Difference between NW parent involvement and Capitol Hill parent involvement.

[Anonymous]

A small number of families do turn down spots at WL, BASIS and/or DCI - each program has its flaws and their curricula and ability grouping solutions don't work for every family. Even so, very few UMC parents EotP will choose by-right neighborhood middle schools over these charters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right, so you won't send your CH 5th grader to WL if they crack the lottery? You'd prefer Eliot-Hine, Jefferson Academy or Stuart Hobson?

Sheesh, it's not as though we have the world of choice on the public MS shopping front here EotP. We have neighbors who would have bailed for the burbs after many years on the Hill if their oldest sib hadn't cracked the WL or BASIS lottery.

There are scores of middle and high schools in this City where non-whites don't perform very well. At least we have a few where most enrolled students do.

Exactly. No CH parent is going to turn down a spot at Latin, Basis, or DCI. Period. We all know it. It’s where the higher performing peer groups are. What is sad is that EH, JA, and SH doesn’t even come close in peer group. The stats are dismal. And no, a few UMC families sending their kids to any of these schools is not going to cut it.

We got in off the waitlist at BASIS after starting in the 90s, so somebody is turning down spots.

[Anonymous]

Any surprises there? Stressed out 12 year olds often doing several hours of homework a night, no school library, computer lab, gym or performance space...I'll stop there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, so you won't send your CH 5th grader to WL if they crack the lottery? You'd prefer Eliot-Hine, Jefferson Academy or Stuart Hobson?

Sheesh, it's not as though we have the world of choice on the public MS shopping front here EotP. We have neighbors who would have bailed for the burbs after many years on the Hill if their oldest sib hadn't cracked the WL or BASIS lottery.

There are scores of middle and high schools in this City where non-whites don't perform very well. At least we have a few where most enrolled students do.

Exactly. No CH parent is going to turn down a spot at Latin, Basis, or DCI. Period. We all know it. It’s where the higher performing peer groups are. What is sad is that EH, JA, and SH doesn’t even come close in peer group. The stats are dismal. And no, a few UMC families sending their kids to any of these schools is not going to cut it.

We got in off the waitlist at BASIS after starting in the 90s, so somebody is turning down spots.

Really? You mean last year? Whoah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, so you won't send your CH 5th grader to WL if they crack the lottery? You'd prefer Eliot-Hine, Jefferson Academy or Stuart Hobson?

Sheesh, it's not as though we have the world of choice on the public MS shopping front here EotP. We have neighbors who would have bailed for the burbs after many years on the Hill if their oldest sib hadn't cracked the WL or BASIS lottery.

There are scores of middle and high schools in this City where non-whites don't perform very well. At least we have a few where most enrolled students do.

Exactly. No CH parent is going to turn down a spot at Latin, Basis, or DCI. Period. We all know it. It’s where the higher performing peer groups are. What is sad is that EH, JA, and SH doesn’t even come close in peer group. The stats are dismal. And no, a few UMC families sending their kids to any of these schools is not going to cut it.

We are planning on doing that very thing this year. Times change.

[Anonymous]

Times do change. Problem is, DCPS middle schools don't change as much, or as fast, as most of us in the neighborhood would like.

We've been waiting for honors classes in science and social studies to arrive at our neighborhood middle school--Stuart Hobson--since honors English and math classes were created there more than 10 years ago. Admins have told us that no such classes are planned, because "placement would be a problem since the PARCC doesn't test these subjects." Such crap. Half the kids in the school still don't test proficient.

Our student has seldom been challenged or pushed at his (heavily gentrified) DCPS ES school in the upper grades. Pretty clearly, more of the same is in store if we go with a DCPS MS. Just not worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, so you won't send your CH 5th grader to WL if they crack the lottery? You'd prefer Eliot-Hine, Jefferson Academy or Stuart Hobson?

Sheesh, it's not as though we have the world of choice on the public MS shopping front here EotP. We have neighbors who would have bailed for the burbs after many years on the Hill if their oldest sib hadn't cracked the WL or BASIS lottery.

There are scores of middle and high schools in this City where non-whites don't perform very well. At least we have a few where most enrolled students do.

Exactly. No CH parent is going to turn down a spot at Latin, Basis, or DCI. Period. We all know it. It’s where the higher performing peer groups are. What is sad is that EH, JA, and SH doesn’t even come close in peer group. The stats are dismal. And no, a few UMC families sending their kids to any of these schools is not going to cut it.

We are planning on doing that very thing this year. Times change.

