Anonymous wrote:My child did not like Maury and we changed schools after 3 month. It was not a positive environment and I addressed my issues and the principal for some reason made things worse. Really bad experience with school and administration - shockingly bad.

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Anonymous wrote:There aren't as many Cap Hill parents in "privates" as this thread seems to suggest. Too expensive for 2-3 kids.

Right. And they can easily sell their homes, usually for a profit. So they move.

That's not been my experience at all. We have many friends with older kids sending them to private. Not sure what you're trying to say. I know many people with kids in Maury who put them in private middle/high schools. Maybe you just hang out with too many of the "poors".

I really hope I don't know you IRL.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow PP. Not a Maury parent, but your attitude is alarming. I do live in th neighborhood and know of some committed parents who are sending their children to Eliot-Hine. It takes people like that to change a school, and I'm impressed at their tenacity.

As far as your comment about "getting the popcorn", it is neither cute nor original.

Committed parents or parents without decent options? Eliot-Hine's PARCC scores were the worst on this side of the river, in the single digits for proficiency. Total disaster.

+1. A few parents drawing on their reserves of tenacity is not a remedy and will not change a school. Then there's Eastern. What's the point?

I never understand posts like this. What do you want to see happen? Is it for everyone to move WOTP/the burbs or pray for a handful of charter spots?

Easy. Get Bowser, the city council and DCPS to commit to renovate E-H from top to bottom within two years, and allow Brent to feed in. Then create a full honors classes there, not just grade level classes branded as honors class, as at Stuart Hobson. Then have E-H teach all the tough subjects, and offer all the enrichment, Deal does, e.g. Arabic, Mandarin and 7th grade algebra, along with Deal-quality extra curriculars. Done.

Not sure Brent families would find this all that enticing. If there is an option to leave DCPS after 4th for charters or private then it's a done deal as far as they are concerned. Henderson isn't going to be interested because she seems to think that Brent students are the rising tide that will lift Jefferson. Some of us actually remember the Ward 6 Middle School Plan and Henderson's promise to address middle school issues in FY15.

http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/21141/dcpss-response-to-the-demand-for-a-plan-to-fix-middle-schools-well-get-back-to-you/

Not the PP but I have children at Brent and we would definitely find that enticing. The only reason people jump ship to charters is because they have to. An honors option in a renovated neighborhood middle school would be extremely appealing.

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Anonymous wrote:There aren't as many Cap Hill parents in "privates" as this thread seems to suggest. Too expensive for 2-3 kids.

Right. And they can easily sell their homes, usually for a profit. So they move.

That's not been my experience at all. We have many friends with older kids sending them to private. Not sure what you're trying to say. I know many people with kids in Maury who put them in private middle/high schools. Maybe you just hang out with too many of the "poors".

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Anonymous wrote:There aren't as many Cap Hill parents in "privates" as this thread seems to suggest. Too expensive for 2-3 kids.

Right. And they can easily sell their homes, usually for a profit. So they move.

Anonymous wrote:There aren't as many Cap Hill parents in "privates" as this thread seems to suggest. Too expensive for 2-3 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow PP. Not a Maury parent, but your attitude is alarming. I do live in th neighborhood and know of some committed parents who are sending their children to Eliot-Hine. It takes people like that to change a school, and I'm impressed at their tenacity.

As far as your comment about "getting the popcorn", it is neither cute nor original.

Committed parents or parents without decent options? Eliot-Hine's PARCC scores were the worst on this side of the river, in the single digits for proficiency. Total disaster.

+1. A few parents drawing on their reserves of tenacity is not a remedy and will not change a school. Then there's Eastern. What's the point?

I never understand posts like this. What do you want to see happen? Is it for everyone to move WOTP/the burbs or pray for a handful of charter spots?

Easy. Get Bowser, the city council and DCPS to commit to renovate E-H from top to bottom within two years, and allow Brent to feed in. Then create a full honors classes there, not just grade level classes branded as honors class, as at Stuart Hobson. Then have E-H teach all the tough subjects, and offer all the enrichment, Deal does, e.g. Arabic, Mandarin and 7th grade algebra, along with Deal-quality extra curriculars. Done.

