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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in Petworth and are considering our options for elementary schools.   I can't help feeling that with the recent neighborhood improvements in housing stock and HHI that there are is now a critical mass of highly educated and well off parents.

Has anyone ever tried to form an action group with other higher SES parents to work on their local school.  We are looking at Powell and wondering if 30-40 well of parents enrolled their children and took an active interest in the school they could really turn things around and continue to increase the school quality through raising additional funds, establishing more after school programs, increasing the clubs and holding teachers and the principal to account etc..  If it can happen at Janney etc, why not elsewhere?

We have some decent teachers, and alot of momentum.  Do people think  a group of parents could really make the difference in one DC school.  [b]Or are we stuck with the poorly performing students dragging everyone else down?
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No, you're not stuck. You could move to Arlington like everyone else does.  :lol: [/quote]

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