Anonymous wrote:Overcrowding the BES/CES rooms

In relation to this, having students in the most restrictive self-contained settings who don’t need to be there.

The stunning lack of predictability in the Walls admissions system simply isn’t a good thing for DC. Why defend it then?

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Anonymous wrote:Removing all objective measures within selective high school admissions to hide that discrimination is taking place on the basis of race.

Hyperbolic much? Racist a lot?

Pipe down. If you grew up in a city with at least one bona fide magnet high school that admits mainly via a tough entrance exam--Chicago, Boston, New York, Dallas, San Fran etc.-- you know what BS the chaotic, unstable and highly discretionary admission systems to Walls is.

Signed - Stuyvesant grad from low-income Asian family where parents spoke lousy English

So funny because I actually did go to a highly sought after magnet high school in NY. And I, too, have immigrant parents. You never know who you are talking to, so maybe you should pipe down. And news flash, coming from NY and having immigrant parents doesn’t make you independent of racism. Clearly.

Anonymous wrote:SWW did not eliminate “all” objective measures. GPA is still a major factor, as I understand that no kid with a GPA below 3.7 even got an interview.

The process SWW is using isn’t all that different from how many employers hire for jobs, basing the decision on a combination of prior performance, interviews, references and writing samples.

Exactly.

SWW did not eliminate “all” objective measures. GPA is still a major factor, as I understand that no kid with a GPA below 3.7 even got an interview.

The process SWW is using isn’t all that different from how many employers hire for jobs, basing the decision on a combination of prior performance, interviews, references and writing samples.

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Anonymous wrote:Removing all objective measures within selective high school admissions to hide that discrimination is taking place on the basis of race.

Hyperbolic much? Racist a lot?

Pipe down. If you grew up in a city with at least one bona fide magnet high school that admits mainly via a tough entrance exam--Chicago, Boston, New York, Dallas, San Fran etc.-- you know what BS the chaotic, unstable and highly discretionary admission systems to Walls is.

Signed - Stuyvesant grad from low-income Asian family where parents spoke lousy English

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Removing all objective measures within selective high school admissions to hide that discrimination is taking place on the basis of race.

Hyperbolic much? Racist a lot?

Pipe down. If you grew up in a city with at least one bona fide magnet high school that admits mainly via a tough entrance exam--Chicago, Boston, New York, Dallas, San Fran etc.-- you know what BS the chaotic, unstable and highly discretionary admission systems to Walls is.

Signed - Stuyvesant grad from low-income Asian family where parents spoke lousy English

You may be right…but you do know times have changed, yes? TJ has overhauled their admissions…Lowell in San Fran…I believe even NYC schools while bringing back the test, are still far more discretionary.

I don’t care about having a more objective admissions criteria, but any school supported by the entire city has to accept a certain %age of kids in each ward based on student populations.

Of course, the Wards that are most convenient to Walls will still benefit because there will be kids that are three bus rides away with 90 minute commutes that won’t accept their slots.

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Anonymous wrote:Removing all objective measures within selective high school admissions to hide that discrimination is taking place on the basis of race.

Hyperbolic much? Racist a lot?

Pipe down. If you grew up in a city with at least one bona fide magnet high school that admits mainly via a tough entrance exam--Chicago, Boston, New York, Dallas, San Fran etc.-- you know what BS the chaotic, unstable and highly discretionary admission systems to Walls is.

Signed - Stuyvesant grad from low-income Asian family where parents spoke lousy English

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Anonymous wrote:Underfunding SPED (not enough SPED teachers, aides, therapists, PD/training, classrooms, etc.)

👍🏻

Ditto

Troll questions that are open ended and could be asked of any school system?

Tell me about a specific school, DCPS policy, etc are not troll questions

You are all asking questions from the kremlin

Troll question to create discontent

Anonymous wrote:Removing all objective measures within selective high school admissions to hide that discrimination is taking place on the basis of race.

Hyperbolic much? Racist a lot?

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Anonymous wrote:Overcrowding the BES/CES rooms

They are not opening new classes next year.

Yea most likely not…
And even if they do they need to make sure these schools also have to have a sensory and a de-escalation room. They have to make sure they are fully staffed as well. And stop them from being overcrowded.
It’s too much!

Overcrowding Ward 3 schools. Another Deal expansion project, really?

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Anonymous wrote:closing schools for a year and a half during the pandemic because the teachers union wanted the world's longest paid vacation

Here we go, remember if you hate teachers you can home school.

Well, as you'll remember, 99 percent of other schools in this country were open...

If I was a parent who wanted my kids to go back to school during covid, I would have moved to one of the "99% of schools that were open" during covid. What kind of parent feels so strongly about something and doesn't move heaven and earth to make that happen for their kid? I mean, if 99% of schools were open, it would have been easy to find a spot, right?

The lawsuits are for kids who couldn’t move.

99% weren’t open and there is data out now that you can look at. Odd how those red states aren’t fairing any better to states like CA.
Also I can back to teach January 2021. It was 1 year for me, your kid’s teacher may have decided to wait out the full year and that is an option Dcps gave. Believe me, we cannot strong arm them to do anything. We had and expired contract for 5 years…