Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please tell me more about the Mckinley middle school. I am a white upper middle class parent and I would certainly be interested in sending my child there if it were to challenge him, even if he were the only white kid there. When will it open? is attendance based on a test?

thanks!

Ms Henderson has said that the school would open 2014-2015. We shall see. It is located in Eckington, Ward 5 and open to all DC students, with Ward 5 residents getting a preference. The school is to focus on high level math and science, as a bridge to the Mckinley Tech HS. Please don't ask me to define high level math and science from DCPS' point of view, for I cannot. Good question about application. I have not heard. The HS level is application, so perhaps so shall the MS.

Anonymous wrote:Please tell me more about the Mckinley middle school. I am a white upper middle class parent and I would certainly be interested in sending my child there if it were to challenge him, even if he were the only white kid there. When will it open? is attendance based on a test?

thanks!

Anonymous wrote:Two dozen schools to love up to 3rd grade (we loved Brent), after which the challenge falls off for the brightest and most discplined kids in almost every case.

Few schools to love for 4th and 5th for advanced learners/GT and nothing but OK compared to privates and suburban options.

Middle-class parents claim they love DCPS and DC Charter middle and high schools because they're attached to their urban lifestyles, not because any DC public school is wonderful for grade 6+ for high-performing kids when compared to the better suburban schools, not by a long shot. Facilities, ability grouping and teaching are uniformly weak by comparison.

Hope you can swing a private after ES. You'll go later if you can afford to. Challenge for the brightest teenagers isn't a priority for DCPS. Preserving AA middle-class jobs (including for lousy teachers), keeping under-enrolled neighborhood schools open, prepping low-SES kids to pass proficiency tests, and shielding low-SES kids from competition by high-SES peers are the priorities. Doubt it at your kid's peril.


I find this post bordering racist. Are you stating that your DC school is w/o white, Asian, or Hispanic teachers. Are only the AA jobs being preserved. As for keeping under-enrolled neighborhood schools open, I disagree. Michelle Rehee with the help of Kaya Henderson put the last nails in the coffins of Ward 5 schools. They closed many of the elementary and all the middle schools. Therefore, this city has not demonstrated restraint in closing schools. At least not the ones in Ward 5, as I cannot speak about other wards.

Finally, I don't think the city is shielding competition from High SeS students. The parents of high SES students refuse to allow their children to apply and compete in the competitive schools. Too many Black students is the often repeated mantra. That is code for, we want to start from scratch with the completive schools with a majority white population before I entertain the thought of my child applying to Banneker, Walls, and McKinley.

Question poster and others of similar thought. When DCPS establish a middle school component at McKinley, what will be your excuse then. McKinley is EOP in a predominant Black neighborhood and the high school component is predominant Black, if not 100 percent.

Anonymous wrote:We recently came to the decision we can't swing private school for DS. Its disappointing because we saw some privates that seemed like a good fit for him. Moreover, I hear a lot of parents raving about their kid's private school education (their kids love to learn, love to go to school, have really learned to think in a critical and analytical way). If you love the education your child is getting at a DCPS or charter school, can you talk about which one and rave about it here? I would love to hear some great stories as we start our search again (this is for the 2013-2014 year)

Anonymous wrote:Two dozen schools to love up to 3rd grade (we loved Brent), after which the challenge falls off for the brightest and most discplined kids in almost every case.

Few schools to love for 4th and 5th for advanced learners/GT and nothing but OK compared to privates and suburban options.

Middle-class parents claim they love DCPS and DC Charter middle and high schools because they're attached to their urban lifestyles, not because any DC public school is wonderful for grade 6+ for high-performing kids when compared to the better suburban schools, not by a long shot. Facilities, ability grouping and teaching are uniformly weak by comparison.

Hope you can swing a private after ES. You'll go later if you can afford to. Challenge for the brightest teenagers isn't a priority for DCPS. Preserving AA middle-class jobs (including for lousy teachers), keeping under-enrolled neighborhood schools open, prepping low-SES kids to pass proficiency tests, and shielding low-SES kids from competition by high-SES peers are the priorities. Doubt it at your kid's peril.


Oh Lord! Why do you persist in coming on every DCPS and DCPCS threads to repeat yourself. It is trite. This is a thread about raving, not bashing. Now please go back to your suburban or private school.