Sela for sure.

Anonymous wrote:I understand not having confidence in the (Amidon) feeder. But there is right now another thread with enrollment data showing the 6th grade this year at Jefferson actually has 27 students from VN, 22 from Amidon, and 16 from Tyler.

VN, Amidon, and Tyler aren't traditionally considered "good" schools, just not bad, i.e., the kind of school where higher SES parents are comfortable sending their kids from PK3 through 1st or 2nd or so, and then peel off. The debate over Jefferson is usually over whether there is a critical mass of Brent kids willing to go there. That said, there are certainly worse options than Jefferson for middle school.

I understand not having confidence in the (Amidon) feeder. But there is right now another thread with enrollment data showing the 6th grade this year at Jefferson actually has 27 students from VN, 22 from Amidon, and 16 from Tyler.

Anonymous wrote:Dc prep

We had great teachers at Cleveland Dual language, but unfortunate culture at the school which was also a factor of weak school leadership… shoutout to the wonderful teachers there, who were better than at the highly rated school my kids went to next.

What do you mean by unfortunate culture?

Anonymous wrote:Agree with the comments on Amidon Bowen especially for early grades. May not truly be a “sleeper” as I know several IB families unable to get a PK seat the last few years. Wish we had more confidence in the feeder pattern beyond elementary.

One year was a wacky year (I think it was the one before the pandemic) because they cut one PK3 class to make room for another K class. Looks like it's back to normal now. All IB kids got a spot for PK3.

Agree with the comments on Amidon Bowen especially for early grades. May not truly be a “sleeper” as I know several IB families unable to get a PK seat the last few years. Wish we had more confidence in the feeder pattern beyond elementary.

Sela

La Salle-Backus and Takoma, strong leadership at both schools

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Anonymous wrote:I would say Whittier for sure. Really strong principal, engaged teachers, strong community buy-in. People who teach in DCPS schools describe it as a gem most people don’t know about.

Whittier really is such a gem. Engaged PTA, and off the chart retention rates for teachers, which is hard to do in DCPS. Pre-COVID they had double digit increases in PARCC scores for math and ELA too. The building is old and crummy though.

PP again and ugh I know. The old building and the plan for the swing space when they renovate in a few years are the only reasons I hesitate on the school. DCPS is doing them dirty with a really far swing space and there are some big ramifications for that that I just can’t stomach for my kid’s early elementary education.

We’ve had a nice experience at Hyde Addison but a not nice experience with Hardy Middle School. So we want our younger child out of the system altogether to avoid the middle school dilemma.

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Anonymous wrote:Hyde Addison is decent. Actually, great for size and feeder. Garrison is under rated but believe most avoid because of their high Hispanic population.

This is sad re: Garrison. What's wrong with going to school with Hispanic children? Sheesh people. (I think it's obvious but just in case my sheesh is not directed at the poster quoted, or anyone who has else who has participated in this thread so far).

Is that true? My sense is that Garrison is highly sought after, including by the higher-SES and/or white population, and has been that way for the last 5 years or so. I have never read anything negative regarding Garrison on this board and the principal has received high praise. One snapshot way you can tell that the school is not really a sleeper is that being IB is no longer a guarantee for PK3 or PK4 without a sibling. I'd say Garrison is maybe half a step behind Marie Reed, in terms of perception and popularity (not necessarily quality), and more or less on par with Seaton and Thomson.

Anonymous wrote:I would say Whittier for sure. Really strong principal, engaged teachers, strong community buy-in. People who teach in DCPS schools describe it as a gem most people don’t know about.

Whittier really is such a gem. Engaged PTA, and off the chart retention rates for teachers, which is hard to do in DCPS. Pre-COVID they had double digit increases in PARCC scores for math and ELA too. The building is old and crummy though.

Dc prep

We had great teachers at Cleveland Dual language, but unfortunate culture at the school which was also a factor of weak school leadership… shoutout to the wonderful teachers there, who were better than at the highly rated school my kids went to next.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hyde Addison is decent. Actually, great for size and feeder. Garrison is under rated but believe most avoid because of their high Hispanic population.

This is sad re: Garrison. What's wrong with going to school with Hispanic children? Sheesh people. (I think it's obvious but just in case my sheesh is not directed at the poster quoted, or anyone who has else who has participated in this thread so far).

Nothing but people are weird in their thinking.

Anonymous wrote:Hyde Addison is decent. Actually, great for size and feeder. Garrison is under rated but believe most avoid because of their high Hispanic population.

This is sad re: Garrison. What's wrong with going to school with Hispanic children? Sheesh people. (I think it's obvious but just in case my sheesh is not directed at the poster quoted, or anyone who has else who has participated in this thread so far).