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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been thinking a lot about this recent craziness where offering advanced kids AP and accelerated classes is somehow in opposition to concerns of equity. And how that has metastasized into some sort of mandate to either eliminate AP and advanced classes or allow everyone into them, regardless of academic fitness. And how excessive wokeness seemed for a time to label anyone who dared object or opt out a "racist" or someone who was against black lives mattering. But I have hope that maybe this was a blip, and here's why...

Bowser and some other members of the DC Council took great pains for some time to have every newsletter and public statement lead with their sincere concern for perpetrators of crime, devoting resources to released prisoners and spending tons of money on "violence interrupters". More police were not the answer and neither was enforcement and prosecution of criminals, even for violent crime. And the woke mob cheered them on. Calling 911 was a racist act, even if you witnessed crime or violence. But a funny thing has happened over the past 6 months or so. As violent crime has increased and the DC populace seems less interested in prioritizing the well being of criminals over their own safety, Bowser and others have morphed their messaging. Police headcounts are being funded in budgets and her most recent newsletter led with the need to aggressively arrest and prosecute violent criminals. She went on to say that resources are made available to at risk community members, but that those who refuse assistance and commit violence will he held to account. None of that means Bowser and others (or I) think police brutality is made up or OK. Police who engage in those behaviors should be held to account. And none of that means that they (or I) no longer believe in BLM concepts and that for too long the value of black life has been minimized by police and others. But the pendulum seems to have swung away from the extreme (disband police/violent criminals are the victims) and towards some degree of rationality where you can be against police brutality, for intervention and resources to prevent violence, want more (but better trained police) and maximum punishment for those engaged in violent crimes.

My sincere hope is that we will see a similar return to rationality in public education. We can be for providing necessary resources for at risk and below grade students, against black and brown students being more harshly treated than white peers, and still be for AP classes for those at an AP level and against disruptive classes and classroom behavior. [/quote]

Fine, but those of us in DCPS with rising 5th graders who can't afford DC privates aren't in the best position to wait around for a "return to rationality in public education" where middle school rigor and happiness is concerned.

We're staying for 5th at our DCPS EotP then heading to parochial school. I'm tired of teaching my kid writing because the school really isn't, and of seeing all 4s on report cards in 4th grade when the kid isn't breaking a sweat. We got a spot at BASIS but somebody else can have it. We wants space to breathe in middle school, nice facilities and a decent music program. [/quote]

The time to shift to parochial/other privates is 5th grade, to avoid the skyrocketing of applicants for 6th grade for all the above reasons. [/quote]

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