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Anonymous wrote:So....the plan is to create a majority white magnet because the other magnet is too, how shall we say this, urban?

No.

If it assigns slots by Ward, as suggested, then it is impossible that it could be majority white, given the demographics of DCPS.

It wouldn't solve the problem of providing an alternative neighborhood school for upper NW families, but that's not the concern of the proposal.

The last thing DC needs is affirmative action for a magnet school. Ward quotas would dillute the quality. Let students get in on their merits. It will be better for the creme of Ward 8's youth if they get in on their own strengths in a city's-wide applicant pool.

Agreed.

This is such a dumb thread. The one passably mediocre comprehensive HS in the city - you want to do away with. We need more choices, it makes no sense to get rid of the one decent school for some hypothetical experiment. Also, Wilson is located on the far edge of the city. It is a tough commute from most other neighborhoods. As some one said already, experiment by opening a small test in magnet school within Coolidge or Roosevelt. We are not even in the Wilson boundary but I would not be happy if DCPS dismantled it. Those kids will not get spread throughout the city - they will go private, charter or move to Bethesda. We need multiple strong schools in DC. That is better for everyone as they can compete against each other, etc.
OP, you are a moron. Sorry for being rude but I had to say it.

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Anonymous wrote:So....the plan is to create a majority white magnet because the other magnet is too, how shall we say this, urban?

No.

If it assigns slots by Ward, as suggested, then it is impossible that it could be majority white, given the demographics of DCPS.

It wouldn't solve the problem of providing an alternative neighborhood school for upper NW families, but that's not the concern of the proposal.

The last thing DC needs is affirmative action for a magnet school. Ward quotas would dillute the quality. Let students get in on their merits. It will be better for the creme of Ward 8's youth if they get in on their own strengths in a city's-wide applicant pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

Have you been on Cap Hill in the last 3 years places are going for 750k+ all the way to RFK. There is critical mass if everyone simply stayed in the neighborhood schools

Crap ton of ghetto too, they were never really owners for the most part any way so the reach of the spectulation bubble is not relevant to the ratios of residents.

Word salad? Is that you?

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

I don't think you could make another Wilson but if all of the Cap Hill families stayed home I think you would have a HS that would be very attractive to most families in the district. Again, the issue is MS. Why Ward 3 has 2 MS and Ward 6 has 3 will always be a mystery to me.

And Ward 4 has none.

Ward 3 parents argued during the redistricting meetings that Ward 4 should be kicked out of Deal and Wilson and get their own HS.

Ward 4 has McFarland MS, and two high schools, Coolidge and Roosevelt. 1100+ Ward 4 kids are in a feeder path to Deal right now, including Lafayette kids. If they all went to a Ward 4 MS and HS, it would look just look Deal and Wilson overnight, especially if that pulls in the Ward 4 students who are OOB for Deal and Wilson now. The numbers are there to make it work.

The problem is, no one wants to give it a try.

I don't think MacFarland has had a problem filling seats as it rolls out. What's your problem with it?

Me? Nothing. It isn't my boundary school. But why does it only have 69 students when deal has 1500?

Only 69 students and still terrible test scores?! This supports the argument that small class size doesn't guarantee high test scores/better learning.

Don't be at ass.

31 of those students are at-risk (families qualify for SNAP, TANF or are homeless); 16 are ELLs. You have literally no idea where those kids started or whether they've improved year to year.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

I don't think you could make another Wilson but if all of the Cap Hill families stayed home I think you would have a HS that would be very attractive to most families in the district. Again, the issue is MS. Why Ward 3 has 2 MS and Ward 6 has 3 will always be a mystery to me.

And Ward 4 has none.

Ward 3 parents argued during the redistricting meetings that Ward 4 should be kicked out of Deal and Wilson and get their own HS.

Ward 4 has McFarland MS, and two high schools, Coolidge and Roosevelt. 1100+ Ward 4 kids are in a feeder path to Deal right now, including Lafayette kids. If they all went to a Ward 4 MS and HS, it would look just look Deal and Wilson overnight, especially if that pulls in the Ward 4 students who are OOB for Deal and Wilson now. The numbers are there to make it work.

The problem is, no one wants to give it a try.

I don't think MacFarland has had a problem filling seats as it rolls out. What's your problem with it?

Me? Nothing. It isn't my boundary school. But why does it only have 69 students when deal has 1500?

Only 69 students and still terrible test scores?! This supports the argument that small class size doesn't guarantee high test scores/better learning.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

Have you been on Cap Hill in the last 3 years places are going for 750k+ all the way to RFK. There is critical mass if everyone simply stayed in the neighborhood schools

Crap ton of ghetto too, they were never really owners for the most part any way so the reach of the spectulation bubble is not relevant to the ratios of residents.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

I don't think you could make another Wilson but if all of the Cap Hill families stayed home I think you would have a HS that would be very attractive to most families in the district. Again, the issue is MS. Why Ward 3 has 2 MS and Ward 6 has 3 will always be a mystery to me.

And Ward 4 has none.

Ward 3 parents argued during the redistricting meetings that Ward 4 should be kicked out of Deal and Wilson and get their own HS.

