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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the EOTP schools have uniforms. Some of it is a holdover from when the demographics were different; some of it is parents in gentrifying neighborhoods liking uniforms for a variety of reasons. Brent has uniforms and has a sub 10% FARMS rate. Maury has uniforms at about 20%. It's pretty ingrained in their cultures at this point.[/quote]

I think OP's point is that SP/CV is not a gentrifying neighborhood.  However, until recently, it was mostly OOB.  I heard it was mostly IB, but then became mostly OOB related to some issues that happened during Michelle Rhee's tenure.  A neighbor told me that during this turmoil, there were like 6 principals in 2 years.  There was a big split about the direction of the school, with some families wanting it to become dual-language and others wanting the International Bacc. program, and a lot of IB families pulled their kids out for private or WOTP schools.  The reputation has continued to suffer until the last few years, when there's been renewed interest from IB families with young kids buying in the neighborhood.  Some details of the Rhee situation here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101604350.html[/quote]

SP is just as -- in fact, more -- "gentrifying" as the Brent neighborhood. The Brent neighborhood has lots of $2 million homes. Both have PK3 b/c 10-15 years ago, they weren't as well off. The point is that old habits die hard and schools that have had uniforms historically don't just auto-drop them when they get wealthier.[/quote]

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