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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would sign my kid up for tech-free or tech-lite MS. I live on the Hill with one kid in elementary and I'd instantly be extremely interested in this option.

I will say that our experience in DCPS elementary has not been terrible with regards to tech, Yes there is more than I'd like, especially when you get into the testing and assessments, which are all done on computer. However teachers have some latitude here and perhaps we've been lucky but we've had a lot of teachers who really sought to do as much hands on, screen-free learning as possible. I will say that we pushed back on screens as well -- I have always simply refused to have my kid do iReady as homework and have told teachers directly that if they send home written homework, we will make sure it gets done, but otherwise we will look for screen-free ways to enrich learning. My kid has always tested above grade level in everything so they can't argue with me on this.

I'm sure I sound smug. I don't really care. Choosing to keep screens minimal in our home and in our kid's life is one of the parenting choices I feel confident we got right. There are other things I would do differently, but not this.

In any case, if they decided to make EH or S-H a low tech MS, I'd sign my kid right up. I think the rule this year forcing kids to give up devices for the school day is a step in the right direction, I want to see more. [/quote]

So what kinds of tradeoffs would you be willing to accept for this? Because that's the real question. Not whether people like the idea in isolation. Would you go to E-H for this? Jefferson? Brookland? Wheatley Education Campus? I think the reason no school is really pushing it is that the people who like it don't like it enough to make the niche work.[/quote]

Yes, I literally mentioned E-H, I would send my kid there for this program. I would also consider the other schools you mention.

[b]The thing about a program like this is that it would be opt in, which means parents are on board. This would resolve one of the main concerns a lot of us have with a school like Brookland or Wheatley, which is worry about behavior and parental involvement.[/b]

I know a lot of parents are obsessed with getting their kids on advanced academic classes but I'm more interested in making sure my kid is in an environment conducive to learning, and also want the kids reading actual books, doing hands on science, etc. so yes, if the programming could guarantee that, I'm totally fine withy kid going to an MS that that doesn't have tippy top test scores across the board.[/quote]

This is incredibly naive! Are you a toddler mommy? You've never heard of behavior issues at a charter school, or bad behavior from an OOB student in a DCPS school? Come on.

And, FFS, parental involvement does NOT automatically mean the behavior is okay, nor does it mean that a kid's academic performance is good. [/quote]

If PP lives within the E-H boundary, then she’s already familiar with bad student behavior. My kid was at Maury and kids threw tables and chairs at each other. We left for a charter asap, but I know several Maury parents were fine with that behavior. PP is probably one of them.[/quote]

This really just makes my point. Maury is a school that people *choose* to attend. They choose it by moving IB and not lotterying elsewhere, or they choose it by lotterying in. The number of kids at Maury whose parent's haven't made a conscious choice to be there is very small. Yet, there's behavior. A school or program that people must choose does NOT mean there is no bad behavior. [/quote]

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