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Anonymous wrote:How do people feel about MacArthur being a backup (commute aside)?

It’s on our lottery list but probably would move instead. Not sure what the point would be to try to get kid to MacArthur every day when there are better schools we can move to. If there was a compelling financial or family reason to stay in DC I’d probably opt for Eastern over MacArthur.

Me too-- it's just so far. No shade to it but I just can't.

No reason to. Commute totally not worth it.

Have you seen the scores? It’s not like it’s much better than the other poorly performing schools closer like SH.

I would move for much better schools just outside DC.

For what it’s worth, we are prepping for a move and have done a ton of research on school options, and we are not finding that the schools just outside DC are “much better.” It’s probably a wash. We’re thinking Deal/Jackson Reed will be our choice because if it’s a wash, we’d rather stay in the city.

Disagree, the schools just across the border in Arlington are better.

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Anonymous wrote:How do people feel about MacArthur being a backup (commute aside)?

It’s on our lottery list but probably would move instead. Not sure what the point would be to try to get kid to MacArthur every day when there are better schools we can move to. If there was a compelling financial or family reason to stay in DC I’d probably opt for Eastern over MacArthur.

Me too-- it's just so far. No shade to it but I just can't.

No reason to. Commute totally not worth it.

Have you seen the scores? It’s not like it’s much better than the other poorly performing schools closer like SH.

I would move for much better schools just outside DC.

For what it’s worth, we are prepping for a move and have done a ton of research on school options, and we are not finding that the schools just outside DC are “much better.” It’s probably a wash. We’re thinking Deal/Jackson Reed will be our choice because if it’s a wash, we’d rather stay in the city.

I think the most compelling case for suburbs over J-R is the prospect of in-state college tuition.

We went to a charter much earlier. This seems late for a back
Up plan

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Anonymous wrote:How do people feel about MacArthur being a backup (commute aside)?

It’s on our lottery list but probably would move instead. Not sure what the point would be to try to get kid to MacArthur every day when there are better schools we can move to. If there was a compelling financial or family reason to stay in DC I’d probably opt for Eastern over MacArthur.

Me too-- it's just so far. No shade to it but I just can't.

No reason to. Commute totally not worth it.

Have you seen the scores? It’s not like it’s much better than the other poorly performing schools closer like SH.

I would move for much better schools just outside DC.

For what it’s worth, we are prepping for a move and have done a ton of research on school options, and we are not finding that the schools just outside DC are “much better.” It’s probably a wash. We’re thinking Deal/Jackson Reed will be our choice because if it’s a wash, we’d rather stay in the city.

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Anonymous wrote:Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall.

What system? Dcps, the lottery, living in a city where a huge percentage of kids come from generations of poverty?

People here are very scared of the generations of poverty and don’t want their precious children to be anywhere near it. Very sad when people think they are better than others.

I guess I'm just be of the people who is afraid if generational poverty, but it's not because I think I'm better than anyone. It's because I come from generational poverty (as well as violence, abuse, mental health issues, and substance abuse) and my biggest fear is that can't successfully keepy family lifted out of that situation.

I feel like if I had generational wealth or a family network of stable, supportive people to help me raise my kids, I'd feel less stressed about all this. But I'm on my own (with my spouse, from a similar background) and I want a school community that is going to reinforce the values of education, hard work, emotional maturity, and personal accountability. I think that can be hard to find at a high poverty school.

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Anonymous wrote:Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall.

What system? Dcps, the lottery, living in a city where a huge percentage of kids come from generations of poverty?

People here are very scared of the generations of poverty and don’t want their precious children to be anywhere near it. Very sad when people think they are better than others.

Nope. It’s because DCPS teaches to the lowest common denominator and basically ignores the huger performing kids.

if you had G & T in elementary and tracking all subjects in middle and high school lots more families would stay in DCPS. But we can’t have that, can we and instead kids 4 or 5 grade el els apart are in the same class.

Why don’t you ask the teachers how that is going before you make racist suggestions which BTW helps no one and gives more fuel for the UMC families to leave. Good job.

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Anonymous wrote:Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall.

What system? Dcps, the lottery, living in a city where a huge percentage of kids come from generations of poverty?

People here are very scared of the generations of poverty and don’t want their precious children to be anywhere near it. Very sad when people think they are better than others.

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Anonymous wrote:everyone i know - including B- students and those with behavioral issues - got into St. john's this year.

We know people rejected from St. John's this year (and no significant behavioral issues). They had over 1400 applicants this year. Its an easier admit than other privates but not a guarantee.

Everyone we know got into St John’s this year too (B-C students but I think some sibling preference and legacy connections). Do not know of anyone who applied and didn’t get in but maybe that’s just because of our demographics.

Anonymous wrote:everyone i know - including B- students and those with behavioral issues - got into St. john's this year.

We know people rejected from St. John's this year (and no significant behavioral issues). They had over 1400 applicants this year. Its an easier admit than other privates but not a guarantee.

Older child is at Walls but younger did not get in. We are shelling out to send younger child to a private high school. I wish there were better options - DCPS has been terrible for younger child, who has learning disabilities. We couldn't move because that would put us outside DC for older child at Walls so private is the best option. Smaller private much better but is financially very hard on our family.

Anonymous wrote:Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall.

I would consider VA due to having lots more great in state college options than MD. If you don’t care about state schools, then either VA or MD.

Get out of DCPS. Schools and school systems are much better in burbs, not to mention much larger higher performing peer group.

Anonymous wrote:Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall.

What system? Dcps, the lottery, living in a city where a huge percentage of kids come from generations of poverty?

Walls is our only hope. Otherwise we will have to move and I don’t know if we’d end up in NW DC or MD. Hate this system overall.

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Anonymous wrote:everyone i know - including B- students and those with behavioral issues - got into St. john's this year.

Me too. St John’s takes almost everyone.
And is also a pretty large school compared to most others in DC

It may take more than other private schools because it is so big, but its acceptance rate is less than 50 percent. So saying “almost everyone” makes you sound like an absolute cretin.

Touched a nerve? LOL

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Anonymous wrote:How do people feel about MacArthur being a backup (commute aside)?

It’s on our lottery list but probably would move instead. Not sure what the point would be to try to get kid to MacArthur every day when there are better schools we can move to. If there was a compelling financial or family reason to stay in DC I’d probably opt for Eastern over MacArthur.

Me too-- it's just so far. No shade to it but I just can't.

No reason to. Commute totally not worth it.

Have you seen the scores? It’s not like it’s much better than the other poorly performing schools closer like SH.

I would move for much better schools just outside DC.