Anonymous wrote:Things will change. The reality is that the majority of those coming from Hardy preferred to go with a known entity, Jackson Reed, rather than take chances on a new school that will be under construction until 2027. This left many seats open for kids from schools across the District, including underperforming schools and students. It is now a Title 1 school due to this phenomenon around the demographics. Next year is the first year Hardy kids won’t have a choice of their in boundary high school. By the time the class of 2029 graduates, Macarthur will be a very different place.

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Current Hardy family here. We are excited for MacArthur, but this is true because our DC will be attending in a couple of years. We know lots of families who were nervous about the first year or two given that it was only a partial school and not yet renovated. The mood is rapidly shifting however and most people we know are planning to send our kids - however we are still not satisfied with transportation options and hope for improvements there.

Things will change. The reality is that the majority of those coming from Hardy preferred to go with a known entity, Jackson Reed, rather than take chances on a new school that will be under construction until 2027. This left many seats open for kids from schools across the District, including underperforming schools and students. It is now a Title 1 school due to this phenomenon around the demographics. Next year is the first year Hardy kids won’t have a choice of their in boundary high school. By the time the class of 2029 graduates, Macarthur will be a very different place.

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Anonymous wrote:Academics are fantastic. Teachers are engaged and committed. And the small class sizes are advantage to students. If you don’t want to attend then don’t. There’s a private school somewhere happy to take your money and your bigotry.

Right, bigotry. 10% of the students working at grade level in math, and none above, and the problem is racism on the part of anybody who politely points this out.

I don't get why DCPS bothered to create yet another weak high school option, in Upper NW no less, where demographics could easily have saved the day.

DCPS didn’t open MacArthur to help upper NW families. That was just the cover story. They opened MacArthur to open more seats in JR for OOB familles. That’s always been the plan. They just needed to pretend to care about JR overcrowding to get upper NW to advocate for the funding to purchase MacArthur.

Anonymous wrote:Badger. Oh the irony. Meant “basher”.

Badger worked for me.

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Anonymous wrote:They were freshmen and sophomores in the first year of the school's existence. I'd be more worried if a fully populated school with all four grades couldn't find anyone to score a 5 on any of the (way more than two) AP exams the school will eventually offer.

Oh come on with the excuses. The freshmen and sophomores coming in should at least be on grade level in math. That should be your floor not ceiling.

If 1 out 10 kids are not even on grade level, how do you expect any significant number to even score a 3 much less higher on AP exams with even more difficult and higher level math, which is a building block.

This is an IB school in the wealthiest area of the city. It’s obvious there is not significant buy in from IB families with even mediocre students let’s alone high performing.

Typo 9 out of 10 kids

Anonymous wrote:They were freshmen and sophomores in the first year of the school's existence. I'd be more worried if a fully populated school with all four grades couldn't find anyone to score a 5 on any of the (way more than two) AP exams the school will eventually offer.

Oh come on with the excuses. The freshmen and sophomores coming in should at least be on grade level in math. That should be your floor not ceiling.

If 1 out 10 kids are not even on grade level, how do you expect any significant number to even score a 3 much less higher on AP exams with even more difficult and higher level math, which is a building block.

This is an IB school in the wealthiest area of the city. It’s obvious there is not significant buy in from IB families with even mediocre students let’s alone high performing.

They were freshmen and sophomores in the first year of the school's existence. I'd be more worried if a fully populated school with all four grades couldn't find anyone to score a 5 on any of the (way more than two) AP exams the school will eventually offer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Academics are fantastic. Teachers are engaged and committed. And the small class sizes are advantage to students. If you don’t want to attend then don’t. There’s a private school somewhere happy to take your money and your bigotry.

Right, bigotry. 10% of the students working at grade level in math, and none above, and the problem is racism on the part of anybody who politely points this out.

I don't get why DCPS bothered to create yet another weak high school option, in Upper NW no less, where demographics could easily have saved the day.

Demographics? LOL

22% of Macarthur students are White, 3% are Asian and yet 0% scored Advanced (5s) in Math while only 11% are Proficient (4). If you attributed ALL of the 4/5s in Math to White and Asian students, less than half of that demographic is proficient or better in Math. 40% of all students are proficient or better in ELA.

Compare this to Banneker, a Title 1 school, where 92% are proficient or better in ELA and 53% scored 4/5s in Math and the White/Asian population collectively is 8%. McKinley Tech and DESA both outperformed Macarthur as well.

Do better. The facts aren't with you.

This is no diss to MacArthur. It's a new school and it will find its way.

Anonymous wrote:Academics are fantastic. Teachers are engaged and committed. And the small class sizes are advantage to students. If you don’t want to attend then don’t. There’s a private school somewhere happy to take your money and your bigotry.

Right, bigotry. 10% of the students working at grade level in math, and none above, and the problem is racism on the part of anybody who politely points this out.

I don't get why DCPS bothered to create yet another weak high school option, in Upper NW no less, where demographics could easily have saved the day.

Academics are fantastic. Teachers are engaged and committed. And the small class sizes are advantage to students. If you don’t want to attend then don’t. There’s a private school somewhere happy to take your money and your bigotry.

Badger. Oh the irony. Meant “basher”.

Anonymous wrote:Too much drugs in front of the school.. No security is a huge problem .Totally upset with the Principal job.Why open a place in the middle of nowhere without transportation for neighborhood kids.totally disaster.

Look, it’s the word salad MacArthur badger back again. This person has been writing these complaints since before the school opened.

Too much drugs in front of the school.. No security is a huge problem .Totally upset with the Principal job.Why open a place in the middle of nowhere without transportation for neighborhood kids.totally disaster.

I don’t know the answer but wow, stats are terrible.

Only 1 in 10 kids are on grade level in math with none above grade level. 1 in 3 are on grade level in ELA and only 6% above grade level.

I see that MacArthur has no number for At Risk population and no checkbox for Title 1, although people on this forum wrote that it’s a title 1 school https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/MacArthur+High+School
Does anyone know why this number is skipped as of now? Does it usually come in later in the year for some reason?