Kind of. 15 years ago there were a few UMC who stayed with their IB school (almost always SH) just like you. The difference is that the rest of the UMC families fled to private, parochial or the suburbs instead of charters. Progress?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Times do change. Problem is, DCPS middle schools don't change as much, or as fast, as most of us in the neighborhood would like.

We've been waiting for honors classes in science and social studies to arrive at our neighborhood middle school--Stuart Hobson--since honors English and math classes were created there more than 10 years ago. Admins have told us that no such classes are planned, because "placement would be a problem since the PARCC doesn't test these subjects." Such crap. Half the kids in the school still don't test proficient.

Our student has seldom been challenged or pushed at his (heavily gentrified) DCPS ES school in the upper grades. Pretty clearly, more of the same is in store if we go with a DCPS MS. Just not worth it.

Look we all know that the only reason DCPS tracks for math and ELA is because they want to look good as a school district in PARCC. It’s not because they believe in challenging the higher performing students, That’s the bottom line and why DCPS will never be a high performing school system or attract the students to get them there.

There is never going to be majority buy in from UMC parents. I mean just look st the disaster that is happening at Wilson with the detracking in honors for all. The only decent neighborhood high school in the city with decent scores. They think they can detrack there because majority are at grade level. So short sighted because many UMC families in the zone will no longer send their kids there. Watch the scores go down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any surprises there? Stressed out 12 year olds often doing several hours of homework a night, no school library, computer lab, gym or performance space...I'll stop there.

Can you stop posting the same comment every time Basis is mentioned in a thread. It gets incredibly tedious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any surprises there? Stressed out 12 year olds often doing several hours of homework a night, no school library, computer lab, gym or performance space...I'll stop there.

Can you stop posting the same comment every time Basis is mentioned in a thread. It gets incredibly tedious.

dp: I’ve never seen this comment before. Why is it wrong? Because it is negative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any surprises there? Stressed out 12 year olds often doing several hours of homework a night, no school library, computer lab, gym or performance space...I'll stop there.

Can you stop posting the same comment every time Basis is mentioned in a thread. It gets incredibly tedious.

dp: I’ve never seen this comment before. Why is it wrong? Because it is negative?

You clearly don’t read Basis threads. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the comment, except the same poster writes the same criticism of Basis every opportunity. I’ve read these exact words probably half of dozen times, possibly more.

Like I said, it’s tedious.

[Anonymous]

Differrent poster, but u could say the same thing about almost every comment here, w/your posts as most tedious.

We have 2 in higher grades at Maury. You know what? We GOT a spot at BASIS for 5th but stayed at Maury.

We took our child to a BASIS open house. She asked where the gym and stagte were.. She asked with the computers were. She asked where the library was. The lady giving the tour explained that these facilities were "luxuries" the school didn't need. There isn't just one poster who's aghast at how god awful that building is for middle schoolers. Hard to understand why the charter board let BASIS set up shop in there. If we could afford the Deal district we'd be up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any surprises there? Stressed out 12 year olds often doing several hours of homework a night, no school library, computer lab, gym or performance space...I'll stop there.

Can you stop posting the same comment every time Basis is mentioned in a thread. It gets incredibly tedious.

dp: I’ve never seen this comment before. Why is it wrong? Because it is negative?

You clearly don’t read Basis threads. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the comment, except the same poster writes the same criticism of Basis every opportunity. I’ve read these exact words probably half of dozen times, possibly more.

Like I said, it’s tedious.

Sounds like you clearly shouldn't read Basis threads for your mental health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Differrent poster, but u could say the same thing about almost every comment here, w/your posts as most tedious.

We have 2 in higher grades at Maury. You know what? We GOT a spot at BASIS for 5th but stayed at Maury.

We took our child to a BASIS open house. She asked where the gym and stagte were.. She asked with the computers were. She asked where the library was. The lady giving the tour explained that these facilities were "luxuries" the school didn't need. There isn't just one poster who's aghast at how god awful that building is for middle schoolers. Hard to understand why the charter board let BASIS set up shop in there. If we could afford the Deal district we'd be up there.

So, are you opting for the shining new EH building next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Differrent poster, but u could say the same thing about almost every comment here, w/your posts as most tedious.

We have 2 in higher grades at Maury. You know what? We GOT a spot at BASIS for 5th but stayed at Maury.

We took our child to a BASIS open house. She asked where the gym and stagte were.. She asked with the computers were. She asked where the library was. The lady giving the tour explained that these facilities were "luxuries" the school didn't need. There isn't just one poster who's aghast at how god awful that building is for middle schoolers. Hard to understand why the charter board let BASIS set up shop in there. If we could afford the Deal district we'd be up there.

So, are you opting for the shining new EH building next year?

LOL! Yes please do tell.