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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not true. Most of these kids will be going on to Wilson. It'll be truly a great school in couple years. Right now, it is a very good choice. People on this board don't actually skew old enough to get good participation from Wilson Parents. DCUM's population is getting older and many of their kids are at JKLM and Deal--You'll see INCREASING #'s of Wilson posts as time goes on. My kids walk most days to Janney ES, but not on River Road--on Albemarle  more in the center of the neighborhood.[/quote]

I love your optimism.  Unfortunately, I think every few years, parents think they'll be the ones to turn the system around.  But, alas, as the critical years approach (sometimes its 4th grade, sometimes 6th), parents look around and notice that their neighbors and peers who once were "in this together" in DCPS have disappeared for private or suburbs.  I remember older neighbors telling us when we first moved to DC that their group of parents were going to stick together and send their kids to DCPS middle school after our JKLM neighborhood school.  But by 5th grade, all the parents were ditching out for private.  Well, that was about 11 or 12 years ago.  About 5-6 years ago, another set of neighbors expressed the same thing.  Now that our kids are in that same JKLM elementary, the same thing is happening to us.  Sadly, this is what happens over and over in DC.  Personally, I hope you are right, but I don't see it going that way in our school.[/quote]

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