Not sure Brent families would find this all that enticing. If there is an option to leave DCPS after 4th for charters or private then it's a done deal as far as they are concerned. Henderson isn't going to be interested because she seems to think that Brent students are the rising tide that will lift Jefferson. Some of us actually remember the Ward 6 Middle School Plan and Henderson's promise to address middle school issues in FY15.

http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/21141/dcpss-response-to-the-demand-for-a-plan-to-fix-middle-schools-well-get-back-to-you/

Anonymous wrote:PP, how much admiration do you have for rich black families that choose not to send their kids to their in-bounds school. On a scale from one to ten.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow PP. Not a Maury parent, but your attitude is alarming. I do live in th neighborhood and know of some committed parents who are sending their children to Eliot-Hine. It takes people like that to change a school, and I'm impressed at their tenacity.

As far as your comment about "getting the popcorn", it is neither cute nor original.

Committed parents or parents without decent options? Eliot-Hine's PARCC scores were the worst on this side of the river, in the single digits for proficiency. Total disaster.

+1. A few parents drawing on their reserves of tenacity is not a remedy and will not change a school. Then there's Eastern. What's the point?

I never understand posts like this. What do you want to see happen? Is it for everyone to move WOTP/the burbs or pray for a handful of charter spots?

Easy. Get Bowser, the city council and DCPS to commit to renovate E-H from top to bottom within two years, and allow Brent to feed in. Then create a full honors classes there, not just grade level classes branded as honors class, as at Stuart Hobson. Then have E-H teach all the tough subjects, and offer all the enrichment, Deal does, e.g. Arabic, Mandarin and 7th grade algebra, along with Deal-quality extra curriculars. Done.

Not sure Brent families would find this all that enticing. If there is an option to leave DCPS after 4th for charters or private then it's a done deal as far as they are concerned. Henderson isn't going to be interested because she seems to think that Brent students are the rising tide that will lift Jefferson. Some of us actually remember the Ward 6 Middle School Plan and Henderson's promise to address middle school issues in FY15.

http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/21141/dcpss-response-to-the-demand-for-a-plan-to-fix-middle-schools-well-get-back-to-you/

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Anonymous wrote:Wow PP. Not a Maury parent, but your attitude is alarming. I do live in th neighborhood and know of some committed parents who are sending their children to Eliot-Hine. It takes people like that to change a school, and I'm impressed at their tenacity.

As far as your comment about "getting the popcorn", it is neither cute nor original.

Committed parents or parents without decent options? Eliot-Hine's PARCC scores were the worst on this side of the river, in the single digits for proficiency. Total disaster.

+1. A few parents drawing on their reserves of tenacity is not a remedy and will not change a school. Then there's Eastern. What's the point?

I never understand posts like this. What do you want to see happen? Is it for everyone to move WOTP/the burbs or pray for a handful of charter spots?

Easy. Get Bowser, the city council and DCPS to commit to renovate E-H from top to bottom within two years, and allow Brent to feed in. Then create a full honors classes there, not just grade level classes branded as honors class, as at Stuart Hobson. Then have E-H teach all the tough subjects, and offer all the enrichment, Deal does, e.g. Arabic, Mandarin and 7th grade algebra, along with Deal-quality extra curriculars. Done.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow PP. Not a Maury parent, but your attitude is alarming. I do live in th neighborhood and know of some committed parents who are sending their children to Eliot-Hine. It takes people like that to change a school, and I'm impressed at their tenacity.

As far as your comment about "getting the popcorn", it is neither cute nor original.

Committed parents or parents without decent options? Eliot-Hine's PARCC scores were the worst on this side of the river, in the single digits for proficiency. Total disaster.

+1. A few parents drawing on their reserves of tenacity is not a remedy and will not change a school. Then there's Eastern. What's the point?

I never understand posts like this. What do you want to see happen? Is it for everyone to move WOTP/the burbs or pray for a handful of charter spots?