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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid originally ranked Banneker over McKinley Tech then changed it after both of his interviews. He is now attending McKinley Tech. [/quote]

How do you like McKinley?  How does your child like McKinley? [/quote]

My kid is only in the 9th grade, so we haven't been there too long. So far so good though.

- 75% of his teachers I love! I think they are smart and thoughtful about the work he gets. It is challenging and helping him to get a clear grasp of the content and improving skills, like his writing. This portion also keeps the grades up to date and has been clear on expectations for assignments and policies for revision.
- Communication from the 9th grade team has also been great. The team leader sends out a weekly newsletter which has updates from most teachers.

I'm still getting a handle on what the rest of his cohort is like. I know some of the students who came from his school. My kid takes a little while to make new friends, but has joined some clubs so that is moving slowly, but surely.

Logistically, most things have been fine. Based on the fact that the whole city is on "fire" crime wise, there was an incident with two McKinley students after school headed to the metro and I heard about it at a safety town hall, but there didn't seem to be communication from the school prior to the safety meeting. He got his schedule before school started, it was uploaded to ASPEN and he was in the "right" classes based on his transcript and placement tests.

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