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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people are CRAZY.  Get a grip on reality for all those that expect DCI to be more rigorous, more challenging, yada, yada, yada and comparing it to whatever school.

The school is only 4, let me repeat, FOUR years old.  They don’t even have a graduation class yet.

Not only is it a new middle school but ALSO a new high school.  So building TWO schools basically.

It’s an IB program which is MUCH more difficult to implement than traditional program.

Lastly, its 1 opinion in a poorly written article from 1 parent -  really great sample size of opinion to base judgment.  I think some of you need to take statistics 101.

Why don’t all of you downers and criticizers get back to us in at least 4 more years or so.......It’s really unfair to expect and judge a school so soon.

What I will say about DCI is that for a new middle school, the cohort of peer group who are at grade level and above is really good.  If it continues to go in an upward trend as it does with the students coming in and a decent IB curriculum, it has the potential to get even better.  If you have a majority peer group functioning at or above grade level, there is higher probability that the rigor will also get better.
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Fair or not no one holds their criticism. I recall the same derisive was when Latin’s HS is new, and also BASIS. All anyone comments on were the colleges acceptances and whether they are ‘good’ enough and include a couple Ivy’s. DCI isn’t going to get any slack.

If the reason the school improves is because the students who start at 6th are more advantaged...then it isn’t a great school. When DCI is questioned about what they are doing they say ‘we are offering IB for all, not IB for some.’

Serious question: of rising juniors and seniors how many are pursuing IB diploma vs IB career vs standard DC diploma. [/quote]

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