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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I'm a PP and my kid is there. Absolutely true that the child can be a noticeable minority (by some lights at least) and this is not a choice all parents make. It was like this in elementary school for us too, so we have some experience here.

Child's experience is very good grades, being helpful to other students regularly. There are, as others are eager to inform, plenty of students who are not succeeding, (though I haven't seen many schools where family background isn't the driving factor in academic achievement). There are probably student body interactions I wouldn't like to see at release time and during school. But they seem to have never affected this child.

Our child has friends. Loves talking about child's teachers and things happening in sports, class, at lunch, field trips, etc., though plenty of time acts like a typical teenager. Isn't looking for change.

Certainly, I have counterfactuals in my mind. It would've been easy for our family to put our kids in private schools and I feel a twinge when I see suburban families talk about their kids in FIRST Robotics, enrichment, and sports teams that are not present at MacFarland or many other DCPS schools. Relatives have shown us the same test scores you talk about and we know there are alternatives.

But it is enough. The child is successful, happy, and not bored. For us, for now, it is enough. I understand the value many of you place on cohorts of succeeding students, strong discipline, developing work ethics, and acceleration opportunities. We have personal values that are countervailing that experience has shown us few share, but I don't want to bring anyone down by bringing them up.

I just say, if it's not off the table for you, come see. Talk to the Principal and staff. Not everyone is going to like what they learn, but I hope more do in the future.[/quote]

And your HS plan is Walls or private, right?[/quote]

I would really be concerned that PP’s kid will not be prepared at all for a test in school or private school.  The playing field is much much higher than going to a failing middle school and your kid is at the top with no effort because all the other kids are so below grade level.

PP’s kid is going to struggle and will have to either sink or swim.

Why someone would put their kid in a failing school when they have other options is beyond me.[/quote]

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