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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there were suspicious erasure rates and test scores at Brent or Maury and if very very few inboundary parents felt confident enough to stay beyond kindergarten, it would also cause concern.  Regardless of race.

You seem to be playing the race card because it is the easiest thing to do.  [/quote]

This is the PP accused of "playing the race card" (and FWIW, I'm white). I'm honestly just trying to figure out what is generating all the hate (or if hate is too strong a word, perhaps doubt?).  Race seems like the obvious, unspoken justification for the perception that L-T is not a good school. The other possible option is SES given that the FARMs rate is higher than other schools. However, based on your response, maybe the problem is the erasure rates from whenever that happened. Is that it? If the concern is that people think the principal condones cheating, that seems valid, although I don't think the alleged cheating was ever proven (correct me if I'm wrong...if it's proven, how did Cobbs keep her job?) One way or another, that's not generally the rationale people are spouting when they say L-T is not a good school. Instead, it's that Cobbs is "not welcoming" to IB parents and therefore IB parents don't want to stay, or (similarly) that IB parents don't want to stay because there aren't enough other IB parents staying, so that must indicate that Cobbs is not welcoming. I'm trying to figure out if there is any rational reason why people don't think Cobbs is welcoming and if there is any rational reason why IB parents are not staying beyond K.

Just to be clear, I'm in no way arguing that Brent and Maury aren't great...they seem to be really good schools. I'm just not clear on why L-T has the reputation of being "worse" in the eyes of Capitol Hill parents. [/quote]

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