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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's normal for schools to have a variety of opinions. Part of that is due to each kid having a different set of teachers. It's also due to families having different priorities and expectations. I think Bancroft is good, personally.[/quote]

+1. We're not a Bancroft family, but have close ties to the neighborhood and know a lot of families there. Bancroft is in a unique position. It would be seen as an upgrade compared to almost all other DCP(C)S schools, but is seen as a downgrade to many of the other schools it feeds to Deal with (i.e., JKLM schools). Families that live in Mount Pleasant are usually of a slightly different social bent than upper Ward 3 families and, from my personal experience only, tend to profess to appreciate the bit of grittiness that comes with a Title 1 school. As long as that grittiness doesn't get too gritty and start negatively impacting THEIR child's experience. It's also terribly overcrowded, which speaks to the neighborhood buy-in, but also means the resources are spread thin and crowding stresses the environment a bit. Like any school, different kids can have vastly different experiences depending on cohort dynamics, teachers, educational needs, etc. And different families react to those experiences differently, hence the different perspectives. [/quote]

This. Look, in DC there aren't enough good schools. So when a school seems good (enough), people want to go there. Hence the crowding. It's unfortunate but it is a sign of the attractiveness of the school. [/quote]

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