Anonymous
Post 06/11/2015 15:36     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
how many kids were actually tested? was this a very small cohort if kids leave at third grade?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2015 15:34     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Where are all these families going?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2015 14:21     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:Ross families all leave at 3rd and 4th grade, so that is not ideal at all.


So are Brent families. Heck even many IT and 2R families that we know are leaving after 4th. Not a unique problem. Even if they leave after 3rd or 4th, the kids testing are still QUITE impressive. Go Ross!!

-not Ross family but a fan
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2015 13:50     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Ross families all leave at 3rd and 4th grade, so that is not ideal at all.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2015 10:07     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:Everyone at Ross needs to get behind the FrancisSWW option and quit leaving for charters -- you can bet your money that FS/SWW will flourish. BASIS has no programs outside of academics that can/will compare to what can be organized on that green space at Francis, not to mention the pool.


It'll only flourish if the Ross families commit.

Screwed for HS, but at least that's three years more in the system.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 22:58     Subject: Re:How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.


I for one would be interested in learning your methods for spotting a poor kid from drop off or pick-up....sheesh - really??


I'm assuming that PP is looking at parents' cars, parents in well-dressed business attire, etc.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 22:36     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:Who wants to send their kid to Ross if there's 166 kids in a classroom at any one time? Geeesh.



Anonymous wrote:
I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 22:12     Subject: Re:How to replicate Ross's success?
the school has 166 kids total. one class per grade, pre-k through 5th.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 22:01     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:Who wants to send their kid to Ross if there's 166 kids in a classroom at any one time? Geeesh.


Huh?
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 16:47     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Who wants to send their kid to Ross if there's 166 kids in a classroom at any one time? Geeesh.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 16:19     Subject: Re:How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.


I for one would be interested in learning your methods for spotting a poor kid from drop off or pick-up....sheesh - really??
it's easy; they make the poor kids wear rags and the IEP kids wear dunces caps.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 15:03     Subject: Re:How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.


I for one would be interested in learning your methods for spotting a poor kid from drop off or pick-up....sheesh - really??
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 12:37     Subject: Re:How to replicate Ross's success?
I take all those farms #, IEP #s etc with a grain of salt. As others have mentioned, they seem to be a snapshot of a single classroom in a single moment in time. If you walk by Ross during drop off or pickup, you'd be hardpressed to find a poor kid in the bunch.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 11:07     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Anonymous wrote:Note recent trend of Ross staff moving on to teaching and leadership positions at nearby DCPS schools. Eg. Principal of HD Cooke. Assistant P. at Seaton, teachers at Seaton and SWW@FS. Good news for those schools and DCPS as a whole.


Seaton parent here. I have not heard of any official announcement on AP Rivers' replacement. Who will be coming from Ross? If this is true (new AP and teachers from Ross to Seaton), that is GREAT news for Seaton!! Great changes continue to happen at Seaton .
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2015 10:06     Subject: How to replicate Ross's success?
Ross is clearly doing things well but let's not lose sight of the fact that it only has 166 kids who attend and very few with IEPs (3%). It's not really a fair fight in terms of comparisons with schools twice its size and much higher percentages of SpEd students.