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Anonymous wrote:We heard about walls for 10th today.

Thanks for posting. Can I ask who the email came from and what your kid’s GPA is? I think my kid should get an interview but have heard nothing. Am paranoid I’ll miss the email….

Email was from Noretia Hardge.

One more mom of a 9th grader who is opting out for an interview for 10th grade at Walls...I'm guessing it is going to be much easier to get into Walls for 10th this year than in prior years...it seems as though several current 9th graders are looking to leave and maybe a lot of people aren't going to interview?

This makes sense given the entrance exam was removed last year. There are probably more kids in 9th who can’t handle the workload or level as compared to previous years.

The kids I know who are leaving are high achievers--it's not the work load that is making them leave; they and their parents just don't like the school/administration.

Where are they going?

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Anonymous wrote:We heard about walls for 10th today.

Thanks for posting. Can I ask who the email came from and what your kid’s GPA is? I think my kid should get an interview but have heard nothing. Am paranoid I’ll miss the email….

Email was from Noretia Hardge.

One more mom of a 9th grader who is opting out for an interview for 10th grade at Walls...I'm guessing it is going to be much easier to get into Walls for 10th this year than in prior years...it seems as though several current 9th graders are looking to leave and maybe a lot of people aren't going to interview?

This makes sense given the entrance exam was removed last year. There are probably more kids in 9th who can’t handle the workload or level as compared to previous years.

The kids I know who are leaving are high achievers--it's not the work load that is making them leave; they and their parents just don't like the school/administration.

So I am guessing they must have the option of going in boundary to Wilson?

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Anonymous wrote:My DD got the invitation for 10th and is also not interviewing. She said her two friends at Walls hate it. We had put her into the lottery to keep her options open…

Why are her friends unhappy at Walls?

One of them hates all of her teachers and says they just give busy work. The other also is pretty low on the teachers and says that there is no school spirit.

My daughter is a 9th grader who seems to only like the school because she is among other motivated kids and has made some good friends; she also reports a ton of work but not a ton of great teaching. She will stay, we just asked her last night if she wants to transfer to Wilson next year and she said no, she wants to graduate from Walls. My son, headed to 9th grade probably didn't make the cutoff and is nowhere close to his sister with intrinsic motivation. Even if he got an interview (unlikely) and was accepted, I just can't see him liking or thriving at Walls.

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Anonymous wrote:We heard about walls for 10th today.

Thanks for posting. Can I ask who the email came from and what your kid’s GPA is? I think my kid should get an interview but have heard nothing. Am paranoid I’ll miss the email….

Email was from Noretia Hardge.

One more mom of a 9th grader who is opting out for an interview for 10th grade at Walls...I'm guessing it is going to be much easier to get into Walls for 10th this year than in prior years...it seems as though several current 9th graders are looking to leave and maybe a lot of people aren't going to interview?

This makes sense given the entrance exam was removed last year. There are probably more kids in 9th who can’t handle the workload or level as compared to previous years.

The kids I know who are leaving are high achievers--it's not the work load that is making them leave; they and their parents just don't like the school/administration.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD got the invitation for 10th and is also not interviewing. She said her two friends at Walls hate it. We had put her into the lottery to keep her options open…

Why are her friends unhappy at Walls?

One of them hates all of her teachers and says they just give busy work. The other also is pretty low on the teachers and says that there is no school spirit.

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Anonymous wrote:We heard about walls for 10th today.

Thanks for posting. Can I ask who the email came from and what your kid’s GPA is? I think my kid should get an interview but have heard nothing. Am paranoid I’ll miss the email….

Email was from Noretia Hardge.

One more mom of a 9th grader who is opting out for an interview for 10th grade at Walls...I'm guessing it is going to be much easier to get into Walls for 10th this year than in prior years...it seems as though several current 9th graders are looking to leave and maybe a lot of people aren't going to interview?