Ward 4 has McFarland MS, and two high schools, Coolidge and Roosevelt. 1100+ Ward 4 kids are in a feeder path to Deal right now, including Lafayette kids. If they all went to a Ward 4 MS and HS, it would look just look Deal and Wilson overnight, especially if that pulls in the Ward 4 students who are OOB for Deal and Wilson now. The numbers are there to make it work.

The problem is, no one wants to give it a try.

I don't think MacFarland has had a problem filling seats as it rolls out. What's your problem with it?

Me? Nothing. It isn't my boundary school. But why does it only have 69 students when deal has 1500?

They opened it 'early' with just the dual language students. It was never supposed to open to the whole feeder pattern until fall 2018. It may even still be in temporary space at Roosevelt.

MacFarland still under construction. Will be done for fall 2018, at which point the 6-8th graders at the feeder education campus schools will start attending there. For now, just dual language 6th and 7th graders are in a small portion of the building.

When finished and fully open, there will be both dual language and English students there. https://sites.google.com/a/dc.gov/dcps-school-modernizations/home/macfarland

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

I don't think you could make another Wilson but if all of the Cap Hill families stayed home I think you would have a HS that would be very attractive to most families in the district. Again, the issue is MS. Why Ward 3 has 2 MS and Ward 6 has 3 will always be a mystery to me.

And Ward 4 has none.

Ward 3 parents argued during the redistricting meetings that Ward 4 should be kicked out of Deal and Wilson and get their own HS.

Ward 4 has McFarland MS, and two high schools, Coolidge and Roosevelt. 1100+ Ward 4 kids are in a feeder path to Deal right now, including Lafayette kids. If they all went to a Ward 4 MS and HS, it would look just look Deal and Wilson overnight, especially if that pulls in the Ward 4 students who are OOB for Deal and Wilson now. The numbers are there to make it work.

The problem is, no one wants to give it a try.

I don't think MacFarland has had a problem filling seats as it rolls out. What's your problem with it?

Me? Nothing. It isn't my boundary school. But why does it only have 69 students when deal has 1500?

They opened it 'early' with just the dual language students. It was never supposed to open to the whole feeder pattern until fall 2018. It may even still be in temporary space at Roosevelt.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

I don't think you could make another Wilson but if all of the Cap Hill families stayed home I think you would have a HS that would be very attractive to most families in the district. Again, the issue is MS. Why Ward 3 has 2 MS and Ward 6 has 3 will always be a mystery to me.

And Ward 4 has none.

Ward 3 parents argued during the redistricting meetings that Ward 4 should be kicked out of Deal and Wilson and get their own HS.

Ward 4 has McFarland MS, and two high schools, Coolidge and Roosevelt. 1100+ Ward 4 kids are in a feeder path to Deal right now, including Lafayette kids. If they all went to a Ward 4 MS and HS, it would look just look Deal and Wilson overnight, especially if that pulls in the Ward 4 students who are OOB for Deal and Wilson now. The numbers are there to make it work.

The problem is, no one wants to give it a try.

I don't think MacFarland has had a problem filling seats as it rolls out. What's your problem with it?

Me? Nothing. It isn't my boundary school. But why does it only have 69 students when deal has 1500?

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

Have you been on Cap Hill in the last 3 years places are going for 750k+ all the way to RFK. There is critical mass if everyone simply stayed in the neighborhood schools

Anonymous wrote:Wow - OP has a lot of time on his/her hands. My question is -- why waste it dreaming up dumb scenarios like this that will never, ever, ever happen?

There are lots of volunteer organizations that could use your time, effort and imagination.

While you worth while toil away on a forum. Got it

Wow - OP has a lot of time on his/her hands. My question is -- why waste it dreaming up dumb scenarios like this that will never, ever, ever happen?

There are lots of volunteer organizations that could use your time, effort and imagination.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Stuart Hobson the MS Magnet as an interim step to getting all the selfish idiots on capitol hill to attend their neighborhood school so we can have another Wilson pyramid by now

There aren't nearly enough educated families on Cap Hill to make another Wilson. The other problem is that part of DC gets Sketchy before you even leave CH let alone all the areas around it. There is a reason privates and charters will always be the solution there. Little elementary schools are one thing, high schools are a complete different beast

I don't think you could make another Wilson but if all of the Cap Hill families stayed home I think you would have a HS that would be very attractive to most families in the district. Again, the issue is MS. Why Ward 3 has 2 MS and Ward 6 has 3 will always be a mystery to me.

And Ward 4 has none.

Ward 3 parents argued during the redistricting meetings that Ward 4 should be kicked out of Deal and Wilson and get their own HS.

Ward 4 has McFarland MS, and two high schools, Coolidge and Roosevelt. 1100+ Ward 4 kids are in a feeder path to Deal right now, including Lafayette kids. If they all went to a Ward 4 MS and HS, it would look just look Deal and Wilson overnight, especially if that pulls in the Ward 4 students who are OOB for Deal and Wilson now. The numbers are there to make it work.

The problem is, no one wants to give it a try.

I don't think MacFarland has had a problem filling seats as it rolls out. What's your problem with it?

Ward 4 is big and MacFarland is not my IB school.

And it's only in year 2 of operations, and still exclusively for dual language program students.

High-octane test-in magnets at Wilson? Never happening. Mediocrity for all is working too well.