And yet their senior class has gotten into phenomenal colleges/universities. Yep. Must be a terrible place. Full panic. 🙄

Anonymous wrote:It's very hard to tell what's going on. The academic performance and disciplinary numbers from osse are on par with Anacostia and Ballou.

Wow, it’s really that bad.

It's very hard to tell what's going on. The academic performance and disciplinary numbers from osse are on par with Anacostia and Ballou.

Not in the Hardy feeder but I would panic. My kid is in a T1 MS and it has been great, but now in 8th grade is when the wheels are coming off in some classes with the truly “ball kids impeding learning. I would not send my kid to a school that didn’t have a lock on this stuff. I would want to know whether MacArthur has a good team of behavioral techs to remove kids from the classroom as well as how quickly they expel kids or send them back to their IB schools. In that sense, the high suspension and expulsion rate may actually be a good thing.

Anonymous wrote:Why does the general population have to suck?

Because people like you are in it.

Why does the general population have to suck?

Parent of Hardy 8th grader. Not panicked at all

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you.The kids are always skipping classes and hanging around the school doing drugs while the staff supervising them are sitting inside. It's time for a new principal and to find some good people .

Glad they are skipping class then.

Panic seems unnecessary.

No, because my kid knows to avoid those kids.

Parent of 6th grader at Hardy.

Nope. Not worried, let alone panicked.

The school is not bad. That's a very dramatic thing to say.

I agree with you.The kids are always skipping classes and hanging around the school doing drugs while the staff supervising them are sitting inside. It's time for a new principal and to find some good people .

Anonymous wrote:Are any other parents in the MacArthur feeder panicking about how bad MacArthur is? Extremely high suspension and expulsion rates. High frequency of incidents on campus needing police intervention. Shockingly low academic performance. This was sold as an alternative to Wilson.

No. I am keeping an eye on it of course but not panicking. The feeder pathway is strong — as we get more buy-in I think things will improve.

I have an elementary student though. If I had a 7th or 8th grader I might feel differently.

Are any other parents in the MacArthur feeder panicking about how bad MacArthur is? Extremely high suspension and expulsion rates. High frequency of incidents on campus needing police intervention. Shockingly low academic performance. This was sold as an alternative to Wilson.