I don't want to supplement at home

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, can you imagine the level of insecurity?

"You mustn't mention Kumon at school,Larla. Ever."

"Pourquoi pas, Mama? Is learning and enrichment shameful?"

"No, poppet! But we don't want to hand anything to anyone else. Let them do their own work!"

All seriousness: am I just coming from a position of massive privilege or ignorance that I don't understand your thinking at all? Was everything handed to me too easily?

No, your question is normal. That PP is batshit crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Bravo - your list is lame -- you left out Ross, the top achieving DCPS ES in the entire city

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, can you imagine the level of insecurity?

"You mustn't mention Kumon at school,Larla. Ever."

"Pourquoi pas, Mama? Is learning and enrichment shameful?"

"No, poppet! But we don't want to hand anything to anyone else. Let them do their own work!"

All seriousness: am I just coming from a position of massive privilege or ignorance that I don't understand your thinking at all? Was everything handed to me too easily?

Ignorance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Bravo - your list is lame -- you left out Ross, the top achieving DCPS ES in the entire city

That's why you think it's lame?? How about because of "You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white." and then don't look at a school like Banneker. That is lame.

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Bravo - your list is lame -- you left out Ross, the top achieving DCPS ES in the entire city

That's why you think it's lame?? How about because of "You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white." and then don't look at a school like Banneker. That is lame.

oh please! you could add Walls to that list just as easily. It was mostly ES. There are plenty of other really good ES omitted too

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We can afford to, and would gladly (well somewhat gladly) move to be in bounds for JKLM. And we will attend those open houses this year. But I am realistic about what you can learn from an open house. Their test scores are respectable but we would be bummed to move only to find the reason the scores at those schools are good is that those parents are supplementing too.

Our ideal is a school where the kids get good fundamentals and are challenged to do advanced work (not necessarily "gifted"-- I am realistic about that). There will be homework from school but otherwise we can enjoy our limited family time doing sports, music, hiking, and enjoying each other's company. Is this possible in DC? I went to public schools myself and have plenty of friends from undergrad and grad school who also went to public schools and did very well academically. So I know private is not necessary. But a good public is...

Yes, this is possible in DC. Feel free to ask a lot of questions at the Open Houses.

+1. This is possible in DCPS. My kids to go such a school and oldest is going into 3rd, so have lots of experience. We don't supplement at home and I don't know many families who do. Instruction is top notch and my child has been challenged and working/testing several grades above his grade level since K. I don't know that all DCPS/charters are like that but ours is.

You have no real idea which parents supplement at home. All you know is what the parents tell you. Those same parents may even instruct their children to not talk about the academic supplementation outside of the family--that's what we do. I grew tired of lazy parents asking me for materials and copies of our afterschool routine. Do your own work people!

Why are people here so scary? It's not like they're good at their own jobs.

Looks like the asian insanity is starting to bleed over into insecure white folks. It's not just DC. Look at the AAP insanity at Fairfax County. I am doing well in life and I went to a normal gasp elementary school. What are you supplementing for again exactly? Special snowflake can skip a grade? Fear of being left behind. Here is a hint if your end goal is going to an elite college academics are a dime a dozen. It's what you do outside of academics that makes a difference. Chew on that for a while.

You realy shouldn't rely on stereotypes. I'm AA and I supplement to keep my kids at the very top of the class (they're already there, I just focus on maintenance). I come from a family of academic and professional achievers. I like and see the clear benefits of how I was raised, and I married a man with similar values and goals. My children never complain about my afterschooling because that's all they've known. Please don't worry about how my children will turn out because you won't suffer or benefit either way. Worry about your own children.

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Bravo - your list is lame -- you left out Ross, the top achieving DCPS ES in the entire city

That's why you think it's lame?? How about because of "You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white." and then don't look at a school like Banneker. That is lame.

oh please! you could add Walls to that list just as easily. It was mostly ES. There are plenty of other really good ES omitted too

Ross was the very top performer on PARCC. Not Janney or any other Wilson feeder

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Bravo - your list is lame -- you left out Ross, the top achieving DCPS ES in the entire city

That's why you think it's lame?? How about because of "You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white." and then don't look at a school like Banneker. That is lame.

the race trolls on this board of all colors are just incredibly irritating.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, can you imagine the level of insecurity?

"You mustn't mention Kumon at school,Larla. Ever."

"Pourquoi pas, Mama? Is learning and enrichment shameful?"

"No, poppet! But we don't want to hand anything to anyone else. Let them do their own work!"

All seriousness: am I just coming from a position of massive privilege or ignorance that I don't understand your thinking at all? Was everything handed to me too easily?

No, your question is normal. That PP is batshit crazy.

Lol--you have no idea. I would never take my children to Kumon or any other such tutoring/enrichment center. All of my materials are in-house and proprietary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Shepherd is neither majority white nor majority high SES.

[Anonymous]

My take- op has gotten very use to having her kids be the 'smart ones'- and would be crushed to move WOTP and realize that her kids are average.

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Anonymous wrote:We saw a similar issue at our old school, lotteried to a WOTP school and found the pace and curriculum more challenging. HTH

pp here and since you were looking for suggestions, we moved to Hearst. Not saying we don't supplement at all, but we're not seeing the gaps in curriculum that we did at the charter

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Anonymous wrote:NP -- OP didn't ask if there is a school where no one supplements. There is no chance that such a school exists in the greater DC area. LOL. And that is fine-- parents' prerogative. But OP wants to know if it is possible to go to a DCPS school and have your child achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. It is. We don't supplement either. No need to. Kids scored 5s on PARCC and are in the advanced track at Deal with no extra supplements or tutors.

Yes! this is the question. It sounds like there are places in DCPS where it is possible to achieve an advanced track without the need to supplement. Great! Wonderful! I'd like to go to these open houses. Can people please start identifying these schools? Thanks.

Murch and Deal for us.

Start identifying these DCPS schools? Please, it's a no brainer for anybody who's been in the city more than a month in Upper NW. The school are in Upper NW or on Cap Hill, the ones with the highest percentages of white and high SES families. Just look on the DCPS School Profile pages to find them. You set your own "floor" cut-off for high SES and white. So the group includes Janney, Lafayette, Ken, Murch, Man, Stoddert, maybe Hearst, Eaton, Shepherd and Brent for ES, and Deal and Wilson post ES.

Wrong. Hearst, Eaton and Shepherd are definitely NOT on the list. Oyster belongs though. There are also a few "highly regarded charters" people leave JKLM for, so they should be included like Yu Ying and LAMB. You just can't count on buying your way into them like JKLM.