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Anonymous wrote:People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

That's non-sense! Stuart-Hobson is an excellent school (I've got kids there and can attest to that) but for Hilleast and areas around Maury and Tyler etc. Eliot-Hine is not only more convenient but also has more to offer in the mid-term and most certainly in the long run. Stuart-Hobson is not meant to grow much beyond 400. And it's neither Maury nor Brent's job to shore up Watkins. Watkins will have to (and can) take care of that.

Don't blamer the poster. The parents of Brent and Peabody and Maury don't realize there are other schools on the Hill. Of course, when the newly modernized SH is done and is being fed by up and coming feeders of JO, LT and P/W they might notice. Do the Brent parents really think their kids can carry their Jefferson all by themselves?

They are not going to Jefferson, failing some scheme that somehow sends all of the high SES kids on the Hill to the same MS.

I'm confused by the cadre of Brent posters. On one hand there seems to be a unanimous position that they will not send their kids to Jefferson. And there's this chip on the shoulder that they were shut out of SH. And yet at the same time they take shots at SH. Which is why I can't help but conclude that there's this subconscious view that SH isn't good enough, but it would be if only Brent parents were there. Unless of course the first angry Brent poster was right and Brent now feeds into Basis and Latin . Problem for Brent is this: it is a great school, clearly the best on the Hill. But it's topped out and there's nowhere for the kids to go in MS because so many Brent parents refuse to consider Jefferson, and if they won't consider the feeder MS then how does it get better or increase the IB %? So as other schools come up (Ludlow, JO) and SH is an option with millions spent on modernization, how long can Brent be THE school? And what happens to your property values when that happens?

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Anonymous wrote:People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

That's non-sense! Stuart-Hobson is an excellent school (I've got kids there and can attest to that) but for Hilleast and areas around Maury and Tyler etc. Eliot-Hine is not only more convenient but also has more to offer in the mid-term and most certainly in the long run. Stuart-Hobson is not meant to grow much beyond 400. And it's neither Maury nor Brent's job to shore up Watkins. Watkins will have to (and can) take care of that.

Don't blamer the poster. The parents of Brent and Peabody and Maury don't realize there are other schools on the Hill. Of course, when the newly modernized SH is done and is being fed by up and coming feeders of JO, LT and P/W they might notice. Do the Brent parents really think their kids can carry their Jefferson all by themselves?

They are not going to Jefferson, failing some scheme that somehow sends all of the high SES kids on the Hill to the same MS.

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Anonymous wrote:No matter how much money is poured into Ward 6 Middle Schools, the schools won't become an option for High SES families until the school can attract enough High SES families. That is the dilemma.

Per Joe Weedon (DCBOE Rep.), Maury has 40+ families that did not enroll in the lottery and plan on enrolling their 4th grade kids to Eliot Hine, and that would be a good start towards attracting a critical mass of High SES folks.

Joe doesn't represent all of Ward 6, just a sliver of the Hill

True. He tends to hang with a crowd that blames charter schools for "ruining" public education in DC when large numbers of Ward 6 families thank their lucky stars that charters a) allow them to stay in the city b) create educational opportunity rather than trap families without the resources to move to an abysmal neighborhood school.

I do wish this gang would keep their focus on the actual real live problems in our neighborhood schools rather than chasing the bogeyman if the charter sector.

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Anonymous wrote:People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

That's non-sense! Stuart-Hobson is an excellent school (I've got kids there and can attest to that) but for Hilleast and areas around Maury and Tyler etc. Eliot-Hine is not only more convenient but also has more to offer in the mid-term and most certainly in the long run. Stuart-Hobson is not meant to grow much beyond 400. And it's neither Maury nor Brent's job to shore up Watkins. Watkins will have to (and can) take care of that.

Don't blamer the poster. The parents of Brent and Peabody and Maury don't realize there are other schools on the Hill. Of course, when the newly modernized SH is done and is being fed by up and coming feeders of JO, LT and P/W they might notice. Do the Brent parents really think their kids can carry their Jefferson all by themselves?

Aren't you really this delusional? Brent parents are all-too-well aware that SH is on the Hill and that has more than its fair share of middle schoolers from Wards 7 and 8. After all, SH is only 20 percent IB, and yet Kaya Henderson made clear to Brent families that there wouldn't be enough room for more high-SEs students who live on the Hill. Also, in case you weren't aware, no family IB for Brent has ever enrolled at Jefferson in at least the past decade. This isn't going to chase anytime soon, particularly as Bowser has now pulled the modernization funds that were to be spent in 2016. In any event, a few Brent students who don't get into a charter or another option won't be enought to offset the students who aren't capable of being educated at Amidon and Tyler. Get back to us when JO Wilson is on par with Brent and a critical mass of IB families are staying at LT past 1st Grade.

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Anonymous wrote:No matter how much money is poured into Ward 6 Middle Schools, the schools won't become an option for High SES families until the school can attract enough High SES families. That is the dilemma.

Per Joe Weedon (DCBOE Rep.), Maury has 40+ families that did not enroll in the lottery and plan on enrolling their 4th grade kids to Eliot Hine, and that would be a good start towards attracting a critical mass of High SES folks.

