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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My IB schools will be MacFarland and Roosevelt...I could be crazy and could ultimately be worn down by the bueacracy, but I'm actually kind of excited at the prospect of those as new schools. I really, really, really hope that DCPS builds programs there that would attract the high-SES families who are moving into Petworth and 16 Street Heights. My kids are still young enough that MacFarland and Roosevelt could be renovated and reopened as attractive programs. Unfortunately, I'm not thrilled with the plan that Roosevelt will have a world language focus, since our IB elementary school doesn't offer much of anything beyond having a teaching assistant who is Spanish speaking and the limited "world language" requirement set in place by DCPS last year. Wish/hope there will be a shift to STEM or simply a strong commitment to creating lots of advanced classes. [/quote]

It's just an international focus, not international language.  It's still meant to be a comprehensive, neighborhood high school with opt-in specialized programming, including language instruction.

I'm excited about it, too.   But it needs a strong middle school to feed it.

You should join the Ward 4 Education Alliance where parents are working to put together a proposal for programmatic offering at the new MacFarland.  I know many, if not most of the parents still have kids in the very early grades, with hopes that it will be up and running within the next five years.[/quote]

Thanks, PP! I will definitely get involved. What does "international focus" mean?[/quote]

It means they put the word "International" in front of everything to make it sound like a much better program, when in fact it's the same old, same old. [/quote]

Again, plans for MacFarland and Roosevelt are in very early stages. These schools can potentially be anything the community wants them to be. If the community wants them to be nothing more than subjects of complaints, they can easily be that. But, we have the opportunity to help create exciting programs. In my opinion, the "international" focus was a case of making lemonade from lemons. Roosevelt already has a student body made up of many nationalities. So, why not capitalize on that? What "international" ends up meaning down the road is really what we want it to mean.
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