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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

smart and loves learning, yet will be completely intellectually hobbled by being in the top quarter of his science class. does not compute.

You’re kidding yourself if you think the same amount of science will be taught.

I keep trying to tell you - you have a niche (and unrealistic) frame of reference. If you demand your kid be surrounded by PARCC 5s only you are looking for something unavailable in DC. Please don’t mistake your preferences for an informed judgment about the quality of SH (or the degree to which families there value education or how well the kids will do in HS and college.)

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

smart and loves learning, yet will be completely intellectually hobbled by being in the top quarter of his science class. does not compute.

You’re kidding yourself if you think the same amount of science will be taught.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

And to be clear, I really like a lot of things about SH and I am very happy for the people who make it work. But it’s important to us that our child have a rigorous education starting in middle school. If SH had advanced science and social studies, we would go there in a heartbeat.

what MS has advanced science and social studies? I have no issue with people’s choices but I think people who demand that kids be surrounded only by other “advanced learners” in every single class realize that they’re demanding an environment that’s really catering to a specific desire, likely not realistic for most schools. have some self-awareness and realize you’re in a very niche group and that says more about you than the actual merits of SH for most of us. My kid has some specific needs and I don’t bash schools in general based on the fact that they won’t be a good fit for him. You can’t on the one hand moan about SH not being a neighborhood school and then have an extemely narrow definition of what that means.

Many suburban counties begin tracking in middle school. Some in elementary school, although I think that’s ridiculous.

Expecting a class full of on-grade level kids is hardly being in a “niche” group on the hill.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

smart and loves learning, yet will be completely intellectually hobbled by being in the top quarter of his science class. does not compute.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

And to be clear, I really like a lot of things about SH and I am very happy for the people who make it work. But it’s important to us that our child have a rigorous education starting in middle school. If SH had advanced science and social studies, we would go there in a heartbeat.

what MS has advanced science and social studies? I have no issue with people’s choices but I think people who demand that kids be surrounded only by other “advanced learners” in every single class realize that they’re demanding an environment that’s really catering to a specific desire, likely not realistic for most schools. have some self-awareness and realize you’re in a very niche group and that says more about you than the actual merits of SH for most of us. My kid has some specific needs and I don’t bash schools in general based on the fact that they won’t be a good fit for him. You can’t on the one hand moan about SH not being a neighborhood school and then have an extemely narrow definition of what that means.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

And to be clear, I really like a lot of things about SH and I am very happy for the people who make it work. But it’s important to us that our child have a rigorous education starting in middle school. If SH had advanced science and social studies, we would go there in a heartbeat.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

And to be clear, I really like a lot of things about SH and I am very happy for the people who make it work. But it’s important to us that our child have a rigorous education starting in middle school. If SH had advanced science and social studies, we would go there in a heartbeat.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

Nope. But my kid is smart and loves learning and I want him to be challenged.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

is your kid that delicate? I’m pretty surprised at that viewpoint among parents who likely otherwise are not extreme helicopters.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

If more parents from the neighborhood sent their kids there, it would become a “neighborhood” school.

And ask yourself this: If the school were 80% white and 80% OOB, do you honestly think people on DCUM would be complaining about it?

Yes, and if more of us neighborhood families sent our kids to SH, many of us would wind up pushed out of the city because we'd be without a remotely acceptable high school.

What are we supposed to do after Hobson if our kids don't get into Walls and we can't afford a private? You tell us. Go to Banneker if we're not black? Head to McKinley tech if our kids aren't interested in tech? Head to Ellington if our kids don't like to perform? What? Just not worth the risk to be without a high school.

What is exactly is the problem with sending your child to Banneker? Banneker is one of the highest-performing high schools in DC. Are you telling me that you're unwilling to send your child to Banneker because it's too black for you yet your opposition to Stuart Hobson is totally unrelated to how black it is

DP. I’m not ashamed to say I don’t think my DS could handle Banneker! That’s why we are considering SH and not Basis. But yeah all the parents claiming their kids need to be with a “high performing cohort” really scramble when one mentions Banneker. Just wait and they will emerge from under their rocks to post all about how Banneker is not “really” high performing.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

I would love to send my kid to SH. But as long as the city is going to stick kids several grade levels behind in the same classroom with advanced learners, I’m not going to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.

that makes no sense. how does lotterying in to a charter on the other side of town show that what parents want is an IB school? parents that value neighborhood schools will send their kids to SH.

Anonymous wrote:Do you never tire of your race baiting? Parents who want neighborhood schools in a city that kept neighborhood schools aren’t the enemy. If SH was at least 2/3 IB and 2/3 Black I highly doubt that anybody on this thread would be complaining.