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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eastern high school suffers from all the same problems as all the non selective DCPS schools.  If you send a kid there they will be in classes that are often half full for no reason, kids on devices all day barely engaging academically, leaving school early, smoking weed on campus, etc.  There are good students and staff there but the experience of those who care is ruined by out of control students that DCPS refuses to address in any meaningful way.  If your kid works really hard they will be bored because teachers spend half the time trying to catch up all the kids who were late/absent and dealing with behavior. [/quote]

That’s right. And I’ll tell you something- none of the “advocates” who accuse us of racism for not wanting this for our kids would ever send their kids to a school like that. Just wait to see where Nikole Hannah Jones sends her kid for MS and HS ….[/quote]

If the original poster is even still reading this, I hope you take into consideration what prior posters have said, that the best way to learn about the school is to ask families that are actually there, or ask the teachers. I also know several families there that are having a good experience. Reading somebody's opinion like the one above on this type of forum that paints all of the DCPS high schools with the same brush is a waste of time. As somebody who grew up going to public schools in a sought after school district, I can guarantee that kids leaving school early, smoking on campus etc are things that happen across all types of high schools. Technology is an interesting topic, but again, I doubt the poster knows firsthand what the policies at Eastern are for technology. For example, I know that at Eliot Hine, kids put their phones in a locker at the beginning of the day, retrieving them at the end of the day. Not sure if that is the same at the high school, but again - you could find that out if you called or visited the school and asked. [/quote]

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