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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to know more about Walls and Banneker as well. I have numerous friends whose children think they’ll game the system by taking easy classes at our Capitol Hill middle school while we went to a charter and took the most demanding classes. I honestly would prefer continuing at our charter than having my kid get bored with a bunch of kids who aren’t on grade level. But then again maybe Walls or Banneker is better?  [/quote]

There is no gaming the system, this is more of an urban myth. The kids in middle schools still have to get pretty much As on all their classes, including ELA and Algebra1 (pushed by DCPS for all 8th grades) or geometry. There isn’t really choose “easy classes”. And even if these students are invited for an interview at selective schools such as Banneker or Walls, they still have to sit for a handwritten essay on the school premises as part of their interview process. In short, there is no gaming the system.. let’s focus on supporting and prepping our kids the best we can without these urban legends.[/quote]

Banneker and Walls look at GPA.  If taking easier classes gets a kid a higher GPA, then it will get the kid into the school.  This is not the college application system.  No one is carefully evaluating whether or not your kid can handle the rigor.  Test scores have not counted at all since COVID.  Likely there is some effort to have students from all over the city, but these are all school officials making these decisions very quickly based on interviews and essays.  Subjectivity is inherently a factor.  So try not to worry too much, except do worry about getting your kids to do their homework.  It's the only part of this you can control.[/quote]

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