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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boundaries aside, does anyone else see the problem in this scenario?  Why is it that so many families are clammoring to send their children to Deal? Upper income, middle class and lower income families are coming from all over the city.

Shouldn't the real focus be on developing high quality middle schools across the city so that this becomes a non-issue?[/quote]
The problem is tha teveryone wants a middle school with lots of high SES families - and there isn't a school with enough of them concentrated in one area (Hardy aside) to make another Deal.[/quote]

Yes, but there are enough middle class families that make active investments in the education of their children to have a well-rounded, high-performing school.  Anyone can tell you that simply sitting your child in a room full of upper income children won't make them smarter or better behaved, the same way sitting next to a lower-income child won't have the opposite effect.    Wards 4 and 5 in particular have enough middle income (and more and more upper income) families to sustain strong middle schools, if developed properly.  Not sure if DCPS is up for it, but its possible.[/quote]

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