Anonymous wrote:Loving MacArthur — teachers and administrators are amazing. Yes not a big white population but that’s fine. Who cares? I can’t praise the school enough and DC comes from a well regarded private school in DC. The attention we’re getting rivals any private school. And classes are small and teachers care.

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Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

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Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

The primary goal of MaArthur was not to offload JR. That was really secondary. The primary goal was to have another school WOTP for OOB kids can have access and feed to (siblings). So no need to do anything to attract majority IB parents. IB families will be forced to go there soon enough.

Goal accomplished.

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP you're responding to, but why are you in denial that DCPS is a low-capacity outfit? They could have done the planning and legwork to launch MacArthur to appeal to in-boundary residents from the get-go. My sibling's children go to Dorothy Hamm MS in Arlington, which opened several years ago. I'm told that, from Day 1, the school was almost entirely in-boundary, with 800 out of 1000 spots filled over the summer with students from a heavily UMC catchment area. Figure it out DCPS.

We don't need you here gaslighting and serving as an apologist for DCPS, PP. Why do you lack critical and analytical thinking skills?

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Anonymous wrote:IB parent of a current 9th grader at MacArthur chiming in- MacArthur will become a great alternative to Walls and Banneker. We need a high quality DCPS high school where you don’t have to be a sporty, overscheduled, extrovert to be considered successful.

She did not apply to Walls because it wasn’t particularly focused on math and gave off a pressure cooker vibe at the Open House. She got into Banneker and said “not for me” after going to the Open House. She talked to some of the student guides who basically told her that you have to be in tons of extracurriculars and crush your classmates academically to do well at the school.

The teachers at MacArthur seem to genuinely care about teaching and the smaller campus seems suited for quieter personalities. It’s supposedly never getting larger than 850 kids.

We are pleasantly surprised by the cultural and socioeconomic composition of the school. As a multi- ethnic, middle class (sub 200k income) family, we were concerned that it would be a majority White and high income school. Her schedule is Honors Geometry, computer Science, pre-AP Biology, Pre-AP English, Pre-AP History/World Geography, Spanish II, Imaging (Photography), and Fitness/Lifetime Sports (3x a week).

Let’s just give MacArthur time to develop into its own thing- it’s basically in its infancy for goodness sake.

The school is majority black and low income. Title 1.

And? Most schools in DC are.

Give it up, the MacArthur catchment area is obviously overwhelmingly white and UMC. If the school were half as good as claimed on this thread, this wouldn't be the case.

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Anonymous wrote:Misspelling "Stoddert" is a tell.

We live 3 blocks from Stoddert. Just because my phone did a random autocorrect doesn’t mean we are not IB. Feels like to me that your IB gatekeeping is a tell of a different nature- very much in line with the DCUM handwringing over a potential Title I designation for a Ward 3 school. (OMG- my property value!?! Let me hug my Goyard/LV tote tighter and lock my Tesla/Prius doors in front of my BLM yard sign!)


Title I exists because as a nation, we are still collectively failing to meet the educational needs of families from historically under resourced communities. To learn more, here is a primer from an education perspective-

https://www.weareteachers.com/what-is-a-title-i-school/


At the same time, Title I funds can benefit all students attending a school that receives the funds. If the school qualifies and is able to pay for more academic tutors, then student test scores improve. In addition, they could hire more teachers using Title I funds so class sizes decrease. Isn’t that the Holy Grail of DCUM-small classes and high test scores?

One of the benefits of DC that there is equity, diversity and choice in the educational programs of the system. If you don’t like something, roll up your sleeves and help be part of creating a positive systemic change so all families in DC can thrive, not just a few families in the “right” neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:Misspelling "Stoddert" is a tell.

We live 3 blocks from Stoddert. Just because my phone did a random autocorrect doesn’t mean we are not IB. Feels like to me that your IB gatekeeping is a tell of a different nature- very much in line with the DCUM handwringing over a potential Title I designation for a Ward 3 school. (OMG- my property value!?! Let me hug my Goyard/LV tote tighter and lock my Tesla/Prius doors in front of my BLM yard sign!)


Title I exists because as a nation, we are still collectively failing to meet the educational needs of families from historically under resourced communities. To learn more, here is a primer from an education perspective-

https://www.weareteachers.com/what-is-a-title-i-school/


At the same time, Title I funds can benefit all students attending a school that receives the funds. If the school qualifies and is able to pay for more academic tutors, then student test scores improve. In addition, they could hire more teachers using Title I funds so class sizes decrease. Isn’t that the Holy Grail of DCUM-small classes and high test scores?

One of the benefits of DC that there is equity, diversity and choice in the educational programs of the system. If you don’t like something, roll up your sleeves and help be part of creating a positive systemic change so all families in DC can thrive, not just a few families in the “right” neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:Misspelling "Stoddert" is a tell.