Reply to DCPS Middle School problem in the Washington Post

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "DCPS Middle School problem in the Washington Post"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it is not just about middle class parents not wanting to go to school with poor kids.  It is more about the miserable academic preparation so many of those kids have gotten through DCPS.  I would take a school full of poor kids if they were motivated, worked hard and had the basics down to move ahead. [/quote]

If this was a true statement, more white people would apply to Banneker. [/quote]

Possibly, my kids are too young now, but frankly I am really put off by the unimpressive SAT scores that Banneker students get year after year.  
[/quote]When your kids are old enough, just go to an open house there.  This was a few years back (so things may have changed) but I was extremely impressed by the school.  It was held on a Saturday, well-organized, students and faculty and administrators were all in attendance.  They kept apologizing for some faculty not being there because they were off at an International Baccalaureate workshop.  The students gave tours of the school.  They were polite and well-spoken.  It was completely different from my usual experience with DCPS disorganization.  (In contrast, the Walls open house was held at GW and was very disorganized with no students and just a couple of faculty in attendance.) The big mistake they made (in terms of interesting my daughter) was that they kept talking about how hard they worked as opposed to how much they were inspired.  Dd was not up for working hard at that time in her life but that's another story.  I would have been very happy if dd had gotten into Banneker and wanted to go because it is a serious school with committed faculty and students who work hard.

Seriously, with all of these schools, you need to go see the school and see what's going on for yourself.  Then decide.

[/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