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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of a Brent (middle) elementary school kid, I have three main concerns with Jefferson.  In no particular order:

1.  Location - it ticks me off that the school is not within walking distance (especially given the gerrymandering of school boundaries for social engineering purposes to ensure that the walkable school for us - Stuart Hobson - is not our in-boundary school).
[b]2.  The very, very low test scores.  I don't want my child to be the best student in the class (by a long shot).  I want my child to be surrounded by high-achieving/high scoring peers so that s/he has to work hard to (maybe) be in the top of the class.[/b]
3.  Safety concerns.  I don't want my child to worry about getting beat up in the bathroom.  I also don't particularly want him/her exposed the drugs/violence/early sex/promiscuity that is rampant in the nearby big housing project that I imagine a big chunk of the Jefferson kids come from (and that they are exposed to through no fault of their own because it surrounds them at home).

flame away![/quote]

not to flame but this is really misguided.  Working hard and being advanced relative to peers are not mutually exclusive.[/quote]

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