How can DCPS improve *all* its schools when Wilson and feeders raise big PTA money for enrichment?
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Anonymous
I do not think they are conferred on it by DCPS. I also think that you are focusing on the park next door and I think there are a lot of nice playgrounds all around DC. Yes, it is a nice residential neighborhood that is different than many of the more urban neighborhoods in DC, lots of green. Back to the topic, what does this have to do with how PTA fundraising at Wilson and its feeder school impacts the ability of DCPS to improve its schools? |
Anonymous
In the case of Shepherd, it's a "Phase 1" renovation. This was a partial renovation, that didn't include needed upgrades to the multipurpose room and kitchen (my understanding is that these renovations had been included in earlier renovations plan, but the current renovation plan was revised to be Phase 1 only). I noticed the Phase 1 designation for several other schools listed too. So while all of these slated renovations are listed as being complete, some schools received only a partial renovation. |
Anonymous
| Can someone post the names/links of renovated and beautiful DCPS facilities not WOTP to satisfy the EOTP poster obsessing over Lafayette? Of all the inequities to be focused on, this is not one of them. |
Anonymous
Here is the link to the School Modernization information. https://sites.google.com/a/dc.gov/dcps-school-modernizations/ This doesn't include non-DCPS facilities. Lafayette is next to the Lafayette Rec Center, which is run by DPR. I suspect the poster is confusing the two. And there are definitely parks that nice EOTP--Turkey Thicket has a great playground next to the Rec/Aquatic Center, too, for example. |
Anonymous
Dunbar- incredible facility. Nary a Ward 3 kid in sight.
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Anonymous
Every. Single. $100m+ building. Has. Excluded. Ward 3 families and kids. Someone go challenge me. |
Anonymous
The kicker here is that this renovation, which cost $128,000,000, serves 1/3 fewer kids than Lafayette which cost 40% less. |
Anonymous
| Ward 3 guys - not sure your argument has an effect on the rest of DC that you might want. |
Anonymous
There is an important discussion to be had as to Ward 3’s responsibility to the overall improvement of DCPS, e.g. set asides at WOTP schools, city wide lottery etc. However, some issues are red herrings that get folks agitated but actually are not directly related (or indirectly) to improving the quality of DCPS outside of the high SES schools (not limited to Ward 3 or WOTP). For example- PTA contributions and certain WOTP ES physical facilities. |
Anonymous
What argument and what effect? |
Anonymous
So so unfair. If Ellington's new mausoleum was over $200m, why was Dunbar's only 128m? Someone look into this. |
Anonymous
What, you don't want to learn what proper parenting means? |
Anonymous
Beautiful building/facility that certainly required plenty of resources. Curious, how are the students in this beautiful building performing academically? Lafayette had some of the highest scores in the city well before it was renovated into a "palace". As others have stated, throwing money, taxpayer or pta, at schools [i]isn't the reason why student performance is better at some schools than others. It is an issue much larger than what goes on inside the walls of these schools. I don't believe any Ward 3 PTA could raise enough money to pay for the army of social workers/psychologists that are needed to deal with the issues many DCPS students come to school with every day. But I guess its much easier and more fun to throw mud at Ward 3 families than seriously consider the larger socioeconomic issues at work and how they may be addressed. |
Anonymous
As they should. Ellington is embarrassing. The point is, WOTP schools are not hoarding construction resources. Find something else to complain about because that isn't it. |
Anonymous
1. I don't see WHY DCPS needs to achieve "equity", it NEEDS to provide good educational opportunities to ALL students. Already, much more funding goes to schools with higher "at-risk" populations while slashing services at certain ward 3 schools. I don't see that DCPS will achieve any good outcome if NO students have working musical instruments or reagents for Chem lab. Back when I donated to the PTA in my kids' ward 3 school, those were the things I was donating to support. 2. DCPS talks all the time about making sure students have a top education, they just can't walk the walk. They pay fees for APs, which other districts don't, they offer a school day/free SAT. There are free SAT prep classes inside the school schedule for those who choose to go. There's lots of reasons why there's a gap. Parent education, poverty, lead in the piping in old buildings, more qualified teachers opting out of high poverty schools. 3. A school doesn't have to "serve the best students" to excel, it doesn't need to curate the student body. A school can excel by turning a failing student into a functional student, by pushing a mediocre student to proficiency, by identifying the kid with a learning difference and directing that child to the needed support |