Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 11:02     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.


This. The funny thing about this thread is that there are a bunch of wealthy people on it (if you can afford to buy a row house IB for Brent or Maury or Deal or Hardy, you are wealthy, even if that was back in 2012 -- middle class people cannot afford to buy a 750k fixer upper IB for Brent) arguing about which of them made the best choice. I am actually middle class and could never afford a 750k house. My kid doesn't go to Brent or Maury, not because I'm too dumb to figure out those schools are good, but because I am not rich enough to afford to be able to send my kid there.

No amount of attending PTO meetings before I have kids, or "doing my research" will change that. All we can do is try our luck at the lottery, do our best with wherever we end up, and look at real estate in the suburbs and try to figure out if it would be worth the added costs of commuting (which in our case would involve buying two cars because one way we afford to live in the city is by not owning a car at all).

It's just funny. Y'all treat DC's public schools like you are private school parents choosing from among the best private, and bragging about which school you were clever enough to know to go to. You're a tiny slice of DC public school parents and to the rest of us, it doesn't work that way at all.


You can rent IB for Maury for about the same rent anywhere.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 11:01     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.


This. The funny thing about this thread is that there are a bunch of wealthy people on it (if you can afford to buy a row house IB for Brent or Maury or Deal or Hardy, you are wealthy, even if that was back in 2012 -- middle class people cannot afford to buy a 750k fixer upper IB for Brent) arguing about which of them made the best choice. I am actually middle class and could never afford a 750k house. My kid doesn't go to Brent or Maury, not because I'm too dumb to figure out those schools are good, but because I am not rich enough to afford to be able to send my kid there.

No amount of attending PTO meetings before I have kids, or "doing my research" will change that. All we can do is try our luck at the lottery, do our best with wherever we end up, and look at real estate in the suburbs and try to figure out if it would be worth the added costs of commuting (which in our case would involve buying two cars because one way we afford to live in the city is by not owning a car at all).

It's just funny. Y'all treat DC's public schools like you are private school parents choosing from among the best private, and bragging about which school you were clever enough to know to go to. You're a tiny slice of DC public school parents and to the rest of us, it doesn't work that way at all.


Lot of truth..
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 11:00     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.


This. The funny thing about this thread is that there are a bunch of wealthy people on it (if you can afford to buy a row house IB for Brent or Maury or Deal or Hardy, you are wealthy, even if that was back in 2012 -- middle class people cannot afford to buy a 750k fixer upper IB for Brent) arguing about which of them made the best choice. I am actually middle class and could never afford a 750k house. My kid doesn't go to Brent or Maury, not because I'm too dumb to figure out those schools are good, but because I am not rich enough to afford to be able to send my kid there.

No amount of attending PTO meetings before I have kids, or "doing my research" will change that. All we can do is try our luck at the lottery, do our best with wherever we end up, and look at real estate in the suburbs and try to figure out if it would be worth the added costs of commuting (which in our case would involve buying two cars because one way we afford to live in the city is by not owning a car at all).

It's just funny. Y'all treat DC's public schools like you are private school parents choosing from among the best private, and bragging about which school you were clever enough to know to go to. You're a tiny slice of DC public school parents and to the rest of us, it doesn't work that way at all.


You nailed it. This thread is a bunch of out-of-touch navel gazers who look down on anyone who does not live in CH.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 11:00     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:If BASIS is indeed the jewel in the crown of DC public schools EotP, why has the program had, what, 9 different heads of school in a decade?

Inconvenient question to be sure, but please enlighten us. Don't capable admins stick around at good schools?


Please enlighten us: Are you seeking psychological help?

Your kid dropped out of BASIS but you spend your days and nights trolling this forum bashing the BASIS HOS as "too young"? Does he need to "get off your lawn" too?

The undisputed fact is that BASIS is ranked the #1 public middle school in DC. Your incoherent screeds, lunatic ravings, and unsupported arguments are meaningless. You made your choice with Hardy. Just live with it.

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/middle-schools/district-of-columbia

Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 10:50     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.


This. The funny thing about this thread is that there are a bunch of wealthy people on it (if you can afford to buy a row house IB for Brent or Maury or Deal or Hardy, you are wealthy, even if that was back in 2012 -- middle class people cannot afford to buy a 750k fixer upper IB for Brent) arguing about which of them made the best choice. I am actually middle class and could never afford a 750k house. My kid doesn't go to Brent or Maury, not because I'm too dumb to figure out those schools are good, but because I am not rich enough to afford to be able to send my kid there.

No amount of attending PTO meetings before I have kids, or "doing my research" will change that. All we can do is try our luck at the lottery, do our best with wherever we end up, and look at real estate in the suburbs and try to figure out if it would be worth the added costs of commuting (which in our case would involve buying two cars because one way we afford to live in the city is by not owning a car at all).

It's just funny. Y'all treat DC's public schools like you are private school parents choosing from among the best private, and bragging about which school you were clever enough to know to go to. You're a tiny slice of DC public school parents and to the rest of us, it doesn't work that way at all.


