Reply to School Design and White Families

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "School Design and White Families"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We send our son to a progressive private in DC.   Every time I think we might transfer him back to public (janney, later Deal), we balk.  Why:  the *** curriculum ** at his school is so much richer than what DCPS has to offer -- even at Janney, even at Deal.

So then we thought, why not Latin?  because on paper, it sounds like DH's alma mater, which he loved so much (Columbia College).   Close, but still not quite.   Too wide a range of students, which has the effect of watering down the work assigned in classes that sound really good on paper.   [/quote]

Your child would be fine at Latin. They have honors and regular classes, and in each the range is not that wide.[/quote]

Stop with the Latin Boosterism already!! I'm a Latin parent and love the school, but there is a BIG difference between the top and bottom of the classes. Yes, they do have Honors and AP classes but don't be mistaken, they have students with perfect SATs and over 4.0 GPA as well as students with 1.0 GPA.  Personally, I think a top student could thrive at Latin, but it is not full of college bound students.[/quote]

And in HS they are general not in the same small classes. My child graduated from Latin so I am pretty sure I know what HS was like.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics