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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address.  My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school.  MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.[/quote]

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…[/quote]

What JR is not is that it’s not title 1 with abysmal scores, not crazy commute, limited course offerings, sports, and EC.

JR also has a good cohort of high performing kids.

It’s a no brainer which school has better peers and offerrings.[/quote]

We are a Hardy family that is so relieved at the opening of MacArthur. We would never have sent our kid to JR. Just like we would have never sent them to Deal. Those schools are so huge and the fact that they are right next to each other causes chaos in Tenleytown both before and after school. No thank you. Yes, MacArthur is still adding programming - it’s only in its 3rd year! - but it is indeed adding things and is on track to be one of the best schools in the city, comparable to Walls and Banneker without actually having admission barriers. It’s a no brainer to choose MacArthur over JR.[/quote]

LOL!  Wishful thinking.  Sorry but no way with those terrible stats.

MA offered over 200 OOB seats in the lottery and blew thru their waitlist.  It’s not like families with high performers are waiting in line to get into the school.[/quote]

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