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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've posted this a million times on DCUM already, in other threads, but my DC went to a high-FARMS school one year. Almost everyone got free lunch, and everyone qualified for free breakfast -- all they had to do was show up. My DC was the only white kid in their class for half the school year (then one other white kid was transferred into his class around Christmas). The parents of many of these kids could speak practically no English at all.

The school was kick-ass. Every single teacher, right down to the gym teacher and the art teacher, was top-notch. That was one of the best years we've had at any MCPS school. My kid learned so much -- and was excited about what they'd learned in school every afternoon.

Besides that, I know that life is what you make it. Plenty of people go to less-than-stellar schools and grow up to be successful. Many kids grow up in the best schools and fail.

Roll with it. Your family is way more influential on your kids than their school is anyway. [/quote]

I had a similar experience with Dd ES.  We moved to a W pyramid after second grade and I liked the fist (Focus) school much better.  However, that was ES.  In high school, I think many are worried about potential safety issues (gangs, etc.). In fact, the reason we moved was that [b]I heard about gang issues in the MS we were set to go to[/b].[/quote]

I have heard a lot about gang issues at the MS my child attends. Which is a bit surprising, because this is her third year there, and the number of gang issues so far has been 0.[/quote]

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