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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an idea who 17:32 is and can’t believe they are still at MacFarland; our kids attended elementary school together until we left after 3rd grade. Their child is really bright and I’m surprised they are sticking it out for whatever reason. [/quote]

hint: it’s called “grandma is paying for private high school and college, so we aren’t worried about MS.”[/quote]

If that’s the reason then I think there are very compelling arguments for putting your child in an environment like MacFarland before they go to a private school bubble. You can supplement at home for a few years. [/quote]

Who wants to supplement all subjects for 3 years in addition to trying to fit in sports and extracurriculars?  There is only so much time in the day.

Lastly, how many kids are going to buy into that?  A full day of wasted school and then coming home to a few hours of more work?

I feel sorry for OP’s kid because of some abstract values he holds to send his kid there.  His kid is not only not meeting his full potential academically but is missing out on all the extras like OP said with clubs, sports, etc… [/quote]

DP. Since these schools have no homework there’s plenty of time to supplement. Also using the IB school often means a much shorter commute. We were considering MCPS with a long bus ride … instead DS will just have a 10 min walk. I wish the school was better but I’m not worried about the time spent in tutoring. Especially since 1:1 tutoring is so effective, you don’t have to spend that much time on it. [/quote]

So let me see here.  You are saying your kid is going to a school like MacFarland which means you are supplementing in all subjects - math, English, science, social studies, and maybe languages.

So unless you are supplementing that every single day, your kid is not getting an equivalent education as someone who goes to a good school and are getting the coursework they need at their level.  1-2 hours a week isn’t cutting it by a long shot.  If you think they are then you are in denial.

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DP, but... why do you care? What's it to you if this poster sends their kid to McFarland and is "in denial" about it? Is there some reason you think trying to persuade strangers on the Internet that they should make different choices than they already have is a good idea?[/quote]

Why do you care if others point out something that is a fact?

I have to say, lots of posters on here are really, really defensive about anything negative or negative data presented on the school.  Also some of these people are actually saying that parents should consider sending their kid here??  At a school where 6 6th graders are in grade level in math over hundreds?  Seriously, how is a school like this even allowed to continue operating?

I won’t even go into the issues of lack of enriching extracurricular, sports, and clubs.  I won’t go into the issue how someone found thought it was dangerous.

Standards are so damn low in DCPS.  And people who are defending this just enable it to continue and DCPS can just continue chugging along failing the majority of the kids in this city.

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Just more rhetoric without solutions.[/quote]

There should be meaningful, test-in differentiation for core academic subjects by middle school, and if that can't be provided at every middle school, it should be offered somewhere in DC to eligible students, along with busing to get there. Kids who are on grade level should be able to access an appropriate education. Kids who need remediation should have easy access to that as well, instead of putting a kid in algebra who doesn't understand multiplication.

In the absence of that, don't send your kid to a falling school. [/quote]

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