That's cool. But those 40 plus families who didn't want to short kids out of Maury for 5th may also have other ideas ala Stuart Hobson, Hardy, other charters, private or suburbs for 6th. They are not bound to Eliot-Hine just because of this decision.

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Anonymous wrote:No matter how much money is poured into Ward 6 Middle Schools, the schools won't become an option for High SES families until the school can attract enough High SES families. That is the dilemma.

Per Joe Weedon (DCBOE Rep.), Maury has 40+ families that did not enroll in the lottery and plan on enrolling their 4th grade kids to Eliot Hine, and that would be a good start towards attracting a critical mass of High SES folks.

Joe doesn't represent all of Ward 6, just a sliver of the Hill

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Anonymous wrote:People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

That's non-sense! Stuart-Hobson is an excellent school (I've got kids there and can attest to that) but for Hilleast and areas around Maury and Tyler etc. Eliot-Hine is not only more convenient but also has more to offer in the mid-term and most certainly in the long run. Stuart-Hobson is not meant to grow much beyond 400. And it's neither Maury nor Brent's job to shore up Watkins. Watkins will have to (and can) take care of that.

Don't blamer the poster. The parents of Brent and Peabody and Maury don't realize there are other schools on the Hill. Of course, when the newly modernized SH is done and is being fed by up and coming feeders of JO, LT and P/W they might notice. Do the Brent parents really think their kids can carry their Jefferson all by themselves?

No, and I don't think they want to. Latin, Basis, and Washington Global will be enough for the small Brent population.

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Anonymous wrote:People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

That's non-sense! Stuart-Hobson is an excellent school (I've got kids there and can attest to that) but for Hilleast and areas around Maury and Tyler etc. Eliot-Hine is not only more convenient but also has more to offer in the mid-term and most certainly in the long run. Stuart-Hobson is not meant to grow much beyond 400. And it's neither Maury nor Brent's job to shore up Watkins. Watkins will have to (and can) take care of that.

Don't blamer the poster. The parents of Brent and Peabody and Maury don't realize there are other schools on the Hill. Of course, when the newly modernized SH is done and is being fed by up and coming feeders of JO, LT and P/W they might notice. Do the Brent parents really think their kids can carry their Jefferson all by themselves?

Anonymous wrote:People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

That's non-sense! Stuart-Hobson is an excellent school (I've got kids there and can attest to that) but for Hilleast and areas around Maury and Tyler etc. Eliot-Hine is not only more convenient but also has more to offer in the mid-term and most certainly in the long run. Stuart-Hobson is not meant to grow much beyond 400. And it's neither Maury nor Brent's job to shore up Watkins. Watkins will have to (and can) take care of that.

People have to band together to go to Watkins first in the case of SH. Having a divide between Peabody and Watkins makes a lot of people stop.

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Anonymous wrote:No matter how much money is poured into Ward 6 Middle Schools, the schools won't become an option for High SES families until the school can attract enough High SES families. That is the dilemma.

Per Joe Weedon (DCBOE Rep.), Maury has 40+ families that did not enroll in the lottery and plan on enrolling their 4th grade kids to Eliot Hine, and that would be a good start towards attracting a critical mass of High SES folks.

If this is true, then this is great news. The only way to diversify Eliot-Hine, Stuart-Hobson, and Jefferson is to get these families at the elementary school level to band together and have their kids continue on to middle school together. It's usually very hard to make this happen.

Anonymous wrote:No matter how much money is poured into Ward 6 Middle Schools, the schools won't become an option for High SES families until the school can attract enough High SES families. That is the dilemma.

Per Joe Weedon (DCBOE Rep.), Maury has 40+ families that did not enroll in the lottery and plan on enrolling their 4th grade kids to Eliot Hine, and that would be a good start towards attracting a critical mass of High SES folks.

No matter how much money is poured into Ward 6 Middle Schools, the schools won't become an option for High SES families until the school can attract enough High SES families. That is the dilemma.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the tax increase that MB is proposing will raise the immediate funds needed to renovate the schools. I don't see how people who boast that they are Capitol Hill don't get it...that DCPS doesn't give a good damn about the cluster of people. How many leaders at the helm doesn't take to say to the Capitol Hill folks...go sit you butts down somewhere. Let's see Janey, Rhee and now Henderson...I assuming the stroller brigade are gluttons for punishment. Good laugh on Good Friday.

Given that there are but a hamdful of high-SES white kids at Title I EH, my conclusion is that the Mayor and DCPS doesn't give a damn about poor, black kids.

Except that the vast majority of DCPS is poor, black kids.

Recent renovation-- on just the high school level:
Ballou
Dunbar
Anacostia
Woodson

And let's not forget the brand new school for males of color.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the tax increase that MB is proposing will raise the immediate funds needed to renovate the schools. I don't see how people who boast that they are Capitol Hill don't get it...that DCPS doesn't give a good damn about the cluster of people. How many leaders at the helm doesn't take to say to the Capitol Hill folks...go sit you butts down somewhere. Let's see Janey, Rhee and now Henderson...I assuming the stroller brigade are gluttons for punishment. Good laugh on Good Friday.

Given that there are but a hamdful of high-SES white kids at Title I EH, my conclusion is that the Mayor and DCPS doesn't give a damn about poor, black kids.