You sound green with envy, PP. In your shoes, I'd move to the burbs this summer, if just to cheer up.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 10:49     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If BASIS is indeed the jewel in the crown of DC public schools EotP, why has the program had, what, 9 different heads of school in a decade?

Inconvenient question to be sure, but please enlighten us. Don't capable admins stick around at good schools?


Basis a Charter not a DCPS school. Charters are hit or miss and Basis is no different. Since it's a part of the national Basis system, sure there's politics, climbers, and all the drama that goes with a large org. Very depressing building....


NP. This still doesn't explain why BASIS has had so many principals. When we were there, there were four heads in three years. Frequent leadership changes were ridiculous and yes, the building is depressing.

The truth is that BASIS just isn't all that great outside impressive science instruction and college counseling. If this assertion makes me another troll, fine!!
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 10:32     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.


That quote from a movie -- school chance -- is now, what? 10 years old? Unoriginal in other words.

Though if you're a relatively recent arrival post-Obama, stayed and played "urban" in Shaw, and now you have a 3.5 year old, you can be forgiven for thinking you discovered something. As millennials tend to do. (see also, bacon, outdoor weddings, rescue dogs, cloth diapers, bicycling, cocktails, and so many other "discoveries")
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 10:21     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If BASIS is indeed the jewel in the crown of DC public schools EotP, why has the program had, what, 9 different heads of school in a decade?

Inconvenient question to be sure, but please enlighten us. Don't capable admins stick around at good schools?


Knock it off troll. There are no jewels or crowns in DC. Basis works for some families, and doesn’t for others. What’s nice about DC is that you can choose the best fit for your kid. If you don’t like any of the choices, then move.


Or if you don't actually get those choices because you got an unlucky lottery draw and can't afford a million dollar home, then move.

What's nice about DC [for some people] is that you can choose the best fit [from among what is offered to you, which may be nothing but a mediocre to bad IB] for your kid.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 10:20     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.


This. The funny thing about this thread is that there are a bunch of wealthy people on it (if you can afford to buy a row house IB for Brent or Maury or Deal or Hardy, you are wealthy, even if that was back in 2012 -- middle class people cannot afford to buy a 750k fixer upper IB for Brent) arguing about which of them made the best choice. I am actually middle class and could never afford a 750k house. My kid doesn't go to Brent or Maury, not because I'm too dumb to figure out those schools are good, but because I am not rich enough to afford to be able to send my kid there.

No amount of attending PTO meetings before I have kids, or "doing my research" will change that. All we can do is try our luck at the lottery, do our best with wherever we end up, and look at real estate in the suburbs and try to figure out if it would be worth the added costs of commuting (which in our case would involve buying two cars because one way we afford to live in the city is by not owning a car at all).

It's just funny. Y'all treat DC's public schools like you are private school parents choosing from among the best private, and bragging about which school you were clever enough to know to go to. You're a tiny slice of DC public school parents and to the rest of us, it doesn't work that way at all.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 10:08     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:If BASIS is indeed the jewel in the crown of DC public schools EotP, why has the program had, what, 9 different heads of school in a decade?

Inconvenient question to be sure, but please enlighten us. Don't capable admins stick around at good schools?


Basis a Charter not a DCPS school. Charters are hit or miss and Basis is no different. Since it's a part of the national Basis system, sure there's politics, climbers, and all the drama that goes with a large org. Very depressing building....
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 09:12     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
I've come to conclusion that school choice is mostly an illusion in the District. More like school chance without any first rate options after elementary school.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 07:14     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:If BASIS is indeed the jewel in the crown of DC public schools EotP, why has the program had, what, 9 different heads of school in a decade?

Inconvenient question to be sure, but please enlighten us. Don't capable admins stick around at good schools?


Knock it off troll. There are no jewels or crowns in DC. Basis works for some families, and doesn’t for others. What’s nice about DC is that you can choose the best fit for your kid. If you don’t like any of the choices, then move.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 03:26     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
If BASIS is indeed the jewel in the crown of DC public schools EotP, why has the program had, what, 9 different heads of school in a decade?

Inconvenient question to be sure, but please enlighten us. Don't capable admins stick around at good schools?
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 03:01     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
We gave BASIS a shot and you're not fooling us. The latest 20-something HOS is in the running for biggest ass of them all. Hardy admins are bona fide grown-ups. Our middle school may not be of Bethesda caliber, but there's a free ski team, a swim team (with free use of the JR pool), several bands and an orchestra, a great media center, a lovely gym, serious sports teams, and, whoo-hoo, 7th grade algebra.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 00:11     Subject: Re:Good schools EoTP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This. Want a first rate public school? Don’t look in DC past elementary in upper nw.


Why are you posting on the DC public school forum, DC hater?

😡

Hater? We love Palisades and Key. Almost bought on Capitol Hill but weren't as impressed with the academics at Maury or Brent.


Enjoy Hardy and JR!


While you enjoy Eliot-Hine, Jefferson, Stuart Hobson and Eastern, or run off to distant charters without serious academics, facilities or both.


We are quite happy at Basis but thanks.