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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deal MS represents the utter failure of Michelle Rhee.  Why?  When she came on board Deal was good.  Now that she's gone, Deal has benefitted from $250/sq ft. renovations, skylights, IB programming, organized athletcis, uniforms that fit, fencing teams plus valuable suits for loan, better cafeteria food, excellent band/instrumental options, differentiated instruction, foreign languages.  And where is Deal?  Major Upper Caucasia.  Why isn't Deal's model replicated anywhere else?  Easier to wine and dine with the upper NW parents.  What school south of the park has I-Macs in every classroom smart boards on every wall, web-based email, excellent musical and theatre facilties, etc.. etc...where else?  The parents didn't pay for this stuff.  So who did?  Who compares?  We're going to be forced to pay private tuition in a couple of years because the ever-tight Deal boundaries are only getting tighter and tighter...shrink-wrapping the W3 mostly white kids into one fabulously free and unique MS.   'Nuff Said.[/quote]

I don't get your post.[/quote]

I do get this post.  On consecutive days,  I visited both Deal  and Jeferson Middle Schools.  The fact that Deal is provided with everything it needs to thrive and Jefferson is literally left to "die on the vine" is what the pp is getting at.  Kids at Jefferson ( and many other schools I am sure ) are left to learn in truly abominable conditions...from the quality of teaching to the obvious health hazards throughout the building.

There are bright spots at Jefferson and everywhere, I am sure.  But the obvious feeling of neglect there when compared to Deal feels downright criminal.

After these visits I resolved that anyone who asks me what is going on in the dcps education system needs a field trip to these two campuses and THEN we can start to talk about it.       [/quote]

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