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[quote=Anonymous]If you're looking for concrete feedback, do a search for DCI on DCUM.  There have been half a dozen long DCI threads in the last six months alone...

School is still fairly chaotic and housed in a strangely configured building (long and lean) that isn't the best.  Weak disciplinary practices.

School is far from homes of most students in feeders (esp. Cap Hill) and not near a Metro stop, meaning long, tiring commutes in traffic/on parent hired buses for most of the kids.

Teaching population unstable - around 1/4 of the teachers leaving annually.

School is populated by mostly high-need low-income students but won't track students, other than for math and language.  Lack of rigor a real problem for advanced students.  
Over reliance on technology hasn't worked too well.

Essentially no native speakers on both the small Chinese and French tracks, so low standards for speaking after as many as 9 years of immersion or partial immersion studies.  Spanish track dominates in a big way.

etc. etc.[/quote]

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