If you think Sidwell and Wilson are easily confused, have you realized yet that Banneker and Beauvoir BOTH START WITH A "B"!?!?

Well it's obvious that Banneker was trying to confuse parents in the same way as DCI was pretending to be WIS. Let me tell you, the differences between the two are real and obvious too.

This is all so confusing!!!!!

I keep getting confused between Wilson and SidWell Friends. I mean both have a "W" in the name!! Well, let me tell you, the differences are real and obvious. Wilson is definitely a poor man's Sidwell. Wilson has 40% FARMS rate and Sidwell is an expensive private school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you talking about WIS? I'm mean, yes, it's awesome that a charter as new as DCI is being compared to the most expensive private school in DC, but still. This is irrelevant.

You should read the thread before asking silly questions. Do you honestly think that someone just started to post about WIS without any context?

Btw, I'm sure that DCI is also flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence as WIS. However, the reason it's being mentioned is not a compliment to DCI. WIS isn't just an expensive school, it's far superior on just about every objective measure to DCI (and I have no doubt that will remain the case). The best that DCI can hope for is to be considered the poor person's alternative to WIS.

I did read the thread, and the mention of WIS makes no sense. Your problem is that you're a racist asshole who hates the fact that some people, even some poor black and Latino kids!, might come out of school with abilities only a rich kids school like WIS can offer. I've toured WIS and know people who went and left there. It isn't all that. Maybe you're too poor and ignorant to understand that. Sorry.

Why the mention of the non-immersion track (that serves a whopping 15 students) in the same breath as WIS? And why so sore and touchy about WIS in general? It's coming across as some very strange chest-beating. Your tone makes it very clear that hate the idea of a free, high-quality public school that serve all kids. Do you think it will diminish the cache of WIS if the poors graduate with IB diplomas and fluency in 2-3 languages? I hate to spoil the ending for you, but it just doesn't have anything to do with it. The continued success of WIS and the growing success of DCI are independent vectors.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you talking about WIS? I'm mean, yes, it's awesome that a charter as new as DCI is being compared to the most expensive private school in DC, but still. This is irrelevant.

You should read the thread before asking silly questions. Do you honestly think that someone just started to post about WIS without any context?

Btw, I'm sure that DCI is also flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence as WIS. However, the reason it's being mentioned is not a compliment to DCI. WIS isn't just an expensive school, it's far superior on just about every objective measure to DCI (and I have no doubt that will remain the case). The best that DCI can hope for is to be considered the poor person's alternative to WIS.

With a 52% FARMS rate, DCI is literally the poor man's WIS.

Anonymous wrote:Why are you talking about WIS? I'm mean, yes, it's awesome that a charter as new as DCI is being compared to the most expensive private school in DC, but still. This is irrelevant.

You should read the thread before asking silly questions. Do you honestly think that someone just started to post about WIS without any context?

Btw, I'm sure that DCI is also flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence as WIS. However, the reason it's being mentioned is not a compliment to DCI. WIS isn't just an expensive school, it's far superior on just about every objective measure to DCI (and I have no doubt that will remain the case). The best that DCI can hope for is to be considered the poor person's alternative to WIS.

Why are you talking about WIS? I'm mean, yes, it's awesome that a charter as new as DCI is being compared to the most expensive private school in DC, but still. This is irrelevant.

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Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

If you visit both schools, as I have, you will know that they are VERY different schools. One is a well established, truly international private school (with a student body that reflects that fact), and the other is an public international school based largely on its IB program. Oh, and one has a FARMS rate of over 50%, while the other costs over $37,000 per year with no discernible poverty. The differences are real and obvious.

The public one is the only one with a Mandarin program, right? The private is for diplo-brats.

Wrong again. Diplo-brats AND Mandarin. Students begin studying Mandarin daily in 6th grade, and they can continue it through high school. With the lack of poverty/experimenting present at DCI, and the financial resources of their parents, I bet the WIS students that pursue Mandarin through high school will end up just as fluent as the DCI (Mandarin track) students. And they're obviosly getting more Mandarin than the non-immersion students at YY.

^^^with the lack of poverty/experimenting present at WIS...

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Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

If you visit both schools, as I have, you will know that they are VERY different schools. One is a well established, truly international private school (with a student body that reflects that fact), and the other is an public international school based largely on its IB program. Oh, and one has a FARMS rate of over 50%, while the other costs over $37,000 per year with no discernible poverty. The differences are real and obvious.

The public one is the only one with a Mandarin program, right? The private is for diplo-brats.

Wrong again. Diplo-brats AND Mandarin. Students begin studying Mandarin daily in 6th grade, and they can continue it through high school. With the lack of poverty/experimenting present at DCI, and the financial resources of their parents, I bet the WIS students that pursue Mandarin through high school will end up just as fluent as the DCI (Mandarin track) students. And they're obviosly getting more Mandarin than the non-immersion students at YY.

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Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

If you visit both schools, as I have, you will know that they are VERY different schools. One is a well established, truly international private school (with a student body that reflects that fact), and the other is an public international school based largely on its IB program. Oh, and one has a FARMS rate of over 50%, while the other costs over $37,000 per year with no discernible poverty. The differences are real and obvious.

The public one is the only one with a Mandarin program, right? The private is for diplo-brats.

WIS also offers Mandarin.

Okay, just found an article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/02/06/at-risk-funding-in-the-district-school-by-school/

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Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

I always get DCI confused with Creative Minds International. I hear they both offer Mandarin?

No, DCI was started by Yu Ying. They are serious about Mandarin. CM has no future as an MS, because they don't have the numbers for a real MS. They are the charter equivalent of a failed DCPS "Education Campus." Also, they are trying to figure out how to dabble in Chinese.

Not sure how DCPS or charters define % at risk but I know that DCPS makes a distinction between FARMS and at risk. Just curious....

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Anonymous wrote:"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School." You would think that they would have chosen a different name.

You are obviously extremely easily confused. Yes, they are both international schools. But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different.

If you visit both schools, as I have, you will know that they are VERY different schools. One is a well established, truly international private school (with a student body that reflects that fact), and the other is an public international school based largely on its IB program. Oh, and one has a FARMS rate of over 50%, while the other costs over $37,000 per year with no discernible poverty. The differences are real and obvious.

The public one is the only one with a Mandarin program, right? The private is for diplo-brats.

Anonymous wrote:Does anybody know the % of at risk kids?

Define at risk in this context. You can pull SPED, FARMS and ESOL numbers but I don't suspect that ESOL would have the same (negative) impact in this scenario.