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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

But the IB cohort is a good way of solving that problem, no? Kids are selecting into it. They want to be there. It may not solve the academic preparation problem, but I don't think these are kids with behavior issues. [/quote]

On paper yes. In practice nasomuch.  The culture of the school will be a problem for everyone regardless of the classes they are in.  I teach at a similar school in DCPS and we have ap classes and cohorted groups but it’s all a mess.  Kids just get placed in classes because they need certain credits.  The same lack of attendance policy will apply to all classes.  DCPS allows kids 30 unexcused absences per course before they are given an F-A.  And you are marked present if you are in class for any portion of the class, even just a few minutes of a hour plus block.  Tardies do not result in any penalty.  Kids know this, they will abuse this policy in every class.  So you’ll have kids in classes that are barely there but still expect to pass.  And when they are in class they want their make up work.  It’s a big hindrance to making progress as a class. [/quote]

Daym. DCPS does not care AT ALL about the kids that actually want to learn. [/quote]
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PP 16:11 - but just to clarify I wouldn’t say they don’t care.  I think they do care but they simply do not have solutions since they are all in on the concept that 100% of students from DCPS should go to college, and provide essentially no other options. [/quote]

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