Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 12:28     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
What is the farms rate at 2 rivers?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 11:50     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Sad but true.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 09:00     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No way, Brent and Maury students are mostly upper middle class, not the case at Two Rivers. Brent is not even 5% FARMs (student on Free and Reduced Meals) this school year. By contrast, Two Rivers students at both campuses are mostly poor and lower middle class, though there's a sizable UMC cohort. Two Rivers has some great teachers and a fun curriculum, but hardly anybody sends their children if they're IB for Brent or Maury.


Wow, you are a snob. Your only consideration is income, nothing about what the schools offer?


Sorry, the best thing a public school can offer my kid in the upper grades is a cohort of other high-performing students, including many students like her who work one or two years above grade level.

Can't find that in a school with a lot of poor kids in DC (city without test-in GT programs).
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 08:58     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No way, Brent and Maury students are mostly upper middle class, not the case at Two Rivers. Brent is not even 5% FARMs (student on Free and Reduced Meals) this school year. By contrast, Two Rivers students at both campuses are mostly poor and lower middle class, though there's a sizable UMC cohort. Two Rivers has some great teachers and a fun curriculum, but hardly anybody sends their children if they're IB for Brent or Maury.


TR is a great school. Don't listen to that troll. My kid is at Maury/Brent but I lotteried repeatedly for TR (although we are happy now in our IB). My kid is not allergic to "farms" kids.


Great, you're open minded, no allergic to poor kids. Doesn't change the fact that there are few in-boundary Maury or Brent kids at either Two Rivers campus. Come on, a poster isn't a troll or snob for stating an inconvenient truth.

When a PTA is in a position to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, a school obviously reaps the benefit. Maury raises around $300,000 these days, and Brent over $400,000.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 08:33     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:No way, Brent and Maury students are mostly upper middle class, not the case at Two Rivers. Brent is not even 5% FARMs (student on Free and Reduced Meals) this school year. By contrast, Two Rivers students at both campuses are mostly poor and lower middle class, though there's a sizable UMC cohort. Two Rivers has some great teachers and a fun curriculum, but hardly anybody sends their children if they're IB for Brent or Maury.


Wow, you are a snob. Your only consideration is income, nothing about what the schools offer?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 08:15     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:No way, Brent and Maury students are mostly upper middle class, not the case at Two Rivers. Brent is not even 5% FARMs (student on Free and Reduced Meals) this school year. By contrast, Two Rivers students at both campuses are mostly poor and lower middle class, though there's a sizable UMC cohort. Two Rivers has some great teachers and a fun curriculum, but hardly anybody sends their children if they're IB for Brent or Maury.


TR is a great school. Don't listen to that troll. My kid is at Maury/Brent but I lotteried repeatedly for TR (although we are happy now in our IB). My kid is not allergic to "farms" kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 07:48     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
THIS
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 23:44     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
No way, Brent and Maury students are mostly upper middle class, not the case at Two Rivers. Brent is not even 5% FARMs (student on Free and Reduced Meals) this school year. By contrast, Two Rivers students at both campuses are mostly poor and lower middle class, though there's a sizable UMC cohort. Two Rivers has some great teachers and a fun curriculum, but hardly anybody sends their children if they're IB for Brent or Maury.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 23:08     Subject: best school on the hill from K on
NP wondering how Two Rivers compares to Maury and Brent. Would you say the quality is similar?
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 10:40     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I hit send too soon. Definitely not a troll.

We live on the hill and currently enrolled and very happy at miner. We rent and are looking to buy before 3 year old enters K.

I feel like everyone is obsessed with brent.

Maury has a good reputation and will be brand new.

LT is continually improving

I truthfully don't know much about peabody/watkins.

just thinking out loud before houses start listing this spring!


This is us too, except we own IB for Miner and our PK3er already turned 4 We would be happy with Maury, Brent or LT and are going to prioritize location (esp relative to public transport), the house itself and price instead of angling for a particular school. At a push, I think Maury is our first choice. It’s ironic that we may have to end up moving farther from Maury than we currently live to get IB for Maury.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 08:47     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Elementary almost all the schools are fine at this point

Middle School I would try to buy in-bound for Stuart Hobson

High School Eastern isn't quite there but it could be in 10+ years. Also for high school there are test-in options

So to reiterate middle school is your biggest concern. Stuart Hobson is fine Jefferson is border line and Elliot Hine is still a long way away


This. Personally I would pick LT.


Same. My kids are at Brent and we are very happy with it. But if I were in OP’s shoes I would buy IB for LT because 1. Cheaper houses and 2. SH feed.


This mythical Brent premium isn't a thing. Look at per square foot pricing and most of LT, the main parts of the Cluster and Brent have comparable prices. There are a few areas in the Cluster and LT that are lower, but not the core, and not because of the school but because of the housing stock.


This is right. Real estate within two miles east and south US Capitol is very expensive now, regardless of which tiny DCPS elementary school district it falls into.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 08:44     Subject: best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:Does Sela send home materials in Hebrew or provide translation at school events?


No!
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 08:19     Subject: Re:best school on the hill from K on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Elementary almost all the schools are fine at this point

Middle School I would try to buy in-bound for Stuart Hobson

High School Eastern isn't quite there but it could be in 10+ years. Also for high school there are test-in options

So to reiterate middle school is your biggest concern. Stuart Hobson is fine Jefferson is border line and Elliot Hine is still a long way away


This. Personally I would pick LT.


Same. My kids are at Brent and we are very happy with it. But if I were in OP’s shoes I would buy IB for LT because 1. Cheaper houses and 2. SH feed.


This mythical Brent premium isn't a thing. Look at per square foot pricing and most of LT, the main parts of the Cluster and Brent have comparable prices. There are a few areas in the Cluster and LT that are lower, but not the core, and not because of the school but because of the housing stock.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 08:16     Subject: best school on the hill from K on
Sorry - wrong thread!!
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2019 08:15     Subject: best school on the hill from K on
Does Sela send home materials in Hebrew or provide translation at school events?