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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I truly do not understand the people trashing MacArthur here.

Are you neighborhood people trying to keep kids away? I promise you, your best shot at making this a school that is palatable to you is to make it so attractive to Hardy families that it becomes stacked in bound only families like JR.

Are you JR/Deal families that want to maintain the image of supremacy (while also complaining about overcrowding)?

The best case scenario for the whole city but especially any family that has an existing path into either JR or Mac is to lift up Mac so that it is comparable to JR. They will not be exactly the same. Macarthur Blvd won't turn into Tenley at any rapid pace, JR will have established sports programs (which is not all upsides when your kid doesn't make the team) while Mac builds theirs out, etc etc but they will be comparable in terms of what I do believe is a legitimate concern of people on this forum--that an upper middle class kid can be in a cohort of kids getting a decent education that prepares them for college and life.

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No one is trashing the school.  But if you are going to make subjective or false statements, be ready to be countered with data.  It’s all there.[/quote]

That exactly the point - the data is NOT ALL THERE. Your data is based on the first two years of the school. The two years that did not have a dedicated Hardy feed and also that did not have a full enrollment, but only a few grades, and also did not have the campus fully constructed… Of COURSE IB parents with other options did not choose it in large numbers… only a couple dozen or so for those first first couple of years.  But guess what? That is over now. The school is now pulling over 50% of Hardy graduates in just the first year of the dedicated feed and is on track to pull just as many this year and in the future.

So please, stop your masquerade about “not trashing” - it’s limp and lame. You clearly have an agenda against the success of this school. It’s weird, but it’s plain to see. [/quote]

On the other hand, to counter, you also can’t make assumptions without data.  Period.

You use what you have to compare and right now, it is from OSEE.  If someone wants to provide accurate data now about MÁ stats, feel free.  [b]Highly doubt it has changed significantly.[/b][/quote]

Doubt it based on what?  You just said there is limited data.

And despite your &quot;Period.&quot;, you absolutely can make assumptions without data.  You make inferences about the future from what information you have.

It makes a lot more sense to forecast Macarthur based on current Hardy than past Macarthur.  It's stupid to claim that the only relevant data is data we all know to be only semi-relevant.[/quote]

It is obvious that you don’t have a STEM background because if you did, you would understand statistics and you would know that there is no way things are going to change with any significance in 1-2 years from the data from OSSE where only 5% kids above grade level in ELA and &lt;1% in math.

As to inferences about the future, you don’t have the factual data on how many high performing kids actually went to MA this year.  It could be 0 especially since so many did not track to MA.  So you can’t make accurate assumptions at all.

Try taking a course in statistics before you call anyone stupid.

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Ha!  I'll duel you in math anytime.

But I'm more intrigued on why you are so incensed by the idea that Macarthur is likely to end up with a decent cohort of smart kids.  [/quote]

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