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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aw, Brent is such a lovely school. Too bad you’re moving while they are in the swing space.
I’d go with Maury to avoid commute.

I would not go with Van Ness if your child is in 1st and not Pre-K.[/quote]

I’m sure Van Ness is just fine for 1st grade. [/quote]

A school where half the students are at risk and scores are low is not great for 1st. Kids learn many critical things in that grade so personally I wouldn’t want my kid to go to a school that’s ’just fine.’[/quote]

It actually is just fine. You are looking at test scores for 3-5 grades at a school where the younger grades have a very different socioeconomics makeup. You think a few numbers on a page tells you something but actually you are ignorant.[/quote]

So half the kids being at risk is a lie? That making a difference must also be a lie.

I am a coach for a DCPS school, I can see the kids iReady scores (from all schools). Just in case you are more daft than I think, iReady starts in K.

Nope, you don’t want to be there for first, if anyone is ‘ignorant’ it is you for not having all the information. Or perhaps you are an admin trying to advertise your mediocre school. [/quote]

Why would a coach have access to the iReady scores of all students at all schools? Why would a coach for a particular school spend their time looking at students' scores from other schools?

If you care about average student performance, of course a school with 46% of kids at risk isn't going to be doing as well academically as somewhere like Brent with only 8% at risk. But it is still possible, albeit harder, for a school with a higher at risk percentage to have a cohort of students performing well academically, and for the school to find ways to support those students' continued academic success.[/quote]

Yep, I sit around looking at other students scores, it’s not because I decided to look to prove my point.

I work at a title 1 school, there are higher performing students but believe me when I say it’s not just the staff -the difference is the parents and the level of outside support they can give.

And as a parent would you rather I just lie? Title 1 schools are not simply dealing with academics there is a whole heap of things teachers have to deal with -that makes it much more difficult to teach.

So fool yourself into thinking you are progressive or whatever it is you believe. If there is over 30% or so of at risk kids it is so much more difficult. Kids at schools 40% + need school and city supports, as well as higher standards that DC/DCPS refuses to give.[/quote]

Not progressive at all. Just making the choices I think are best for my family for now. I would love if the school had better CAPE scores, but for early elementary I don't think it warrants moving or committing to long/multiple school commutes. I can see my own child's iReady scores. I know the kids in my child's peer group and their families.

I'm not sure why anyone would trust the advice of someone who admits to looking up student data just to "prove a point" on the internet. Seems very unprofessional.[/quote]

And the advice of a random mother who only has the experience from a single child is more of an expert? Hm, ok.

Unprofessional? You act as if I posted scores, or even mentioned exact scores.

You may say ‘on the internet’ as if that equates to evidence not needing to be validated in some way. You tried to lie and insulate your claim that first is ‘fine.’ Or perhaps more than it being a lie, it’s just your own ignorance.

Now I won’t be replying on this matter again. Van Ness is not the worst school, there’s simply better options. [/quote]

I never suggested Van Ness for OP. I also wasn't the one who said it would be fine. For OP it's probably going to be too far outside of her comfort zone. There are enough viable options elsewhere on the Hill.

I have access to a lot of sensitive personal data at work. I use it when necessary to do my job. I cannot imagine accessing it to prove a point to "a random" on the internet.[/quote]

Anyone for whom Van Ness is too far out of their “comfort zone” for a single year of early childhood is pathetic and doesn’t deserve our advice. [/quote]

Do your kids go to Van Ness?
And why set your kids up like that if you can get something better?[/quote]

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