below to get support. It’s not Stuart Hobson fault it’s the fault of dcps. It’s not strong academically and I don’t know a single parent who would argue this point. But keep attacking people (who include former SH boosters btw) that bemoan the lack of opportunities for bright kids.

You are repeating the same conclusion over and over again. My kid is going to be at SH and this is a legitimate concern of mine. But generalized claims of it being the lowest and slowest in the region don’t help. What are sixth graders doing at other schools? What are you looking at to make this conclusion?

These are all questions I asked myself when I considered my IB school (S-H). You should have done this research for yourself if it’s a legitimate concern for you.

Again, you are not actually providing any information here, just attacks. I have done research on this but you are claiming to know something that is different from what I have learned, which is why I am asking, as part of my ongoing research as a parent. If I’m wrong or there’s more to learn, I want to know. But what you are showing me is that you don’t have anything to back up your claims because you keep dodging the questions. This is a crappy thing to do to fellow parents because we are asking you questions in good faith.

[Anonymous]

I am so tired of these “woke” parents patting themselves on the back for putting their kids in bad schools like Stuart Hobson and Eliot Hine but not using their Karen powers to lobby the mayor to do something for bright kids. There is no affirmative action anymore. There is no way for black and brown kids to move forward in this county unless they get a good education. And what dcps is providing is not a good education, especially in middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of these “woke” parents patting themselves on the back for putting their kids in bad schools like Stuart Hobson and Eliot Hine but not using their Karen powers to lobby the mayor to do something for bright kids. There is no affirmative action anymore. There is no way for black and brown kids to move forward in this county unless they get a good education. And what dcps is providing is not a good education, especially in middle school.

What do you mean by this? What is DCPS not doing that other districts are?

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I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

How many times does it have to be repeated for you to understand the curriculum at SH and other dcps is the lowest and slowest in the REGION and there is no way for bright students to get ahead and students who are below to get support. It’s not Stuart Hobson fault it’s the fault of dcps. It’s not strong academically and I don’t know a single parent who would argue this point. But keep attacking people (who include former SH boosters btw) that bemoan the lack of opportunities for bright kids.

You are repeating the same conclusion over and over again. My kid is going to be at SH and this is a legitimate concern of mine. But generalized claims of it being the lowest and slowest in the region don’t help. What are sixth graders doing at other schools? What are you looking at to make this conclusion?

These are all questions I asked myself when I considered my IB school (S-H). You should have done this research for yourself if it’s a legitimate concern for you.

Again, you are not actually providing any information here, just attacks. I have done research on this but you are claiming to know something that is different from what I have learned, which is why I am asking, as part of my ongoing research as a parent. If I’m wrong or there’s more to learn, I want to know. But what you are showing me is that you don’t have anything to back up your claims because you keep dodging the questions. This is a crappy thing to do to fellow parents because we are asking you questions in good faith.

+1. I don’t have a kid at SH but it would be nice for people with experience to explain the math progression. Might help OP and others.

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I think supplementing means different things to different people. I wouldn't expect any school to do a lot of the things I do with my kids; we do them and are happy to do them because they match our family's specific personal interests and/or values. But I would be super annoyed if I felt I needed to pay for math or ELA tutoring just to keep up with grade-level expectations.

You are going to have to supplement in DCPS no matter what. The issue is how much are you willing to do because the fact is all subjects are weak and not just math.

Don’t get me into science with Amblify and the new ELA curriculum.

It’s way too much. You only have so much time in the day and your kid will be miserable and angry forcing them to supplement so much. People just opt out and leave DCPS.

I really considered going to my inbound dcps (Stuart Hobson) if only for sanity and a good commute. But when I realized the amount of supplementation i needed to do just to get them to bare minimum grade level elsewhere (not dcps grade level that’s a joke) I would not be improving my sanity or shortening my commute since I would just end up driving all over the place anyway and spending my weekends trying to force my kid to read actual books and engage in extracurriculars. Yes there are some ECs in SH, but not enough. That’s basically all dcps. Fine but not enough. I’d rather spend the money and time commuting to a school that challenged my kid, not at kumon or whatever.

This is definitely the angry PP sock-puppeting and pretending to be another poster. If you’re going to keep claiming that DC grade level is somehow different than everywhere else, let’s hear some details.

I don’t understand why you’re going so hard against people giving valid criticisms to this school. I really don’t. You get mad when people say it’s unacceptable, and you get mad when people explain how the easy commute is a farce if you want to do right by your child. Stay angry.

An amazing response that still dodges the question of what’s wrong with DC’s or SH’s grade level math.

How many times does it have to be repeated for you to understand the curriculum at SH and other dcps is the lowest and slowest in the REGION and there is no way for bright students to get ahead and students who are below to get support. It’s not Stuart Hobson fault it’s the fault of dcps. It’s not strong academically and I don’t know a single parent who would argue this point. But keep attacking people (who include former SH boosters btw) that bemoan the lack of opportunities for bright kids.

You are repeating the same conclusion over and over again. My kid is going to be at SH and this is a legitimate concern of mine. But generalized claims of it being the lowest and slowest in the region don’t help. What are sixth graders doing at other schools? What are you looking at to make this conclusion?

These are all questions I asked myself when I considered my IB school (S-H). You should have done this research for yourself if it’s a legitimate concern for you.

Again, you are not actually providing any information here, just attacks. I have done research on this but you are claiming to know something that is different from what I have learned, which is why I am asking, as part of my ongoing research as a parent. If I’m wrong or there’s more to learn, I want to know. But what you are showing me is that you don’t have anything to back up your claims because you keep dodging the questions. This is a crappy thing to do to fellow parents because we are asking you questions in good faith.

+1. I don’t have a kid at SH but it would be nice for people with experience to explain the math progression. Might help OP and others.

SH and DCPS doesn’t actually do real tracking. Real tracking is when you take all the high performers in math in a grade and put them in a separate math class that is accelerated and dives deeper.

What they do is just put the kids with the math class in the next grade which is composed of weak math students. So a few 6th grade kids go to 7th grade math. But this 7th grade math is basically a remedial course composed of many kids below grade level. Rinse and repeat, few 7th graders go to 8th grade math.

Contrast this to DCI which has real tracking in math at each grade. They have multiple levels of math at each grade. So the highest level math is comprised of only the highest performers in that grade. Placement is based on high standards of MAP testing, grades, and teachers rec. And the AP and IB passing rate data shows that the program and cohort at this level is very strong.

The burbs also has real tracking like DCI.