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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All Spanish track students on the waitlist (45) will not get in this year, there is not space for them. There will be more waitlisted students as the feeders complete their growth.

I’m not anxious or worried. I have a child at a Spanish feeder and I would like to understand what middle school language options they will have. Can charter school students lottery in to the Spanish programs at DCPS middle schools? Do they just have to put Macfarland or CHEC on the lottery list or is there a separate process to get in the language track? [/quote]

The real answer is that MacFarland and CHEC are so weak that you don’t need to bother with a formal process. List them in the lottery then tell them you want the Spanish track. Then panic when you simultaneously hear the stories your sixth grader comes home with and realize they aren’t learning a thing. And if you think things will miraculously change in the few years you have until middle school, go talk to the people on the Hill arguing about middle schools.

MacFarland bilingual school graduate family who did not continue to MacFarland for the reasons above.[/quote]

This is one of the funniest but also saddest responses I’ve heard on this forum in a long time. It should be mandatory reading for all people considering middle school in dc. [/quote]

Honestly what's crazy to me is the the Hill still doesn't have a viable high school equivalent to JR, although it's been gentrified and home to families for decades, longer than the upper NW. I am sure there is a history there, and I am hoping someone here can link out to a nice detailed article about it (or book!)...
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Hill parent here. You hear a lot of noise on this forum and at school about how great the Hill middle schools are but I would not send my kids there (and don’t). The choices were lottery to a charter, private, or move. The people who send their kids there usually don’t really understand the US education system that well or are brainwashed by loudmouths emphasizing the importance of walking to school. Walking to school is great but having great writing skills is more important. [/quote]

Can't guarantee great writing skills anywhere, including at private. We are supplementing writing to ensure our kids actually learn it correctly. We also supplement math. We have chosen to supplement and stay in DCPS instead of stretching for private, at least in middle school, and then have no budget left over for any needed supplementation. It's a choice and I know others wouldn't make it, including if you have demanding jobs etc or if private isn't as much of a stretch. [/quote]

What do they do all day at dcps if you’re basically sending them to a private school afterwards and on weekends?[/quote]

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