You raise a very good point. The bilingual DCPS schools offered are not in this area, where most native speakers live. Remember, the point of bilingual ed is not only to teach a language to English speakers, but to serve ELL kids better. Those parents are the least likely to advocate for themselves to DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

I think a lot of them go to DCB.

What really wows me about Whittier is that it's half-at risk and those kids are doing as well as the non-at-risk.

That is impressive. But who is the 'them' you think are at DCB? The percentages above are the students who were enrolled in 2018-19.

Alas for Wells, Whittier is the smallest of hte feeders, with 371 total students. The others are a good bit larger (LSB 416; Brightwood 812; Takoma 518).

"Them" is students IB for Coolidge. You can see on the Student Commute Map.

I think we're talking past each other. Right now there are 2117 PK-8 students enrolled in the Coolidge feeder pattern. 1152 are Latino, or just over 54%. My point is that this part of Ward 4 is ripe for a dual language school, and they would almost certainly not have to draw OOB native Spanish speakers to achieve the ideal 50/50 split.

DCB's enrollment is 451 -- on top of the above.

A lot of the parents who might have advocated and fundraised for Spanish probably go to DCB or nearby Spanish schools, is what I mean. It deflates the momentum.

It sounds like a fine idea to me, but DCPS historically does not impose language programs without parent support, so that may be part of it. And Spanish teachers are in demand and they may have a hard time feeling like they can staff it. I dunno.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

I think a lot of them go to DCB.

What really wows me about Whittier is that it's half-at risk and those kids are doing as well as the non-at-risk.

That is impressive. But who is the 'them' you think are at DCB? The percentages above are the students who were enrolled in 2018-19.

Alas for Wells, Whittier is the smallest of hte feeders, with 371 total students. The others are a good bit larger (LSB 416; Brightwood 812; Takoma 518).

"Them" is students IB for Coolidge. You can see on the Student Commute Map.

I think we're talking past each other. Right now there are 2117 PK-8 students enrolled in the Coolidge feeder pattern. 1152 are Latino, or just over 54%. My point is that this part of Ward 4 is ripe for a dual language school, and they would almost certainly not have to draw OOB native Spanish speakers to achieve the ideal 50/50 split.

DCB's enrollment is 451 -- on top of the above.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

I think a lot of them go to DCB.

What really wows me about Whittier is that it's half-at risk and those kids are doing as well as the non-at-risk.

That is impressive. But who is the 'them' you think are at DCB? The percentages above are the students who were enrolled in 2018-19.

Alas for Wells, Whittier is the smallest of hte feeders, with 371 total students. The others are a good bit larger (LSB 416; Brightwood 812; Takoma 518).

"Them" is students IB for Coolidge. You can see on the Student Commute Map.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

I think a lot of them go to DCB.

What really wows me about Whittier is that it's half-at risk and those kids are doing as well as the non-at-risk.

That is impressive. But who is the 'them' you think are at DCB? The percentages above are the students who were enrolled in 2018-19.

Alas for Wells, Whittier is the smallest of hte feeders, with 371 total students. The others are a good bit larger (LSB 416; Brightwood 812; Takoma 518).

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Anonymous wrote:We're fairly local but zoned for a different middle school. Curious if any folks here can share how the first few weeks at the new school have been going -- starting up a new school seems so daunting! Happy to see the strong enrollment response.

thanks!

Ida-know...ha ha.

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Anonymous wrote:We're fairly local but zoned for a different middle school. Curious if any folks here can share how the first few weeks at the new school have been going -- starting up a new school seems so daunting! Happy to see the strong enrollment response.

thanks!

Ida-know...ha ha.

It's Friday and I couldn't help myself!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

MacFarland is close by with its dual language feeders.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

I think a lot of them go to DCB.

What really wows me about Whittier is that it's half-at risk and those kids are doing as well as the non-at-risk.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Whittier does seem to be trending higher. But while we're on the subject of Wells and its feeders, for the life of me I do not understand why that feeder pattern doesn't offer any dual language schools.

Percentage of Latino students: Takoma (31%), Brightwood (75%), LaSalle-Backus (47%), Whittier (25%).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

Take a look at Whittier's 3rd and 4th grade test sçores this year. They are outstanding. Also notable is the high performance of the at-risk students.

Anonymous wrote:I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

Whittier/Wells/Coolidge doesn’t seem to get a lot of action on this board.

They have only 6th graders the first year. I think well of the principal, and the feeder schools are improving. I don't see any reason not to be optimistic.

I would be happily amazed if anyone on DCUM has enrolled their child in Wells.

We're fairly local but zoned for a different middle school. Curious if any folks here can share how the first few weeks at the new school have been going -- starting up a new school seems so daunting! Happy to see the strong enrollment response.

thanks!