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Anonymous wrote:Just ask people in the neighborhood OP. You’ll get better results than here.

No, the neighborhood is full of boosters. I worry people who have had bad experiences won't say a word because they are afraid of backlash.

I find this surprising. I had similar questions about Stuart-Hobson for my kid and asked around (we're at a feeder, so I know lots of parents of now-6th graders and of my kid's friends' older siblings). I got lots of feedback of all kinds from awful to great. If you ask people in public or that you don't know, sure they may boost... but I think most people are pretty forthright if asked personally. Especially parents of kids in different grades, because ultimately they don't really care if you go.

I have heard that Maury families are very OTT about EH, so maybe that's where you are? But even then, surely you know some families you trust?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience.

The other subjects are not adequate OP. You have kids 4 or 5 grade levels apart if there is no tracking. Teaching will be to the lowest common denominator.

What don’t you get about this OP?

I want to hear about the good and the bad from people whose kids are like mine there. What don't *you* get about that? Do your kids even go there or are you just a troll?

Sounds like OP should just send her kid there. Good luck!

Sounds like the answer to whether you actually have had a kid there is no.

I think you are replying to different people but reality is you don’t need to have a kid there to know it’s true with the classes.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience.

The other subjects are not adequate OP. You have kids 4 or 5 grade levels apart if there is no tracking. Teaching will be to the lowest common denominator.

What don’t you get about this OP?

I want to hear about the good and the bad from people whose kids are like mine there. What don't *you* get about that? Do your kids even go there or are you just a troll?

Sounds like OP should just send her kid there. Good luck!

Sounds like the answer to whether you actually have had a kid there is no.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I was so impressed with the thoughtful way that the OP and later posters talked about Eliot. My personal experience hasn’t been great- lots of heavy pressure from sanctimonious moms informing me of “how wonderful” it is and the “importance of choosing your local dcps” and “investing in your local school” while being very light on details and specifics. I think it’s important to know the warts and all of a school.

Your personal experience at the school? Or your personal experience talking to people?
Either way, there are ‘warts’ at every school, I think for middle school the good outweighs the bad at EH, but that’s just my view.
PS, if you want a sneak peek into the school, their play is this weekend.

Why do you think the good outweighs the bad and do you have another middle school experience to compare it to?

I agree with a more recent poster who commented on how this thread has gone a little all over the place.
The experience my kids and their friends have had over multiple years in total at the school so far includes interesting projects, challenging math and engaged teachers. It includes playing multiple years in a band and having a chance to travel with your band, performing in a play, participating in debate or choir, various book, clubs, and sports. There are the sports that people think of like basketball soccer, baseball cross country, but they also have ultimate frisbee, golf, swimming, archery, and a few others. I think they have a robotics club, a creative writing club, and more I am sure I am forgetting.
As this thread has mentioned, maybe they are missing certain math classes, although they do go up to geometry in eighth grade. And any school anywhere is going to have ups and downs. Overall it sounds like it could be a good fit for OP, lots of folks like it, most dont say it’s perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience.

The other subjects are not adequate OP. You have kids 4 or 5 grade levels apart if there is no tracking. Teaching will be to the lowest common denominator.

What don’t you get about this OP?

I want to hear about the good and the bad from people whose kids are like mine there. What don't *you* get about that? Do your kids even go there or are you just a troll?

Sounds like OP should just send her kid there. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience.

The other subjects are not adequate OP. You have kids 4 or 5 grade levels apart if there is no tracking. Teaching will be to the lowest common denominator.

What don’t you get about this OP?

I want to hear about the good and the bad from people whose kids are like mine there. What don't *you* get about that? Do your kids even go there or are you just a troll?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience.

The other subjects are not adequate OP. You have kids 4 or 5 grade levels apart if there is no tracking. Teaching will be to the lowest common denominator.

What don’t you get about this OP?

Anonymous wrote:Just ask people in the neighborhood OP. You’ll get better results than here.

No, the neighborhood is full of boosters. I worry people who have had bad experiences won't say a word because they are afraid of backlash.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

Typing fast. Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid. When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

If you can’t get your kid into one of the Latins, send them to EH. Your kind of people are there.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.

EH sounds like a good fit for your kid.

Just ask people in the neighborhood OP. You’ll get better results than here.

OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant.