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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, you need to go to open houses. This isn't rocket science. [/quote]

I'm the OP. Yes, thank you for your overwhelmingly helpful comment.  :roll:

I know we'll need to go to open houses. I'm trying to avoid going to 20 of them. Some of these are basically, quantifiable facts (homework, outdoor time, screen time by grade, test score breakdowns, probably a bunch more I'm not thinking of because I'm new at this) that could easily be on a website or in a spreadsheet somewhere. And a lot of this information, even if it's not that quantifiable, could still be available on the web. Is it really not?

I thought DCPS was all about driving toward equity. Not very equitable to force people to physically go to a building to find out if their kid is going to spend all day on a screen at a particular school. [/quote]
It's really not.  Homework can vary by teacher and class.  I doubt anyone is tracking "screen time," which is a broad category, and which also could vary by teacher and grade (and weather!  Kids might watch a movie during indoor recess if there's inclement weather).  Test score breakdowns exist, but I don't think they are available to the general public.  I can't speak for all schools, but ours has the parent handbook online, so you could find out things like how much time is scheduled for recess, and the web site has other information about the school.  But you have to go to each school's web site to find that.   You can go to EdFest, where each school has a booth, to gather some information.  But you really don't have to look at every school to decide.  For one, every school doesn't have a feasible commute for you, so you eliminate every school that's logistically difficult.  No one is going to 20 open houses. [/quote]

ETA: I don't think the test score data is on our school's website, but I think OSSE has it available.  [/quote]

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