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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any thread about Banneker on DCUM "degenerates" into talking about race, DCPS priorities, and SAT scores because there's no sidestepping these matters for the strongest students and prospective students, regardless of race and SES.

I used to volunteer to interview Banneker applicants for my Ivy. Until a couple years ago, I trooped there each February for over a decade to interview two or three students in their top 10 academically. Eventually, I got fed up with students telling me that their guidance counselors and teachers had advised that Banneker applicants don't need half a dozen APs scores of 4 or 5 to be admitted to elite colleges. No Banneker student I interviewed--and I must have talked to two dozen--was admitted to my alma mater. The problem is that the school operates in an affirmative action time warp. Banneker is clearly in dire need of modernization academically, socially and administratively, not in terms of the physical plant.[/quote]

It’s a common IB talking point that “projected IB scores” are enough for admission to elite American colleges. DCI has a much whiter student body than Banneker, and is much newer (so could hardly be stuck in a time warp) but it gives its students the same questionable advice. [/quote]

I don't doubt your experience. But, mine has been different. My child will complete at least 5 AP courses at Banneker. The school takes them seriously. For example, he went to school on a recent Saturday to take a mock exam. He earned a 5 on the AP test he took sophomore year.

Let's face it. There are a too-small number of good public high schools in DC. Let's appreciate the ones we have. [/quote]

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