Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the 11:00 post makes it clear that those obsessed with the school's demographics aren't even attending.

I think it was a legitimate quesiton given the pages and pages of people pontificating and predicting what the demographics would be like. Also, this is one of the few schools with gauranteed entry for IB preschool kids. The catchment area is two extremes-wealthy/educated/gentrifiers in Cap Riverfront and very very low income from Public housing on the other side of S.Capitol. Most education experts agree that for a school to be "successful" it needs to not exceed 35% FARMS kids. So this is an interesting question to answer as it points to how the school might grow. The demand is there now in preschool but honestly the school needs to retain those higher SES families as the years go on.

The facts actually suggest that the IB demand is not there for PK given (1) the number of Brent families who were able to secure spots and (2) the one K class isn't filled with IB kids. A legitimate question might be something along the lines of how many high-SES IB families decided to pass on a guaranteed PK spot and opt for a charter or another DCPS. I also take issue with the characterization of UMC Capitol Quarter residents as gentrifiers. The old neighborhood was torn down and the residents dispersed. There was nothing left to gentrify.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the 11:00 post makes it clear that those obsessed with the school's demographics aren't even attending.

I think it was a legitimate quesiton given the pages and pages of people pontificating and predicting what the demographics would be like. Also, this is one of the few schools with gauranteed entry for IB preschool kids. The catchment area is two extremes-wealthy/educated/gentrifiers in Cap Riverfront and very very low income from Public housing on the other side of S.Capitol. Most education experts agree that for a school to be "successful" it needs to not exceed 35% FARMS kids. So this is an interesting question to answer as it points to how the school might grow. The demand is there now in preschool but honestly the school needs to retain those higher SES families as the years go on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the 11:00 post makes it clear that those obsessed with the school's demographics aren't even attending.

I think it was a legitimate quesiton given the pages and pages of people pontificating and predicting what the demographics would be like. Also, this is one of the few schools with gauranteed entry for IB preschool kids. The catchment area is two extremes-wealthy/educated/gentrifiers in Cap Riverfront and very very low income from Public housing on the other side of S.Capitol. Most education experts agree that for a school to be "successful" it needs to not exceed 35% FARMS kids. So this is an interesting question to answer as it points to how the school might grow. The demand is there now in preschool but honestly the school needs to retain those higher SES families as the years go on.

Anonymous wrote:Anybody willing to give us an overview of demographics without snark?

Did this year's student body turn out mostly white or AA (either way, defying various emphatic predictions on earlier Van Ness threads)?

Do PreK3 demographics clearly lean more "gentrified" than K?

Did they reach the 40% Title 1 threshold? How many kids seem to have crossed South Capitol?

Roughly what percentage of PreK3 seems to be Brent refugees - half?


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I'd suggest to visit the school as if you belong and scope it out for yourself. You could even sit in your car with some binoculars.