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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I would definitely like to see magnets and/or gifted and talented programs at the middle AND elementary levels. Currently, the District has only one magnet elementary (Logan -- no inbondary preference). Other specialized programs are inboundary schools. Personally I was looking for a bilingual program (as are many people) and my inboundary school is not bilingual. I think a bilingual magnet (i.e., District-wide, no boundary area) elementary would be a big draw and very popular, if done right.

Similarly I think we need a magnet middle school. The PS -8 model that Rhee implemented without much planning in Ward 5 and some other schools across the District was not done well at all. Students in these tiny middle school programs don't typically have foreign language, science labs, good extra curr. activities because there are sometimes only 25 students per grade. So anyone with options opts out... the opposite of what Rhee had said would happen.

Magnets would draw people into DCPS that are currently drawn into the specialized programs that many charters offer.[/quote]

I totally agree with this. We're in Ward 5 too and the PS-8 model is a total disaster. It's not good for the middle school students, and it's not good for the younger students. What was Rhee thinking??

In Ward 5, middle class kids will continue to flee DCPS for charters and privates at the elementary level until there's some sort of magnet program, probably a bilingual one. I just don't see how the momentum shifts unless something very innovative is done. Once the foundation is built at the elementary level, and assuming there's lots of academic rigor, there'd be a chance to keep the kids through middle school if there's a good middle school public option.

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