Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 22:24     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


Where did you get the CM figures? I tried to find FARM data for the school and couldn't--didn't see any performance reports since their grades are too young for CAS and the school is so new. Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 22:08     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:It's all about marketing and/or word of mouth. Most folks applying are high SES. With the future unified lottery (with CM included), that may change.


Agreed, many people have never heard of CM - it's only year 2 of the school.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 22:06     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


Remember, CM is the smallest school and it's only in its 2nd year.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:50     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
It's all about marketing and/or word of mouth. Most folks applying are high SES. With the future unified lottery (with CM included), that may change.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:50     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


Go after them for what? Their entrance is all by lottery (public ones that anyone can attend).


Sorry, IT is in the DCPS lottery. YY is not but you can attend when they draw the names.


PP it's called irony--I was referring to the person who suggested CM hand picked high SES white students in their lottery. Sheesh!


Maybe if CM held their lottery in public (or added large donors as "founders") people won't bring up stuff like that.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:45     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


Go after them for what? Their entrance is all by lottery (public ones that anyone can attend).


Sorry, IT is in the DCPS lottery. YY is not but you can attend when they draw the names.


PP it's called irony--I was referring to the person who suggested CM hand picked high SES white students in their lottery. Sheesh!
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:41     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


Go after them for what? Their entrance is all by lottery (public ones that anyone can attend).


Sorry, IT is in the DCPS lottery. YY is not but you can attend when they draw the names.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:39     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


And....it's a LOTTERY!
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:38     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.


Go after them for what? Their entrance is all by lottery (public ones that anyone can attend).
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:35     Subject: Creative Minds leadership?
I think it's time to give CM a break. Low income is 36.2% and SN is 21.9% (are they hand picking special needs students? I doubt it.) I would actually go after IT or YY (j/k no witchhunt here) but for what it's worth IT is 21.3% low income, 6.8% SN and 0.0% ELL. YY only 16.6% low income... (Although CM is the whitest of all three). It's all on their performance report.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:33     Subject: Re:Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The school has less FARM families (and probably more white families) than any other school and had a "private" lottery process. I'm sorry, this is very fishy to me.


http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19691/dcs-most-diverse-charter-schools/

Actually, CM is the third most diverse charter school. And for the FARMs info, quote your source.


I have seen that article and think it's BS. CM has 42% white, there are hardly any other school in the 30s yet alone 40s. Also there were a few others schools that are far more diverse than the top few so that's list is BS anyway.


Those figures are directly from the public charter school board. So which school are "far more diverse" than the schools on that list?
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:31     Subject: Re:Creative Minds leadership?
Is it the only charter with more white students than black or hispanic?
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 21:23     Subject: Re:Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The school has less FARM families (and probably more white families) than any other school and had a "private" lottery process. I'm sorry, this is very fishy to me.


http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19691/dcs-most-diverse-charter-schools/

Actually, CM is the third most diverse charter school. And for the FARMs info, quote your source.


I have seen that article and think it's BS. CM has 42% white, there are hardly any other school in the 30s yet alone 40s. Also there were a few others schools that are far more diverse than the top few so that's list is BS anyway.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 20:49     Subject: Re:Creative Minds leadership?
Anonymous wrote:The school has less FARM families (and probably more white families) than any other school and had a "private" lottery process. I'm sorry, this is very fishy to me.


http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19691/dcs-most-diverse-charter-schools/

Actually, CM is the third most diverse charter school. And for the FARMs info, quote your source.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 20:33     Subject: Re:Creative Minds leadership?
The school has less FARM families (and probably more white families) than any other school and had a "private" lottery process. I'm sorry, this is very fishy to me.