Anonymous wrote:I wish you guys would name the schools you're talking about. It's impossible to identify you with what you've written so far. Would make conversation easier.

Anonymous wrote:I think DCs lack of advanced classes hurts ALL kids or all races and incomes. Its just not realistic to put every kid in a class together when they have significantly different abilities. I hear your concern PP. And its likely a teacher is making some assumptions about your AA kid. But the reason DC got rid of gifted classes was because they were sued since they didn't have enough AA kids most likely due to testing bias. I think the charge for gifted classes needs to be led by AA parents who demand more. DC has just made DCPS standards so low. Many charters become self-selecting in that regard. The parents with high achieving kids often are the same parents who can shuttle their kid across town to a better school, research schools, make multiple open houses etc. And those parents have kids that would do well anywyere. But again, why should high acheving kids get the shaft in DCPS?

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Anonymous wrote:if you know at least 10 preschool eligible kids IB but not one is at the IB it does raise some questions. (and yes they are white/high SES kids-not racism just pointing out a fact).

Well we have 100% IB for our newly created PK3 for our EOTP school (black and white) and I would venture to say 0% FARM. Our FARM rate last year 2013-14 was 33%, 2014-15 34%. I would still say the trend is changing for more non FARM families entering DCPS (black and white).

Interesting. What EOTP school just got a PK3 last year??

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Anonymous wrote:if you know at least 10 preschool eligible kids IB but not one is at the IB it does raise some questions. (and yes they are white/high SES kids-not racism just pointing out a fact).

Well we have 100% IB for our newly created PK3 for our EOTP school (black and white) and I would venture to say 0% FARM. Our FARM rate last year 2013-14 was 33%, 2014-15 34%. I would still say the trend is changing for more non FARM families entering DCPS (black and white).

Anonymous wrote:if you know at least 10 preschool eligible kids IB but not one is at the IB it does raise some questions. (and yes they are white/high SES kids-not racism just pointing out a fact).

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Anonymous wrote:OP here--title is a bit misleading (I posted quickly the other day). I meant that FARMS data has been *posted*, not that FARMS rates have increased.

No worries OP, most of us got it. Especially when you went on to say "they're finally posted."

As an aside, I would wager that overall FARM rate is down in DCPS.

One would think that. But it seems as if the EoTP school demographics haven't budged in spite of massive gentrification. There are actually fewer white kids at our IB (not many to begin with) even though the neighborhood is swarming with high SES white families with preschool age kids. My sense from the playground is that the IB is still the "safety" school for preschool but they are trying to lottery into a more long term solution.

What school?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here--title is a bit misleading (I posted quickly the other day). I meant that FARMS data has been *posted*, not that FARMS rates have increased.

No worries OP, most of us got it. Especially when you went on to say "they're finally posted."

As an aside, I would wager that overall FARM rate is down in DCPS.

One would think that. But it seems as if the EoTP school demographics haven't budged in spite of massive gentrification. There are actually fewer white kids at our IB (not many to begin with) even though the neighborhood is swarming with high SES white families with preschool age kids. My sense from the playground is that the IB is still the "safety" school for preschool but they are trying to lottery into a more long term solution.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here--title is a bit misleading (I posted quickly the other day). I meant that FARMS data has been *posted*, not that FARMS rates have increased.

No worries OP, most of us got it. Especially when you went on to say "they're finally posted."

As an aside, I would wager that overall FARM rate is down in DCPS.

One would think that. But it seems as if the EoTP school demographics haven't budged in spite of massive gentrification. There are actually fewer white kids at our IB (not many to begin with) even though the neighborhood is swarming with high SES white families with preschool age kids. My sense from the playground is that the IB is still the "safety" school for preschool but they are trying to lottery into a more long term solution.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here--title is a bit misleading (I posted quickly the other day). I meant that FARMS data has been *posted*, not that FARMS rates have increased.

No worries OP, most of us got it. Especially when you went on to say "they're finally posted."

As an aside, I would wager that overall FARM rate is down in DCPS.

Anonymous wrote:OP here--title is a bit misleading (I posted quickly the other day). I meant that FARMS data has been *posted*, not that FARMS rates have increased.

Anonymous wrote:Brent and Maury are successful schools because the FARM rate is less than 30%. Also, Ludlow-Taylor's FARM rate seems very high. I though it was an up and coming school?