Reply to Best DCPS/Charters that DCUM ignores - aka please don't mention Key, Murch, Maury, Deal, BASIS, JR, Oyster, etc.

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Best DCPS/Charters that DCUM ignores - aka please don't mention Key, Murch, Maury, Deal, BASIS, JR, Oyster, etc. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand not having confidence in the (Amidon) feeder.  But there is right now another thread with enrollment data showing the 6th grade this year at Jefferson actually has 27 students from VN, 22 from Amidon, and 16 from Tyler.[/quote]

VN, Amidon, and Tyler aren't traditionally considered "good" schools, just not bad, i.e., the kind of school where higher SES parents are comfortable sending their kids from PK3 through 1st or 2nd or so, and then peel off. The debate over Jefferson is usually over whether there is a critical mass of Brent kids willing to go there. That said, there are certainly worse options than Jefferson for middle school.[/quote]

As a current VN parent (older child is now at Jefferson after going all the way through VN) I would disagree with you. Many of the friends my kid has made are from a variety of backgrounds (culturally, socio-economically, etc). VN and JA have very involved PTOs which create supportive school environments. Both my kids are happy, as are their friends. Both are doing academically advanced work in both of the schools. JA employs a full time 9th grade math teacher due to the number of advanced math students.[/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