This makes sense given the entrance exam was removed last year. There are probably more kids in 9th who can’t handle the workload or level as compared to previous years.

Anonymous wrote:My DD got the invitation for 10th and is also not interviewing. She said her two friends at Walls hate it. We had put her into the lottery to keep her options open…

Why are her friends unhappy at Walls?

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Anonymous wrote:We heard about walls for 10th today.

Thanks for posting. Can I ask who the email came from and what your kid’s GPA is? I think my kid should get an interview but have heard nothing. Am paranoid I’ll miss the email….

Email was from Noretia Hardge.

One more mom of a 9th grader who is opting out for an interview for 10th grade at Walls...I'm guessing it is going to be much easier to get into Walls for 10th this year than in prior years...it seems as though several current 9th graders are looking to leave and maybe a lot of people aren't going to interview?

So is your DC staying at their present school? Is this a DCPS HS? Just wondering what are the options.

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Anonymous wrote:We heard about walls for 10th today.

Thanks for posting. Can I ask who the email came from and what your kid’s GPA is? I think my kid should get an interview but have heard nothing. Am paranoid I’ll miss the email….

Email was from Noretia Hardge.

One more mom of a 9th grader who is opting out for an interview for 10th grade at Walls...I'm guessing it is going to be much easier to get into Walls for 10th this year than in prior years...it seems as though several current 9th graders are looking to leave and maybe a lot of people aren't going to interview?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say an entire academic year online was pretty challenging.

It was not challenging grade wise. Everything could be corrected, turned in by the last day, no one actually can fail, cheating was RAMPANT. Challenging emotionally? Yes. Challenging in terms of actual learning? Yes. Challenging in terms of grades? Absolutely not.

Something that is challenging emotionally can become something that is challenging in terms of grades. How can you not see that? My child was miserable and doing what they felt they needed to do to make that misery visible to the school. Was that self-defeating? Absolutely. DC was a straight A student in 6th (and 8th) but had four Cs in 7th grade and ended the year with a solid B average. But DC is moving forward with a visceral knowledge that actions have consequences, a chip on their shoulder, and something to prove. That’s worth as much as an A in 7th grade social studies. You seem to think I should have turned in DC’s homework for them just because it would have been easy (thus violating DC’s autonomy, shielding them from the consequences of their actions, and cheating, all at once). I can’t even imagine being that person.

My DD got the invitation for 10th and is also not interviewing. She said her two friends at Walls hate it. We had put her into the lottery to keep her options open…

Anonymous wrote:I’d say an entire academic year online was pretty challenging.

It was not challenging grade wise. Everything could be corrected, turned in by the last day, no one actually can fail, cheating was RAMPANT. Challenging emotionally? Yes. Challenging in terms of actual learning? Yes. Challenging in terms of grades? Absolutely not.

I’d say an entire academic year online was pretty challenging.

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Anonymous wrote:Check spam. We got it too…my DS has decided not to interview.

I'm the poster above. My child also says she/he is not interested in interviewing. Grades were 4.0 at DCPS middle school. 9th grade first quarter were 2 A+, 2 A, 1 B+ Not sure how a GPA is calculated out of that.

They calculate the final grades of the previous school year, not 1st quarter grades.

Ah, this makes sense. I bet they have a lot of candidates with the same GPA. DCPS was not exactly challenging last year. 🤪

it was more challenging than the year before when all work post covid was extra credit and almost everyone got straight As.

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Anonymous wrote:Check spam. We got it too…my DS has decided not to interview.

I'm the poster above. My child also says she/he is not interested in interviewing. Grades were 4.0 at DCPS middle school. 9th grade first quarter were 2 A+, 2 A, 1 B+ Not sure how a GPA is calculated out of that.

They calculate the final grades of the previous school year, not 1st quarter grades.

Ah, this makes sense. I bet they have a lot of candidates with the same GPA. DCPS was not exactly challenging last year. 🤪