Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W-latin is the bastion of over-extended white parents of odd, somewhat bright children. For the most part it seems, the parents can't afford private, but can't stomach the idea their delicate snowflake amongst the more "urban" hoi-poloi of Deal. It is self selection, indeed. The school seems chaotic, pretentious and ridiculous and on the verge of collapse. I would never and thankfully, do not need to consider it an option.

But then, I think charter schools are a boil on the collective arse of school funding.

*yawn*

Good thing! Why would anybody want you when you obviously have no idea what you're talking about?

Washington Latin is a racially diverse school, which even a visit to the website would have demonstrated. The Head of School, Martha Cutts (who used to run the National Cathedral School), has an excellent track record as an administrator. For example, despite the challenges of being less than five years old, Washington Latin is already the highest performing school in its category on the DC-CAS. Without the outpouring of resources which a school such as Deal has received, Washington Latin has nonetheless managed to outperform it and offer a higher bar in public education than its competitors.

Congratulations Washington Latin! Both on being the best public (and better than many private) middle school in the city - and still managing not to attract the ugly troll who wouldn't consider WL as an option. Double triumph!

There's a very good reason your tax dollars are going to continue to fund excellent charter schools in Washington DC: they're continuing to raise the bar and outperform their DCPS competitors.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W-latin is the bastion of over-extended white parents of odd, somewhat bright children. For the most part it seems, the parents can't afford private, but can't stomach the idea their delicate snowflake amongst the more "urban" hoi-poloi of Deal. It is self selection, indeed. The school seems chaotic, pretentious and ridiculous and on the verge of collapse. I would never and thankfully, do not need to consider it an option.

But then, I think charter schools are a boil on the collective arse of school funding.

*yawn*

Good thing! Why would anybody want you when you obviously have no idea what you're talking about?

Washington Latin is a racially diverse school, which even a visit to the website would have demonstrated. The Head of School, Martha Cutts (who used to run the National Cathedral School), has an excellent track record as an administrator. For example, despite the challenges of being less than five years old, Washington Latin is already the highest performing school in its category on the DC-CAS. Without the outpouring of resources which a school such as Deal has received, Washington Latin has nonetheless managed to outperform it and offer a higher bar in public education than its competitors.

Congratulations Washington Latin! Both on being the best public (and better than many private) middle school in the city - and still managing not to attract the ugly troll who wouldn't consider WL as an option. Double triumph!

There's a very good reason your tax dollars are going to continue to fund excellent charter schools in Washington DC: they're continuing to raise the bar and outperform their DCPS competitors.

Anonymous wrote:W-latin is the bastion of over-extended white parents of odd, somewhat bright children. For the most part it seems, the parents can't afford private, but can't stomach the idea their delicate snowflake amongst the more "urban" hoi-poloi of Deal. It is self selection, indeed. The school seems chaotic, pretentious and ridiculous and on the verge of collapse. I would never and thankfully, do not need to consider it an option.

But then, I think charter schools are a boil on the collective arse of school funding.

*yawn*

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W-latin is the bastion of over-extended white parents of odd, somewhat bright children. For the most part it seems, the parents can't afford private, but can't stomach the idea their delicate snowflake amongst the more "urban" hoi-poloi of Deal. It is self selection, indeed. The school seems chaotic, pretentious and ridiculous and on the verge of collapse. I would never and thankfully, do not need to consider it an option.

But then, I think charter schools are a boil on the collective arse of school funding.

*yawn*

Glad you included the "yawn". This is some pretty fucking boring trolling.

Profane, unfounded troll accusations: sine qua non of boring, really...

boo-ya.

Sine qua non does not mean what you apparently believe it means.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:00 here - I'm not sure how you could have gotten any of that from my comments. Of course we should make an effort to provide a quality education for all DC students. I'm just saying that lots of outside factors (parental income, education and involvement, the neighborhood, friends, etc.) all play important parts in how successful a student is. Facilities are important, as are teachers, but they are only part of the puzzle, and students are more likely to succeed when all the pieces are in place. Not sure why this is controversial. And of course it's not only the wealthiest families who make time for education - don't be silly. But parents are workign multiple jobs to provide for their kids, they just have less time to help with homework. It's not a lack of desire - but real life intrudes. Again, wht is this controversial?

I think the thing is that it is harsh. Not that DCUM doesn't do harsh, but there might be a better way to characterize it. If you lived in a less affluent part of the city would you want to be told you or your child cannot succeed? I am sure people have a pretty good sense of what their children's life chances are like, and it kinda sucks to hear that because of their luck (or lack thereof) their own children will not reach the top. For one thing, all sorts of studies indicate the ONE thing or another makes for successful students or schools. The Post had a piece a while back about the single most important factor is parent involvement in a school. There's Nature versus nuture. And other outside factors too. Although it may be true, and although this is an anonymous board, there has to be a better way than saying it like that and keeping it real.

Anonymous wrote:11:00 here - I'm not sure how you could have gotten any of that from my comments. Of course we should make an effort to provide a quality education for all DC students. I'm just saying that lots of outside factors (parental income, education and involvement, the neighborhood, friends, etc.) all play important parts in how successful a student is. Facilities are important, as are teachers, but they are only part of the puzzle, and students are more likely to succeed when all the pieces are in place. Not sure why this is controversial. And of course it's not only the wealthiest families who make time for education - don't be silly. But parents are workign multiple jobs to provide for their kids, they just have less time to help with homework. It's not a lack of desire - but real life intrudes. Again, wht is this controversial?

So you think only the wealthiest families make time for their children's education. And as such, an effort should not be made to provide similar qualities of education to families not zoned for Deal.

Anonymous wrote:To the poster who wondered why Deal cannot be replicated around the city: what no one wants to say is that it can't be replicated unless you can replicate the parent body. It's not the facility, it's the student/parent base.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W-latin is the bastion of over-extended white parents of odd, somewhat bright children. For the most part it seems, the parents can't afford private, but can't stomach the idea their delicate snowflake amongst the more "urban" hoi-poloi of Deal. It is self selection, indeed. The school seems chaotic, pretentious and ridiculous and on the verge of collapse. I would never and thankfully, do not need to consider it an option.

But then, I think charter schools are a boil on the collective arse of school funding.

*yawn*

Glad you included the "yawn". This is some pretty fucking boring trolling.

Profane, unfounded troll accusations: sine qua non of boring, really...

boo-ya.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W-latin is the bastion of over-extended white parents of odd, somewhat bright children. For the most part it seems, the parents can't afford private, but can't stomach the idea their delicate snowflake amongst the more "urban" hoi-poloi of Deal. It is self selection, indeed. The school seems chaotic, pretentious and ridiculous and on the verge of collapse. I would never and thankfully, do not need to consider it an option.

But then, I think charter schools are a boil on the collective arse of school funding.

*yawn*

Glad you included the "yawn". This is some pretty fucking boring trolling.