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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I ask what are the alternatives in DCPS? What are the SAT scores at Walls? [/quote]

I doubt most of the posters have kids anywhere near high school age. If they did, basic research would be done vs gossipy BS posts. We are in the midst of high school visits and research so we are researching as much as we can. The HBCU comments are simply hilarious. Spend a few minutes at HU, Morgan, or Bowie St. and you'd a least have point of reference.

Walls and Banneker serve very different populations. The Walls administration doesn't have to deal with the issues that a Title I school like Banneker deals with. Thus, the actual starting points are different for kids. These are facts not excuses. I'd expect better scores from Banneker but I do understand some of the challenges-1st generation college bound, kids not showing up ready to learn b/c of home life, poverty, hunger, etc. SAT/ACT scores are so important schools are considering weighing them less or phasing them out

Walls scores look better but not by much - 1274 vs 1111.  This could certainly vary class to class. Considering the resources a lot of the kids have at Walls, I'd expect better. This seems like a DCPS issue.

From our research trove....Public info..Imagine that.. :)

Walls - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ee0f425c4f3ed4b48c52995/t/5f6e77b64ca040062e6e4d34/1601075126675/SWW+School+Profile+2020-2021.pdf

Banneker (as posted previously) - https://www.benjaminbanneker.org/ourpages/auto/2015/3/22/49894145/Banneker%20School%20Profile%2021-22_.pdf?rnd=1635171254717

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I posted above saying freshman do not all start in Algebra 1. I said this because I have a freshman at Banneker who is taking a higher level of math.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing real and accurate info.....[/quote]

Sorry, but a 163 point average SAT difference, especially right in the heart of the bell curve, is not even remotely similar… That’s the 61st v 86th percent or an entire quartile higher.[/quote]

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