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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what you're really saying is that you can only count on McKinley Tech. Walls is a total crack shoot with bad odds. Banneker isn't much better and is weak on STEM (doesn't teach AP Chem or Bio every year or teach BC Calc at all).  McKinley Tech isn't very diverse or high-performing. Pass.[/quote]

The good news is you can take YOUR kid where you feel is best.
I'm not sure of the objective here. You sound a little upset at your inability to convince others that their choices are best for their kids.
Kids represent their families. The folks in Arlington can afford to live in Arlington. They can afford Arlington because they are college-educated with advanced degrees that allow them to earn a high salary. That high education is reflected in their households and as a result, their children fare well in school. Arlington schools can offer more advanced courses because most of the student population has the skills to succeed in those advanced classes ( read the previous sentence about well-educated households). In DC, kids come from all over with many coming from households without parents or parents with minimal education. This places the load on the schools to advance them. So schools that can take kids from the bottom to the top are the real heroes. Arlington schools and the like are maintaining the status quo. I am impressed with GROWTH.[/quote]

No thanks.  I don’t care about growth with the bottom of the barrel moving a small incremental pace up.

I care about my high performing kid being with a majority of high performing kids so that the teacher can actually teach advanced programming.

BTW look at the scores of middle and high school kids in very poor performing schools.  The numbers actually decline in proficiency, not increase.  Doesn’t support how DCPS improves outcomes.  [/quote]

Stop blabbing about your “high performing kid.” nobody cares. You don’t want a DCPS MS, fine! [/quote]

You might not since your kid is not high performing but others do.

BTW, I don’t see you refuting anything above which is the reality of the situation in DCPS MS.   So no surprises many families seek the more popular charters which does have a critical group of high performers.[/quote]

Tell me all about your high performing 11 year old. Lol. [/quote]

PP here.  You seem really ignorant.  Data is there to know where your kid stands, report cards, teachers feedback.

Yes my kid is high performing who scores 98% plus on standardized testing, etc, great report cards, teachers comments, etc…

Your kid it sounds like is not.  If you choose to put your average, grade level kid at SH so he can be at the top of the heap since the overwhelming majority are below grade level, that’s your prerogative.

I want my kid in classes that challenge  him, not be bored and coast.  I actually want him to be with kids smarter than him so he has to actually work hard and reach his full potential. [/quote]

honestly why tf are you here? Your kid is so advanced yet you cannot read a room. clearly all you want to do is brag about how your kid is too good for the local MS and how wonderful a parent you are. whoop dee doo! [/quote]

You have a reading comprehension problem because I simply answered someone who did not believe that I knew my kid was high performing.  I answered that with objective data, not any subjective BS.  I did not volunteered it out of the blue.

BTW there are lots of kids in the top 2% in this town.  Much more than your average city.  What is sad is that DCPS loses all these kids and even the top 10-15% to charters and privates because they simply don’t care to meet the needs of the higher performing kids.

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