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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great article, it address some things many white people will not admit. 
Just in that other forum I saw many comments saying to essentially leave Ward 3 out of it and fix ward 7 & 8.

No, it's not just ward 7 & 8, it's every school in wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 that is full of low SES children. Ward 3 is just the only ward with the absence of that.

While I agree ward 7 & 8 needs to be better the issue is not just that. White people do send their kids to schools beyond W3 BUT only at schools with a higher percentage of White families and areas that are becoming or are already gentrified.

But in DC in particular I will say another great issue is the leadership. When will we actually focus on low SES students so they do not become a reflection of their parents. I am not saying low SES families are incapable but the reality is they do not have access or awareness of everything a higher SES families does.

I am saying this as a Black teacher and years upon years of seeing interactions with all kinds of families. DCPS is not innovative, they do not give title 1 schools enough support. You will not find a freaking rooftop garden for 'horticultural therapy' at a title 1 school. And I am not saying that is what those kids need, I am saying there are less opportunities for them.

Money does create opportunity and DCPS invests it in the wrong places and doesn't give back to the school; academically, emotionally, or structurally. [/quote]

No disagreement with any of the points you've made. I am at a Title I school with an urban garden and horticultural program. The kids and teachers love it and I'm glad the opportunity is being provided. But realistically, this special program of the principal and many other special programs, can't make up for the gaps that the kids have and DC won't give Title 1 schools and low SES kids the resources and support needed to fix the gaps. it's heartbreaking to see counselors and social workers and interventionists with caseloads that are two to three times (or more) higher than they should be. And teachers struggling in classrooms filled with high proportions of kids who are academically behind. How are these kids supposed to catch up when the staff is stretched so thin? If Ward 3 families want to stay in their Ward 3 bubble, so be it. But please if people care about all schools and kids, advocate for the schools in other areas to get the resources that they need. [/quote]

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