What planet do you live on. The only HS that is more or less functions in the city and serves nearly 2000 families - and people invest in homes to be in boundary for. Did you just move here? Magnets or charters within the city beyond that, go for it. But it's one you to set up or find the resources to support it.

Have any of your armchair quarterbacks emailed the Chancellor of DCPS to share those thoughts?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Banneker isn't too far.

And it's incredibly successful, and at capacity. I'm saying this is a winning strategy; I believe it should be duplicated and also extended to middle schools.

Banneker isn't a real magnet, it is a oasis school to save the kids who care from the drop out mills. It would barely be an average school in Fairfax let alone a TJ which should be the goal.

Anonymous wrote:So....the plan is to create a majority white magnet because the other magnet is too, how shall we say this, urban?

No.

No, the suggestion was to create more magnets EOTP, which I think implies not majority white, because it's a successful strategy and can help more kids. I could care less if white kids don't apply to Banneker, that's on them and their shortsighted parents. I'm the one saying we should have more of this kind of school, and particularly middle schools, because it works, and because I think breaking up Wilson is foolishly risky (and likely to backfire) when we already have a proven strategy. My kids are black, tyvm.

Anonymous wrote:So....the plan is to create a majority white magnet because the other magnet is too, how shall we say this, urban?

No.

If it assigns slots by Ward, as suggested, then it is impossible that it could be majority white, given the demographics of DCPS.

It wouldn't solve the problem of providing an alternative neighborhood school for upper NW families, but that's not the concern of the proposal.

So....the plan is to create a majority white magnet because the other magnet is too, how shall we say this, urban?

No.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Banneker isn't too far.

And it's incredibly successful, and at capacity. I'm saying this is a winning strategy; I believe it should be duplicated and also extended to middle schools.

No it had seats available a week ago when the list was published.

Can you link to that? I just spent some time at MSDC and can't find that information.

It doesn't address my middle school point, but it is good news for some kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Banneker isn't too far.

And it's incredibly successful, and at capacity. I'm saying this is a winning strategy; I believe it should be duplicated and also extended to middle schools.

No it had seats available a week ago when the list was published.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Banneker isn't too far.

Sure, but what about middle school? PP was talking about a path to high school, to encourage EOTP parents to stay rather than move.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Banneker isn't too far.

And it's incredibly successful, and at capacity. I'm saying this is a winning strategy; I believe it should be duplicated and also extended to middle schools.

Anonymous wrote:I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Banneker isn't too far.

I think a test-in magnet in Ward 4 or 5 makes more sense. Don't break up Wilson; add another option for kids that could excel at Wilson but can't get in due to overcrowding/feeder patterns.

I actually think creating a couple of test-in magnet middle schools should be a top priority for DCPS, to provide an iota of hope for parents EOTP that want to stay in the District but can't afford private.

Translation: Let's break up the one thing that's working so that we have a bunch of things that don't work! That will force all the UMC students to move to MoCo and then we won't have such a great disparity of achievement! Problems Solved!!

You have got to be kidding me! Not only is it a dream for DCPS to have a straight up test in magnet, if they do, you think it gets to be in Ward 3 so the kids who need this most get to spend 45 minutes to an hour commuting each way! SMH

Make Wilson a test in Magnet and redraw all boundaries and break up Ward3. Spread out the High SES kids as widely as possible and re-baseline the other High Schools.

-Go all in a fund it to an TJ level
-Assign slots by Ward and feeder school
-Directly add extra slots for under enrolled feeder patterns
-insert feeder STEM programs, Cap like and middle school Magnets EOTP


Would the breaking of the Wilson allure allow other programs to be judged on their own merit? This would add the enrichment DC needs while making the rest of the High Schools open to a fresh look instead of being held to an impossible standard.

Or would this break the current progress and empower the charters to get a foothold in the High School and further under cut the pure publics?