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[quote=Anonymous]As a DCPS parent (Of a Junior at Wilson SHS) I feel there are some serious changes that need to be done. Neighborhood schools are often overlooked, especially in less affluent parts of town, and it seems like there is a clear devide between the haves (at schools like School without Walls, Banneker, Ellington, and somewhat at Wilson [at the academies]) and the have-nots (such as most neighborhood schools). Instead of focusing all its money on improving schooling for ALL students, they are given some students a better ecucation, just because they are labelled as "smart".

I ask why we, as parents, never suggest that the city should close down the magnet schools, or (in some cases) transform them into neighborhood schools, and divert the money, students, and teachers to the schools that the majority of high schoolers in this city have to deal with. I feel like it is a taboo topic to even suggest closing such schools as Walls or Banneker, but it is a necessarily  step if we are really dedicated to create a fair school system for [i]everyone[/i]. The fact is that we really can't predict the academic strength of a student from their middle school academics, even if our middle schools were actually up to par. We hear about sex, drugs, cheating, all going on at our public middle schools, and we are judging whether to give these students an advantage over the rest based on these years?

The fact is that I am not against the concept of those schools, but we should have a good overall school system before we add specialty schools to it.

Am I the only one who feels like this?[/quote]

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