Anonymous wrote:Probably not. JKLM has been good for elementary school and I hear good things about Deal, but we will probably go private for high school. I think Wilson is better than what it used to be, but still not really high caliber in terms of education. I want my child to have the experience of working hard in school before going to college. We will probably go private.

This is not an accurate statement in my family's experience, 10th grader. Pp will likely convince him/hersef to justify private but it is really not true. To each his own.

Literally the only person I've met that I happen to know when to Wilson is Warren Buffet (who I guess is not setting a bad example for the school's potential). I suppose I don't frequently ask where work colleagues went to high school.

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Why is Wilson's classification Focused and not Reward? Their reading and math scores are good.

Could be due to the gap?

What gap?

The well documented achievement gap between white and minority Wilson students.

The proficiency math and reading levels indicate are 8% and 10% below basic and the school is 75% combined minorities. The school is in Ward 3 and the schools that feed into them from elementary and middle schools are great schools. So I'm confused why the school is classed as focused. I'm new to DC.

This touches on some of the concerns. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/25162/wilsons-principal-gets-the-axe-even-though-test-scores-are-up-heres-a-likely-explanation/

We plan to but it's a long way off for us. I've got a 6 year old and 4 year old.

The current Georgetown ANC is a Wilson grad. Warren Buffett, Derek Mcginty, Alex Wagner, John Warner, and Adrian Fenty all either attended and/or graduated from Wilson. There are many more successful and famous Wilson grads or attendees.

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Why is Wilson's classification Focused and not Reward? Their reading and math scores are good.

Could be due to the gap?

What gap?

The well documented achievement gap between white and minority Wilson students.

The proficiency math and reading levels indicate are 8% and 10% below basic and the school is 75% combined minorities. The school is in Ward 3 and the schools that feed into them from elementary and middle schools are great schools. So I'm confused why the school is classed as focused. I'm new to DC.

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Really? I have never met a Wilson grad, ever, in my professional life (all of which has been here in DC)

Really? I am a transplant (10 years) a good amount of people in my personal and DC professional career are Deal and Wilson grade. Mostly professional/advanced degree AA, but at least 5-6 are white. Could be your circles. I only know one grad of Walls (laughs at how popular it is, well I guess the Wilson folks do too) and one from Roosevelt. A lot of natives went private but probably 50/50 with Wilson. I have a very diverse group of friends.

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Really? I have never met a Wilson grad, ever, in my professional life (all of which has been here in DC)

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Why is Wilson's classification Focused and not Reward? Their reading and math scores are good.

Could be due to the gap?

What gap?

The well documented achievement gap between white and minority Wilson students.

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Why is Wilson's classification Focused and not Reward? Their reading and math scores are good.

Could be due to the gap?

What gap?

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Why is Wilson's classification Focused and not Reward? Their reading and math scores are good.

Could be due to the gap?

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Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

Why is Wilson's classification Focused and not Reward? Their reading and math scores are good.

Anonymous wrote:I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

By then you will know many people, as we do today, whose children have graduated from Wilson (after working very hard and developing excellent writing skills, BTW), and gone on to their top choice colleges and grad schools, and who have great careers. Don't listen to stereotypes; talk to real people when you get there.

I probably would not if my kids were old enough today. But they have a while until high school age and I'm hoping I'm sold on the school by then.

I have an 8th grader at Deal now. Came from JKLM and there is a nice mix of Wilson, Walls, Ellington and private in the group of friends/neighbors we talk to. Private is definitely the least one talked about.