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Anonymous wrote:My two kids and the kids of MANY of my friends--

Peabody to Watkins to Stuart-Hobson to Walls. And now many going on to great SLACs or universities. Some go from Stuart to privates.

We are long time DC and Hill residents, so the whole racial and OOB obsessiveness was never really a factor.

We judged the schools by what we knew and saw in the teachers and in our own kids.

They were happy and did well. We feel very lucky!

Yeah, but did you ever walk the hallways and observe recess and cafeteria? Did you ever talk to your kids about what they see and experience. Did you notice behavioral changes in your kids and any antisocial tendencies. Did you give a f^ck?

Wow. You are an ass. Are you really accusing the PP of being a neglectful and uncaring parent for sending her/his kids to the neighborhood schools, despite their having successfully matriculated to "great SLACs or universities" as s/he said? Are kids who go from Stuart Hobson to Walls somehow affixed with horns so that you were able to pick out their "behavioral changes" and "antisocial tendencies" when they were at Walls among other kids?

Anonymous wrote:My two kids and the kids of MANY of my friends--

Peabody to Watkins to Stuart-Hobson to Walls. And now many going on to great SLACs or universities. Some go from Stuart to privates.

We are long time DC and Hill residents, so the whole racial and OOB obsessiveness was never really a factor.

We judged the schools by what we knew and saw in the teachers and in our own kids.

They were happy and did well. We feel very lucky!

Yeah, but did you ever walk the hallways and observe recess and cafeteria? Did you ever talk to your kids about what they see and experience. Did you notice behavioral changes in your kids and any antisocial tendencies. Did you give a f^ck?

For all those dingbats on DCUM that say schools don't affect Capitol Hill home prices, get real: http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/school-quality-has-a-mighty-influence-on-neighborhood-choice-home-values/2015/09/03/826c289a-46ad-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html
No neighborhood buy in affects the long-term stability of the neighborhood.
Does DCPS care? No.

Anonymous wrote:Word salad? But guess what? Cap Hill is a non-factor when it comes catering to such a small group of people. Chomp on this...Ward 6 schools are among the largest with populated schools. If they lose Cap Hill all 10 square blocks...not one school would suffer...not a nary bit...in a rapper's phrase IDGAF!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Holy crap. Who is paying $40k/year for Middle school?! I can't even wrap my head around that.

To quote a cliche, "if you have to ask..." But that's the point, isn't it? The people who can afford to spend 40k a year on MS aren't limited as to where they can live in DC. Which is why I put that list together in the first place. Because the way people throw around "go private" belies the economic reality.

Love how at least three respondents have pointed out that FA exists, but you're still blithely yammering on.

Anonymous wrote:I lived in CH when I had my first child, but we moved by the time she was one. I have to say....[yadda yadda yadda]

So much LOL here.

WSL thinks things are just peachy at Walker-Jones and Seaton. Nothing to see here.

Peace out, yo!

Anonymous wrote:Word salad? But guess what? Cap Hill is a non-factor when it comes catering to such a small group of people. Chomp on this...Ward 6 schools are among the largest with populated schools. If they lose Cap Hill all 10 square blocks...not one school would suffer...not a nary bit...in a rapper's phrase IDGAF!!!

What in the world are you saying????

Word salad? But guess what? Cap Hill is a non-factor when it comes catering to such a small group of people. Chomp on this...Ward 6 schools are among the largest with populated schools. If they lose Cap Hill all 10 square blocks...not one school would suffer...not a nary bit...in a rapper's phrase IDGAF!!!

Word Salad?

Ward 6 has schools...Cap Hill is only 10 blocks and why worry about these high SES people, when you have the largest housing project on Capitol Hill. So guess who wins with the school population...Cap Hill families are non-factors...if they were DCPS would be catering but instead they are giving a careless attitude. The Ward 6 schools are not suffering in any way if they were...then we would be beating a path to your door...I guess or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington Global doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar. Maybe because the entry point is at 6th Grade. Or maybe because it's like Fight Club.

Brand new. But it's website now highlights it's free before and aftercare as well as GED classes and computer labs for parents. So perhaps targeting a different audience than typical DCUM.

you can't get a charter approved in DC unless it focuses on low-income families, or at least pays lip service to doing so.

Then how did BASIS DC get a charter? They were never focused on (and not prepared to deal with initially) low income kids.........

They were fine with low income, it was the sped that killed them at first. I guess there are no IEPs in Arizona.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Global doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar. Maybe because the entry point is at 6th Grade. Or maybe because it's like Fight Club.

Brand new. But it's website now highlights it's free before and aftercare as well as GED classes and computer labs for parents. So perhaps targeting a different audience than typical DCUM.

you can't get a charter approved in DC unless it focuses on low-income families, or at least pays lip service to doing so.

Then how did BASIS DC get a charter? They were never focused on (and not prepared to deal with initially) low income kids.........

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Anonymous wrote:Latin and Basis.

Latin, but extremely difficult to get in.

Basis has a lot of kids from Brent. I had never heard of it before! (Ward 3 parent of two Basis kids)