Anonymous
Post 03/05/2020 16:53     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Anonymous wrote:Many applying to GDS for 6th from our DCPS.


Why? Are they unhappy with the principal or DCPS?
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2020 13:28     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
GDS/Maret/SFS - 6h grade, URM
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2020 12:26     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Many applying to GDS for 6th from our DCPS.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2020 11:39     Subject: Re:Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Sidwell or NCS 9th. But she will have a hard time choosing since she loved both.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2020 11:06     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
maret 9
hannalee27
Post 03/05/2020 10:00     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Beauvoir for PK
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2020 09:40     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Potomac or Holton 9th
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2020 15:58     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
I am hoping for GDS for 9th coming from public. As earlier pp said it appears GDS is quite popular this year.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 21:48     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:GDS for 9th.

DS is from Hispanic as we are from Brazil even though his great-grandparents were from Germany.


Goodness, so tell him that Latin and Hispanic are two different things. Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Therefore, Brazilians are not Hispanic.


It's a census designation not science. He can identify any way he wants.


https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/11/who-is-hispanic/

But isn’t there an official definition of what it means to be Hispanic or Latino?

A. In 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the only law in this country’s history that mandated the collection and analysis of data for a specific ethnic group: “Americans of Spanish origin or descent.” The language of that legislation described this group as “Americans who identify themselves as being of Spanish-speaking background and trace their origin or descent from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish-speaking countries.” This includes 20 Spanish-speaking nations from Latin America and Spain itself, but not Portugal or Portuguese-speaking Brazil. Standards for collecting data on Hispanics were developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1977 and revised in 1997. Using these standards, schools, public health facilities and other government entities and agencies keep track of how many Hispanics they serve – the primary goal of the 1976 law.

However, the Census Bureau does not apply this definition when counting Hispanics. Rather, it relies entirely on self-reporting and lets each person identify as Hispanic or not.


Who is talking about census or science?
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 18:36     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Sidwell 9th. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 18:31     Subject: Re:Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Holton or GDS
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 15:55     Subject: Re:Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm going to be That Person: what do you consider to be hooks? A talent? Under-represented minority? Pretty teeth?


Coming from K-8

Alumni parents

Potential major donors

Ivy League educated parents

Athletic performance


Still no.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 15:35     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:GDS for 9th.

DS is from Hispanic as we are from Brazil even though his great-grandparents were from Germany.


Goodness, so tell him that Latin and Hispanic are two different things. Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Therefore, Brazilians are not Hispanic.


It's a census designation not science. He can identify any way he wants.


https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/11/who-is-hispanic/

But isn’t there an official definition of what it means to be Hispanic or Latino?

A. In 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the only law in this country’s history that mandated the collection and analysis of data for a specific ethnic group: “Americans of Spanish origin or descent.” The language of that legislation described this group as “Americans who identify themselves as being of Spanish-speaking background and trace their origin or descent from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish-speaking countries.” This includes 20 Spanish-speaking nations from Latin America and Spain itself, but not Portugal or Portuguese-speaking Brazil. Standards for collecting data on Hispanics were developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1977 and revised in 1997. Using these standards, schools, public health facilities and other government entities and agencies keep track of how many Hispanics they serve – the primary goal of the 1976 law.

However, the Census Bureau does not apply this definition when counting Hispanics. Rather, it relies entirely on self-reporting and lets each person identify as Hispanic or not.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 15:12     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2020 14:59     Subject: Count Down for Big 3......Who are you hoping for?
Anonymous wrote:Which schools are big 3. I really don’t know.


Sticky post at the top. You can peruse the 10 years of discussion on this point.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/99579.page

None of it matters btw (and mine go to one of the frequently included, so-called Big 3).