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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, lots of don't send their kids to Ward 5 DCPS, but a lot do send their kids to DC PCS.  I read a report that said Ward 5 has the highest % of kids in charter schools out of any Ward. [/quote]

Yes, you are reinforcing my point! Families in Ward 5 are sending their kids to charters, to DCPS in other wards, to private and parochial schools. Let's have a conversation about what we'd need to see in Ward 5 DCPS to send our kids there. Middle school is part of that conversation--since there are so few good options in the District (and Ward 5 kids age out of out of boundary elementary schools or elementary-only charters like LAMB or Stokes) but it has to start with why we're not sending our kids to Ward 5 DCPSs. There is a baby boom in Brookland and all these parents are staking out the lotteries for charters, or Hill or Upper NW elementaries. As demographics change across the District, those options are going to be harder and harder to come by. We need to think about what it would take to send our kids to Ward 5 DCPSs. I think it is likely to be a committed group of families willing to give it a try at the PS/PK level. They are likely to want [b]specialized programs[/b] to do so. Expedionary learning, language immersion, reggio...[/quote]

We moved to Ward 5 for affordable housing, not the schools.  I don't want a specialized program.  I want a quality school which will give my child a quality education, not just train him to follow directions and be a passive learner.

You know what it would take for me to send my kid to my in-bounds school?
* Teachers who don't yell at students all day long
* Freedom of choice in dress - we are not a family who would ever stick a child in a uniform
* Challenging, differentiated curriculum that doesn't include hours upon hours (plus homework!) of worksheets
* Diversity of race and SES

Ward 5 parent whose child is safe and happy in a charter[/quote]

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