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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not unusual for Capitol Hill families who stay after elementary to go with affordable parochial middle schools in DC and Arlington. That's been true for decades.

We're not Catholic but we're fine with a good parochial middle school in Arlington enrolling many non Catholics that runs us 11K/year.  We carpool with 2 other Hill families. Everybody in the car pool is hoping that our children will test into Walls or Banneker eventually.[/quote]

There is no longer testing into Walls and Banneker.  It’s GPA then interview for Walls.[/quote]

Yes and your chances of getting in are likely going to be much lower not even going to a public/charter school in DC for middle.[/quote]

The change to the admissions process favors DCPS’ ‘leniant’ grading policies.[/quote]

It’s more than that.  They will know in the interview and from grades that PP did not invest in DC schools so why should those competitive spots go to her and not a family who did.

The admissions policy now is subjective and you can bet there is going to be bias and opaque.[/quote]

That's more Banneker than Walls. They are accustomed to kids coming in from private schools. [/quote]

Sounds like you haven’t heard the plan for better ward representation at Walls so if you are in ward 3 or 6, your chances are lower.

You will be further dinged coming from a private school because you have the means to send your kid somewhere else.  Equity is here to stay in DCPS weather you like it or not.[/quote]

I'm aware but just went thru the process. So I'm speaking from first hand experience. We are coming from a private school. I'll let you guess which of the two didn't contact us at all which is akin to "denied".[/quote]

Ok but your experience of one doesn’t represent the majority.  Overwhelming majority of kids at Walls are not coming from private school.  They are coming from DCPS or charters.

And yes they might not ask what middle school in the interview but of course they are going to know what school and ward.  It’s obvious in the grades and it’s going to be very important with future classes for equity in ward representation.[/quote]

As someone who has done interviews at Walls I can say I had no clue what middle school the kids went to, what classes they took and what they’re grades were (other than their GPA was above the cutoff for obvious reasons).  I didn’t know if they had an IEP, what ward they lived in, whether their families owned or rented, etc.[/quote]

Noted but the interview was determined by who tested the highest.  The criteria for admission has changed and preferences are going to be given based on ward which is directly tied to what middle school.

So maybe you still won’t know but this preference and screening is going to be done somehow.  Maybe before the interview, maybe after the interview.  Who knows.  The whole process is very opaque and not transparent.[/quote]

How do you know it will be done by ward?  Honest question because the idea has been floated but not solidified.  Also will ward mean by address or middle school? Because OOB and charters mean a kid can go to Deal but live in any ward in the city.[/quote]

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