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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the JR feeders are now just Deal and its elementary school feeders.  few oob spots.  it will probably in a pretty short time become much more unusual to go to JR but not live in the boundary.[/quote]

I don't think it will become more unusual. Hill parents of strong MS students tend to be unhappy with how admissions to Walls has essentially become a lottery for B+/A students. Pre-pandemic, if your 8th grader could stand out in applying with high DC-PARRC or PSAT 8/9 and the Walls admission tests (English and math) scores, on top of a high GPA, they'd get in. No longer.

The new reality is that admissions to Walls is a real crap shoot, even for those doing decidedly advanced middle school work (mainly at BASIS and in privates). From what I'm hearing, the result is that boundary cheating EotP to access J-R is becoming more a little more prevalent. Arguably, DCPS and the Mayor (mainly the latter) have brought the problem on themselves: the Walls admission systems was more of an academic meritocracy just four years ago, before Bowser single-handedly nixed the two admissions tests.[/quote]

I am conflicted on this.  While I am in favor of acceptance on the merits, I would be pissed as a taxpayer to fund a school where due to my lack of decent elementary and middle schools, that my kid would be effectively shut out of admission.

It’s hard to know the answer…increase property tax rates in Wards that can best take advantage of a school like this…curve admissions test scoring to reflect the neighborhood of the kid applying (SAT tried to do this and made an announcement but ended up abandoning the approach…can’t remember why)?  Maybe agree that 75% of the slots go to highest test score and then 25% go to under represented Wards and offered to top 3% (with any kids that don’t take the offer filled with highest test score kids)?[/quote]

No, the answer is not using screwy plans for HS admissions that undermine the whole point of having very highly prepared, highly motivated kids in a high school that serves them well.

The answer is to solve the rigor problem earlier.   Use tracking or magnet schools in ES, or latest MS, especially in schools where most kids are below grade level.

Fix the under-teaching gap early rather than guessing what kids 'should have been' competitive for Walls, which serves no one well.[/quote]

So, your answer is the equivalent of "solve the Middle East conflict"...something that will take decades to do and has a 1% chance of succeeding.

In the meantime, your taxes will fund Ward 3 families with tons of resources so they can take 90% of the slots at Walls.

If that's your attitude then DCPS will never have Walls return to an entrance test...so not sure the point.  You do realize the ship has sailed on the entrance exam, right?[/quote]

What is the point of putting under-prepared kids in Walls?!  I mean, equity, but not success.  It's just a drain on everyone.

To serve kids well, don't let them get underserved early on!  Make sure that the kids with potential to learn get to learn.

There is no catching up at high school level.  There are no short-cuts.  It's like Ballou making sure everyone gets a college-acceptance.  It's window-dressing without the substance.

The point where things go off the rails early on for potentially capable students in schools filled with struggling students -- that's the point at which the problem needs to be solved.

That's what the students deserve, and is the only strategy that is effective.[/quote]

“Equity” is so 2020.  It’s now competitive merit, baby![/quote]

Don't be obtuse. The point is "equity" means providing education throughout. It's not just throwing up your hands at 'bad' schools and pretending like you can solve the missing years through zip code preferences.[/quote]

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