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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I’m not familiar with DCI, but am intimately acquainted with Stuart-Hobson since I work there. Like most middle schools, it has its challenges (hallway transitions can be noisy, DCPS mandates don’t always make sense) but it’s a solid school with a large cohort of high-performing kids and increasing buy-in from families who live in boundary.

Off the top of my head, I can think of dozens of girls at Stuart-Hobson who sound similar to your daughter, and they are having good experiences at the school. Advanced course offerings in math, award-winning extracurricular activities, an incredible school library, and most importantly, solid teachers with classroom management experience.

However, Stuart-Hobson can’t compete with DCI when it comes to language offerings, so I w[/quote]

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So I would go for DCI if she wants to continue advancing in her second language. [/quote]

DCI has way more advance offerings in math.  SH math is not advance, it’s basically grade level.  [/quote]

This is not true. The math at Stuart Hobson is the lowest, most remedial math track possible for middle school. When you leave for high school your child will be de facto placed in the lowest and slowest math track. [/quote]

It would be helpful if you explained why instead of just repeating the same claim over and over again. What makes it so low? What level are they teaching and why is this bad/wrong? What should they be doing? Do other DCPS middles do it differently? [/quote]

NP.  I’m not the PP but many kids who take Algebra 1 in 8th who go on to selective schools take a test for math placement and many end up repeating Algebra 1 in 9th.

This also applies to privates where they have to go down a level in math based on testing.

Math is just weak in DCPS.  It’s not like it’s a secret or anything.[/quote]

I'm guessing the kids scoring 4+ on the Algebra I CAPE are not in that camp.

70% of S-H students got a 4+.[/quote]

Sorry but so many families in DCPS are supplementing in math.  That is the closed door secret no one is telling you.  Be prepared to do so to get that grade level 4.

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All 632 middle schoolers with a 4+ in Algebra I or Geometry are supplementing. Got it.[/quote]

No idea where you got number above because the whole school is about 483 kids and 32% kids 4+ and on grade level and up, not 70%.  That’s about 154 kids across 3 grades so 50 kids on average per grade on grade level.

https://schoolreportcard.dc.gov/lea/1/school/428/report#measure-100[/quote]

PP said "families in DCPS." 632 middle schoolers across DCPS scored 4+ in Algebra I or Geometry in SY24-25. 39 from S-H.[/quote]

Wow only 632 students in all of DCPS on grade level or higher??  That is so so embarrassing low.

How many above grade level with 5?  I’m guessing 150?  Why doesn’t the PP above tell is?[/quote]

Kids in MS algebra and geometry are already 1-2 grade levels above. There are plenty of other kids across DCPS taking grade level math and getting 4s and 5s.  [/quote]

MS Algebra 1 is grade level, not above.  Geometry is 1 grade level above.

Why doesn’t PP get back to us with the breakdown of how many kids in MS Algebra 1 that is 4 vs geometry that is 4.  How many Algebra 1 that is 5 and geometry that is 5.

I bet overwhelming majority of numbers above are just Algebra 1 that is 4 and in high 500’s or 600 is low.

There are about 51,000 kids in DCPS so let’s say there 1/3rd of those are in middle school so 17,000.  600 is just 3% of the kids on grade level in Algebra 1 in middle school.  Those numbers are nothing to be celebrating folks.  It’s the opposite when you put it into context.

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Any calculation that starts with a guess that 1/3rd of DCPS kids are in middle school is going nowhere very quickly... Not even close.[/quote]

It is an estimate.  That is not the point.  Even if it is less and 12000 who cares?

The point is that it is shocking how low the numbers are for Algebra 1 in middle school which is already a low, low bar. [/quote]

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