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I’m a DCPS HS teacher and no way would I send my kid to McKinley over Walls. Walls has a much higher performing student cohort [/quote]

Which is great if you are part of that higher-performing student cohort. But what if you're not? If you come to Walls, take Algebra 1 as freshman, and don't score proficient, that puts you in like the bottom 10%. Does the school know what to do with you? Are you getting the opportunities that Walls is helpful for? At McKinley, that's three-quarters of the freshman class. No one is going to write you off, they will work with you, and you will have a peer group and classes being taught at an appropriate level. [/quote]

A student taking Algebra 1 as a freshman should know he's at least year (really, 2) behind the curve already at Walls or JR. It would be advisable to take the course in summer school before freshman year to prepare, and depending on summer school results take be well prepared for Algebra 1 as a freshman or push on to Geometry.

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McKinley does have honors sections for the higher performing kids entering.  My understanding is 1-2 of the 8-10 9th grade science, English etc classes are honors level based on summer placement tests.[/quote]

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