JO Wilson vs. Ludlow-Taylor
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Anonymous
Agree with this advice, but remember that LAMB doesn't accept kids past PK4, and it's difficult to get in any of the DCI feeders, particularly those close to the Hill like Mundo Verde or the South Dakota LAMB campus. |
Anonymous
DCI has no scores and no track record. And MV has no scores and no track record. I mention this because to read posts like yours you'd think you were talking about proven schools. But we aren't. |
Anonymous
I believe the poster was referring to the fact that you are so vigorously arguing about the relative merits of Brent vs LT on a thread that does not need to involve discussions of Brent at all. The perception that every thread about a Hill school needs to be a rehash of a debate about Brent's superiority is the "imaginary enemy" in this case. Sometimes nobody cares about Brent and they want to talk about other things. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Why 2025 and not sooner? Serious question. Is it the teachers? The school philosophy? If high SES attend the lower grades, why wouldn't they continue as a class through the upper grades? |
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Cheap shot. Most East Asian immigration to this country post-dates the Civil Rights Movement. Immigrant families had their own troubles under Japanese rule and Communism, and so, can hardly be blamed for not relating well to the macro socioeconomic situation of low-income urban AAs.
WalletHub, a respected financial services and analysis web site, recently ranked DCPS as lower performing than all 50 states on several accounts - SAT reading scores, SAT math scores, and high school graduation rates. East Asian immigrant families flock to high-performing school systems, even if they aren't well off. This helps explain why few Asian kids with Asian parents can be found in the upper grades of DC public elementary schools city-wide, even in Upper NW. |
Anonymous
None of the above. Suggestion: ask this question of the Brent or Maury old PTA hands. The two PTAs fund raise like mad to pay for the teachers aides and pullout groups DCPS won't provide to offer sufficient challenge to the children of professional parents who land in classes where a good many classmates are growing up in homes blighted by multi-generational poverty. You need a critical mass of well-heeled parents to raise the money, and attracting them takes 5-10 years after a school starts to turn. DCPS doesn't provide the staff inputs to keep most high SES families in the upper ES grades, let alone in neighborhood middle schools. Myopic DCPS leaders leaves it to parent organizations to pay for inputs "advanced learners" (read ordinary high SES kids without SNs) need to find challenge past around 2nd grade. The system stinks. Admins and teachers at schools like JO Wilson and LT, most of whom are strong, even heroic, certainly can't be blamed. |
Anonymous
 What makes this even more sad is the fact that DCPS is now EXPECTING this! Whatever parents are willing to pay for they are willing to let you. This includes supplies, text books, class sets of books, etc. It is pathetic considering DCPS is on the high end of the money spent per student. Where the hell is the money going? Some of these schools are so raggedy it is a crime! DCPS was the one who decided teachers would get paid these unsustainable salaries. Not the WTU contrary to popular belief.
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^They're not only expecting it, they're all but demanding it. They cut Brent's budget this year, and some of the JKLM budgets. No skin off their backs, knowing that high SES parents committed to city living will pull together to pick up the tab to close the funding gap, paying for the enrichment they want in public schools. It's wrong and short-sighted, but they get away with it due to the obnoxious political climate.
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Anonymous
I heard about this however it wasn't just the high performing schools. I think it was less of a it with the others since they were already "making do." |
Anonymous
| Brent received about $150,000 more in the FY16 than in FY15. Many Hill schools saw a reduction. As in past years, Brent was able to reallocate funds to a full-time science teacher and the PTA now directly supports a behavior tech and three additional classroom aides. |
Anonymous
I'm the poster that recommended that OP consider charters. I have a similar background as OP and attend a charter which has a very diverse group of international families (many languages spoken) and I think OP would love it at our school. I live on the Hill and considered Maury, LT, & JO - which are all great options. However, none of these schools have the international focus (not just parents from other countries, but study of other countries) that I'm speaking of. My child does not go to a DCI feeder BTW. |
Anonymous
| I find the casual suggestion that people consider SWS or charters for K interesting. It's almost as if the lottery and limited number of seats aren't a factor. |
Anonymous
Give me a break. You're saying the RE values north of H (in the JO boundry) are higher than south of H in the LT/Maury Boundries? You clearly don't know what you're talking about. JO is 7 blocks from the NY/Gallaudet metro, LT is 7 blocks from Union Station on the very same line, so that assertion make zero sense. Check your sales prices between the two areas and you'll see on average that home south of H are selling for over $100k more on average. It will gradually get closer, but for now the South of H trope ain't BS -- ask any RE agent. LT has better test scores, JO has a better playground and I hear everyone likes the principal. We'll see if this equates to higher test scores. Both are fine schools. Brent has been a high-quality ES longer than any other ES on the Hill, but now there are others that are nearly-as, or as-good. |
Anonymous
| Big difference in home prices in LT and Maury. LT prices are about 100K higher than JO prices, but JO prices are the same or higher than Maury prices. |