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Oh Thanks. Looks like it is the modus operandi of CPS management. Making things easy, transparent, and reliable is not in the grand vision of CPS leadership. Each time I go through CPS website, I want to scream — oh the horror of bad designs — making a computer scientist mad.
I heard the same from other parents but it doesn’t appear to be the case after seeing how much my son struggles to maintain A grades. It may be just relative to perception. You really don’t want to make decisions based on perception.
The advice is not all that great since there is a limited number of schools one can put in the list. Since the parent has no idea what the score is, the rank is completely blind. If the score is too low to match any of the ranked schools, the student will lose opportunities.
Cps needs reform and needs transparency, auditing, and accountability. In the end, the cps CEO may just keep his job if he doesn’t make major mistakes but that is not the standard we should live with. We should demand better standard
I did some research on this last year. The information is almost nonexistent as to what the ‘national ranking’ really mean.
What I do know is that this percentage score is not based on ‘local ranking’. Regardless, if the ‘national ranking’ is accurate and consistent with the local student population, then the hardness of the test does not affect the percentage of students receiving 99% in both subjects. If last year is of any guide, 900 points does not mean much as far as Payton is concerned. Perfect scores in all 3 English sub categories are needed. Last year, 900 points is enough to get in Northside.
I think the school doesn’t have visibility in how many students won’t enroll. The number of students for PD is based on past experience.
Unless a child has some special talent in sports art or a compelling life story, I think it’s not a worthy pursuit for PD.
I don’t know anything about Jones but Lane seems to be very well organized, a lot of homework assignments (at least in academic center), and very large student body so expect a lot of traffic in the morning (watch out for the speed camera and red light camera — got us many times — damn you city hall). The graduation ceremony is beautiful. You won’t believe how nice it is to have very large green space around the campus in that kind of setting.
The point is Lane is so big, if your kid is good at certain things, she will find suitable class/club for her. The fact that Lane still hasn’t changed its principal is a fantastic news. It is super easy to lose job nowadays.
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About Payton, it is very nice school in terms of facilities and student body. The teachers are good (that is what I heard before but not recently). The new principal seems a little underwhelming. I heard that a dozen or so teachers left abruptly when the semester starts leaving many classes without teachers. The principal stayed silent until many parents start to ask questions, which she responded in the last page of a multiple page newsletter. Hopefully, the situation will stabilize soon. All in all, tough school demands rigor, The tier system lets in underqualified students competing with peers in the same setting, which is not conducive to learning. You can imagine how this will turn out. Teachers will give bad grades to poor performers, who will complain to say that it is not fair, which will escalade to certain principal getting fired, which lead to teachers quitting, which lead to everyone getting A even though none deserves, which lead to the school performance in standardized tests going down the tubes. I hope the new principal is stronger than she appears initially and will enforce rigorous academic standards.
Life is marathon. I have lived long enough to know that winners in life don’t always get there in a smooth way. Wish your daughter successful in life despite the minor setback.
High homework load means that the school cares. Homework assignment is work for both the students and more so for the teachers. If you think high school homework is tough, you will find it much harder to deal with universities and professional schools after that.
It would be so nice indeed.
Commuting for my children is such a pain this semester I really regret the decision we made.
Lane and Whitney have little difference in academic performance. Ranking is based on the entire student population. Lane is twice as big as Whitney which is twice as big as Payton and North side. The variance is quite large. Top students in these schools all do well college wise. Also, getting in college is one thing, finishing it with good performance is another. Find suitable school and program is important.
Let me answer your question related to LTAC here.
As far as I know (my son was a LTAC student), not many LTAC students even took the high school admission test (or taking it seriously). So the number of students from LTAC giving up their seats in North Side or Payton is low. Those who got admitted did go there. I am not sure about Whitney Young but I know one student from WY didn’t take the seat in Payton.
Your daughter seems to be what Whitney is looking for in principal discretion. I don’t see too much downside in trying. Of course the drawback is uncertainty. Lane is a very good school in my opinion. Tour daughter will do just as well in Lane.
