Anonymous
09/08/2024 06:59
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:I would really hate to be that one white kid at one of those schools. I imagine they are probably relentlessly singled out and teased.
Why is this what you imagine would happen? Is it because this is how you would treat 'onlies' at school? Is this how you treat 'onlies' at work, on teams, at religious settings, in social settings?
Anonymous
09/08/2024 01:58
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:I would really hate to be that one white kid at one of those schools. I imagine they are probably relentlessly singled out and teased.
I don’t know but ngl I also thought about that lone white kid in some of these schools. How did they end up there? Are their parents extremely progressive or extremely clueless/absent? What’s the story there?
Anonymous
09/08/2024 01:44
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.
The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.
My sense with Banneker is that white parents have less enthusiasm for the school largely because of how the principal runs the school, less because of race. Principal is very strict with discipline and many classes have a drill and kill approach. Communication from the school is minimal. Sports teams are mostly weak. Extracurriculars are mostly weak. The split between IB and AP means that you don’t have a wide selection of AP or IB classes. STEM is also weak. Banneker does somethings very well but those things are not especially valued by white parents as a whole
Do you have any experience with Banneker? Or just a “sense”?
I work with DCPS high schools. I’m a central office employee. I also have friends with kids at Banneker.
I don’t have kids at the school but it’s no secret about the things mentioned above about Banneker.
Anonymous
09/08/2024 00:02
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.
The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.
My sense with Banneker is that white parents have less enthusiasm for the school largely because of how the principal runs the school, less because of race. Principal is very strict with discipline and many classes have a drill and kill approach. Communication from the school is minimal. Sports teams are mostly weak. Extracurriculars are mostly weak. The split between IB and AP means that you don’t have a wide selection of AP or IB classes. STEM is also weak. Banneker does somethings very well but those things are not especially valued by white parents as a whole
Do you have any experience with Banneker? Or just a “sense”?
I work with DCPS high schools. I’m a central office employee. I also have friends with kids at Banneker.
I am also a DCPS employee and know several current and former teachers at Banneker. The principal is the number one reason I wouldn’t send my child to the school. It’s not just ridiculously strict rules, there are other things that I fundamentally disagree with (I would be more specific but really can’t with the things I’ve heard).
I'd love a school with strict rules. Its about time.
Anonymous
09/07/2024 23:50
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.
The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.
My sense with Banneker is that white parents have less enthusiasm for the school largely because of how the principal runs the school, less because of race. Principal is very strict with discipline and many classes have a drill and kill approach. Communication from the school is minimal. Sports teams are mostly weak. Extracurriculars are mostly weak. The split between IB and AP means that you don’t have a wide selection of AP or IB classes. STEM is also weak. Banneker does somethings very well but those things are not especially valued by white parents as a whole
Do you have any experience with Banneker? Or just a “sense”?
I work with DCPS high schools. I’m a central office employee. I also have friends with kids at Banneker.
I am also a DCPS employee and know several current and former teachers at Banneker. The principal is the number one reason I wouldn’t send my child to the school. It’s not just ridiculously strict rules, there are other things that I fundamentally disagree with (I would be more specific but really can’t with the things I’ve heard).
Anonymous
09/07/2024 22:25
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.
The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.
My sense with Banneker is that white parents have less enthusiasm for the school largely because of how the principal runs the school, less because of race. Principal is very strict with discipline and many classes have a drill and kill approach. Communication from the school is minimal. Sports teams are mostly weak. Extracurriculars are mostly weak. The split between IB and AP means that you don’t have a wide selection of AP or IB classes. STEM is also weak. Banneker does somethings very well but those things are not especially valued by white parents as a whole
Do you have any experience with Banneker? Or just a “sense”?
I work with DCPS high schools. I’m a central office employee. I also have friends with kids at Banneker.
Anonymous
09/07/2024 20:55
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:What happened to Wilson? Renamed?
Yes, it was renamed Jackson-Reed.
Anonymous
09/07/2024 20:47
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
What happened to Wilson? Renamed?
Anonymous
09/07/2024 20:09
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:What's the source for the numbers?
Primarily this document:
https://osse.dc.gov/page/2023-24-school-year-enrollment-audit-report-and-data
Anonymous
09/07/2024 20:08
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.
The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.
My sense with Banneker is that white parents have less enthusiasm for the school largely because of how the principal runs the school, less because of race. Principal is very strict with discipline and many classes have a drill and kill approach. Communication from the school is minimal. Sports teams are mostly weak. Extracurriculars are mostly weak. The split between IB and AP means that you don’t have a wide selection of AP or IB classes. STEM is also weak. Banneker does somethings very well but those things are not especially valued by white parents as a whole
I am a current Banneker parent and can tell you a lot of your “sense” doesn’t align with our actual experience
Anonymous
09/07/2024 19:57
Subject: Stats on how many white kids at each high school
What's the source for the numbers?
Anonymous
09/07/2024 19:35
Subject: Re:Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I predict a dramatic increase in those numbers for both Banneker and Eastern in the next 5 years
Oh…based on what? A “feeling”?
I'm not that person, but the number of high school students is increasing faster than any other grade bracket in the city, especially among white and hispanic students but also among black students, so it stands to reason that numbers will increase in several different schools.
Anonymous
09/07/2024 19:23
Subject: Re:Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:I predict a dramatic increase in those numbers for both Banneker and Eastern in the next 5 years
Oh…based on what? A “feeling”?
Anonymous
09/07/2024 18:34
Subject: Re:Stats on how many white kids at each high school
Anonymous wrote:I predict a dramatic increase in those numbers for both Banneker and Eastern in the next 5 years
MacArthur is going to increase dramatically. Remember MacArthur started with just 9th and 10th graders, so we should expect those numbers to at least double just based on the school adding classes.
JR is going to fall, because of Hardy losing the feed.
Anonymous
09/07/2024 18:11
Subject: Re:Stats on how many white kids at each high school
I predict a dramatic increase in those numbers for both Banneker and Eastern in the next 5 years