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[quote=Anonymous]Well, sure, PP, that's why we all moved to Ward 5! (You are quoting me.)

And, of course we want quality schools! Which schools are likely to attract middle class parents like you and me? Specialized programs, for my money, are the best chance of achieving the bullet points you listed (except maybe the uniform thing) and more. What will pull in middle class parents? A quality program. How are we likely to get that in DCPS? A specialized program, a magnet, maybe. That's what I think anyway.  How are we going to get diversity of race and SES? Committed parents trying it out at the PS/PK level -- NOT by creating a middle school for Ward 5 which is where this DCPS conversation seems to be going. If they start with that, it will just be a half-empty school and Ward 5 parents will keep scrambling to get their kids into charters, OOB schools etc.

So come out and tell DCPS what it would take! Does your charter go through 12th grade? Are you sure you're going to stay all the way?

Here's an article in the Brookland Heartbeat about how bad public schools in Ward 5 are:

http://www.brooklandheartbeat.org/fall11_8thgraders.html

Look, my family has gone charter too and we're happy. So I know exactly where you're coming from.

Come out and tell DCPS what you've posted here.

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