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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To add the following schools rank above SWS when it comes to just white student performance:

Math 
Marie Reed
Stoddert 
Payne
Janney 
Lafayette 
Tyler 
Watkins 
Key 
Maury
Inspired 
Eaton 
DC Bilingual 
LT
Ross
Shepherd 
Mann
Oyster 
Hyde 
Even Jefferson MS
Two Rivers
Powell

ELA
Ross 
Powell
Bancroft
LT
Key
Payne
Shepherd 
Eaton 
Maury
Janney
Hearst 
Stoddert 
Inspired 
Lafayette 
Jefferson middle (again, only showing cuz CH), Sojourner Truth for that matter
DCB
Two rivers Young
Watkins 
Mann
Brent 
Tyler 
Murch
Oyster 
Hyde
Two Rivers 4th
Marie Reed

Also to point out again, SWS has the highest population of white kids outside of the WOTP and some IB CH schools.

SWS has a long way to go. It’s sort of like the CH version of Creative Minds - white people continue to enroll to be amongst white people, not because it’s a better school.

Don’t get me started on their Black student performance. Their ELA scores a whopping 15% - the worst school in the City is scores 11%. They are tied for 5th from last place! Math is a tad better at 27%, tied with Bridges and below Center City Brightwood, Height….

So tell me what exactly does SWS do well?

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"Here is 1 metric, based off a flawed standardized test, that a small minority of parents actually care about."
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Oh come on. No one is saying PARCC tests are perfect, but when your white kids are underperforming schools in the city most of your parents would never consider and you're tied for 5th worst in the city for AA acheivement in the subject most linked to social mobility (ELA) at a school w/ enormous parental resources and social capital which claims that racial equity is basically its driving mission... something would seem to be very wrong. [/quote]

It stands to reason that SWS parents may be a little less hard charging at home when it comes to academics and that that posture coheres with SWS’s more gentle approach. If it’s a good fit for them, why complain?

Wouldn’t work for my kids, but is there some evidence that SWS kids fall on their face elsewhere? If not, let SWS be SWS now, let SWS be SWS tomorruh, let SWS be SWS forevah!![/quote]

SWS is a great school for kids who aren’t exactly academically oriented. If you don’t have great aspirations in that area, you can be happy at SWS, muddle through Stuart Hobson, and graduate from eastern. School isn’t for everyone and I am not trying to be shady. If you’re looking for real academics, literally any other school is a better option. [/quote]

This is completely true.  And there are MANY of these families at SWS.  Type-A parents should not go there thinking they will find their people.

However, so we don't freak out current Type-A parents too much, it is all redeemable if you intervene before MS.  The pandemic really increased the availability of pay-for options outside of school, so it is easier for current parents than it was for parents just 3-4 years ago.  We did it, and we know many other families who did, and our kids are doing great academically now.  But the longer you wait, the more painful MS will be.  In retrospect our kids tell us they would have rather gone to a more "normal" elementary school, but on the upside, they now know what sort of educational experience doesn't work for them, which presumably will be helpful when we're looking at colleges, etc.[/quote]

I’m not sure there are any public elementary schools where parents can just sit back and expect the school to do the heavy lifting— at least not anymore. SWS may be especially tame, but parents that supplement would likely do so at any other public school —- and at most privates frankly. [/quote]

Agreed. My DCPS kids goes to mathnasium at the same time every week with 2 kids from Capitol Hill Day and 1 from St. Peter's (among others). If I was those parents, unless my kid had substantial learning challenges (and I have zero idea if these kids do), I would be wondering about my life choices. For DCPS? Well mathnasium is A LOT cheaper than private school and my kid scored 99% EOY on iReady, so I'm feeling perfectly satisified with mine.[/quote]

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