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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There might be a few here and there, OP. My kid went to Banneker, and I've been here for many years.[/quote]
 
+1. New Banneker parent and I’ve been on DCUM since maternity leave for DC. McKinley was our 2nd choice.

I would love more discussion on both schools, but they consistently get overtaken by folks not seriously considering either.[/quote]

Early elementary school mom here who is already thinking ahead because we plan to stay in DC longterm. Banneker and McKinley both feel like potentially great high school outcomes to me. Would love to learn more about both on DCUM!

For the parents in this thread: If you’re comfortable with it, I would love to hear where or at least what kinds of schools your kids went to for elementary and middle. [b]I am excited about our current feeder pattern in terms of school quality - I think we got so lucky! - but I do have worries, down the road, about my kid being one of a smallish handful of high(er) SES kids and especially in elementary, one of a handful of white kids. [/b]

Our feeder middle school has a fairly broad demographic range for DCPS, but our (so far excellent!) elementary looks more like the district: Title I, 90 percent plus kids of color, though no single race really dominates.

I would expect I’d have the same concerns about race and class no matter who we were, it’s always hard to be one of the only. My black and Hispanic friends have shared difficult experiences of going to mostly white schools growing up and have sought more diversity for their own kids.

We are early elementary so it’s not an issue at the moment but if you are also higher SES and/or white (just guessing by DCUM demographics that you are one of those or both) and have gone to schools like the ones we will attend, has it ever been an issue in a negative way or has it mostly been a positive? Or did your kids attend schools in Ward 3 or outside DC and therefore have had a different experience than mine likely will?

I want my kid to interact with all kinds of people and have friends from a lot of different backgrounds, so I see the socio-economic and racial diversity as mostly good. But I’m curious how other parents who might have similar values have navigated those issues - or if they even were issues - through middle school.

Might make this a separate thread since it gets kind of far from OPs McKinley question but the parents who have posted here so far might be well positioned to answer. [/quote]

This is covered ad nauseum on this section of DCUM. You feel lucky now, but you likely won't by 3rd or 4rth grade. Most ECE programs are fine in DCPS and charters, but as kids get older--behavioral issues get more complicated and quality decreases. If you really want to stay in DC long term, I'd also figure in private options in your calculus. Parents of ECE kids having good experiences often think that experience and quality will continue; it likely will not. [/quote]

Thank you for weighing in, but respectfully, you don’t know me. I kick the tires on schools for a living, in a career I’ve been in for decades. I know a lot of people in DCPS who can give me firsthand info about schools and more importantly, I know how to separate school quality from demographics.

Unless the leadership and teaching staff at my elementary changes substantially - and it’s been remarkably stable for years - it’s a high quality option. Through grade 5. That’s not what my question is about.

I’m asking an earnest question about demographics and am interested in serious answers from people who have had chosen schools like the ones in our feeder pattern. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses. [/quote]

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