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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. If you look at the white subscores, EH kids actually do as well or better than any other MS including Latin, Deal etc. I hate making this argument because it sounds so privileged and like I don’t care about black kids.  But it firmly dispels the notion that kids “are not learning.”

And to me, the more interesting stat is PARCC 3s. Those are solid kids doing well despite a lot of possible disadvantages. They’re bright kids engaged in learning.

I’m not sure what more I have to contribute to this thread except my original post, which is “PARCC scores do not reflect my kid’s overall experience.” I’d just really encourage parents to consider whether your perceptions are fear and anxiety based, or whether you can try something unfamiliar to your own educational background. The kids are alright, I promise! [/quote]

First, while kids are absolutely not doing “better” at EH than other schools on the PARCC. You constantly make things up in this thread and it’s tiresome.

Second, the only white kids I know at Elliot Hine are doing a lot of outside supplementing because the curriculum is weak. [/quote]

This back and forth is tiring. Nobody on here who claims to know all the things or all the people at a given school actually does. The families I know there (including my own) are there by choice , not because we struck out elsewhere , and are not supplementing. My guess is best case scenario this is an example of peoples social circle being people who think like them, and reinforcing their views. Worst case scenario is that people intentionally come on here to cut people down and make stuff up. [/quote]

Sorry but if you actually are choosing EH and not supplementing  then you either are an outlier or your kid is just an average 50% kind of kid.

This is an anonymous board and people can post anything but there is no way any kid is doing well and performing above grade level without supplementing.[/quote]

Nobody needs to defend themselves on an anonymous board, but this post sort of proves my point. Who from outside of a school (which I assume you are, if incorrect I apologize) feels the need to comment on or actually knows what they are talking about with regards to any school except the one they are enrolled at? And then even at that, I would argue parents at any school can't and don't know the decisions and life choices of all families even at the school they are at. Your close few friends, sure - but it would be a strange habit of conversation to survey everybody you met at a school about these things. And by that same logic yes, I can only speak to the families I know well whose kids are doing well and don't supplement.  I really can't tell the motivation behind these assumptions, it is almost like people who made other choices need to validate their own by putting families down.  We have a system of choice. People use it. That should be the end of the conversation. 
Now get out and enjoy a beautiful Sunday![/quote]

OP, no offense, but your original post and everything you have posted after it is basically selfish propaganda. You claim that you have no problem with the fact that the vast majority of the kids at EH are well below grade level, but you are here on a board that skews UMC try-hards trying to convince people to send their above grade level kids to EH. And you’re doing it by lying about objective data.

We do have a system of choice. And people should make informed choices. Stop trying to manipulate them into choosing a academically weak school. [/quote]

These types of lies about EH will forever keep it the academically weak school it is. [/quote]

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