Anonymous
04/19/2025 08:35
Subject: Latin PCS
maybe except there really are not very many other popular charters on this site
Anonymous
04/19/2025 07:52
Subject: Latin PCS
Please seek out real families to talk with. Also a 2nd Street family (which we are) will have very little insight about the Cooper campus and vise versa because the two campuses are largely run separately.
Anonymous
04/18/2025 22:16
Subject: Latin PCS
Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. Latin is racist and xenophobic, and so many entitled brats! I graduated two years ago. I didn’t realize how a weird place it was until I got to college and talked about my experiences with friends. It was mistake to go there. Be careful.
Don’t be so gullible, people. MS and HS kids troll these boards all the time.
Anonymous
04/18/2025 08:48
Subject: Latin PCS
My daughter loves Latin and if you are a math kid, you can take honors. The teachers are amazing. They care and are very dedicated.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 10:27
Subject: Latin PCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. Latin is racist and xenophobic, and so many entitled brats! I graduated two years ago. I didn’t realize how a weird place it was until I got to college and talked about my experiences with friends. It was mistake to go there. Be careful.
This is an interesting comment. We are also considering Latin and I’ve spoken to many real black families (we are also black) and no one has spoken about the school in this way.
+1
I’ve never heard this said about Latin either. I have heard it said about many of the other very popular charters on this site.
Maybe that is someone with a high waitlist number, but low enough that if they scare off other applicants they will have a chance.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 09:23
Subject: Latin PCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. Latin is racist and xenophobic, and so many entitled brats! I graduated two years ago. I didn’t realize how a weird place it was until I got to college and talked about my experiences with friends. It was mistake to go there. Be careful.
This is an interesting comment. We are also considering Latin and I’ve spoken to many real black families (we are also black) and no one has spoken about the school in this way.
+1
I’ve never heard this said about Latin either. I have heard it said about many of the other very popular charters on this site.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 09:06
Subject: Latin PCS
Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. Latin is racist and xenophobic, and so many entitled brats! I graduated two years ago. I didn’t realize how a weird place it was until I got to college and talked about my experiences with friends. It was mistake to go there. Be careful.
This is an interesting comment. We are also considering Latin and I’ve spoken to many real black families (we are also black) and no one has spoken about the school in this way.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 22:27
Subject: Re:Latin PCS
Last poster--Can you say a little more? As a parent who is seriously considering this option I would like to know more. Was it teachers, curriculum, other students, parents?
Anonymous
04/16/2025 14:20
Subject: Latin PCS
Don’t do it. Latin is racist and xenophobic, and so many entitled brats! I graduated two years ago. I didn’t realize how a weird place it was until I got to college and talked about my experiences with friends. It was mistake to go there. Be careful.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 13:29
Subject: Latin PCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Impressive? Looks like they are only sending about 5 of 160 to Ivies.
Class size is 90-95 per grade
Love it when a statistics warrior comes on here with no real facts!!
+100. Not sure how many in class of 2025 but definitely less than 100. 5 Ivies seems pretty impressive for a citywide lottery school. And lots of kids are deciding on financial aid so perhaps more are getting in but can't attend. But regardless, the kids graduating from Latin are kind, compassionate, thoughtful human beings which is way more important than what college one attends.
The few Latin kids getting into T10 schools would have done fine at any school. There are outliers everywhere. Parents are certainly supplementing all the time.
All Latin kids are "kind, compassionate, thoughtful human beings"? You realize that Latin is a 100% lottery school, right?
The point is that Latin is just not that good. Here are some stats on Latin 2nd St:
-25% never take an AP exam
-43% never pass a single AP exam
-42% are not proficient in reading
-11% do not graduate
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838
Wow, those numbers are not good, esp the 43% not passing a single AP exam.
Getting a 3 is not hard, especially with the low risk population at Latin.
That would be a red flag to me.
And almost half not reading at grade level in addition to not passing AP above.
Anonymous
04/16/2025 13:28
Subject: Latin PCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Impressive? Looks like they are only sending about 5 of 160 to Ivies.
Class size is 90-95 per grade
Love it when a statistics warrior comes on here with no real facts!!
+100. Not sure how many in class of 2025 but definitely less than 100. 5 Ivies seems pretty impressive for a citywide lottery school. And lots of kids are deciding on financial aid so perhaps more are getting in but can't attend. But regardless, the kids graduating from Latin are kind, compassionate, thoughtful human beings which is way more important than what college one attends.
The few Latin kids getting into T10 schools would have done fine at any school. There are outliers everywhere. Parents are certainly supplementing all the time.
All Latin kids are "kind, compassionate, thoughtful human beings"? You realize that Latin is a 100% lottery school, right?
The point is that Latin is just not that good. Here are some stats on Latin 2nd St:
-25% never take an AP exam
-43% never pass a single AP exam
-42% are not proficient in reading
-11% do not graduate
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838
Wow, those numbers are not good, esp the 43% not passing a single AP exam.
Getting a 3 is not hard, especially with the low risk population at Latin.
That would be a red flag to me.