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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's as terrible as you're saying, why are they getting into great colleges with scholarships?

Something not adding up here. I suspect DCI is being held to a standard that just isn't appropriate for DC right now. That of a magnet or private school in another state.[/quote]

What's not adding up at DCI (and most of the feeders) is weak leadership/management.

What's not adding up from the Mayor's Office is the political for the city to run first-rate language immersion programs. The programs could be run as hybrid DCPS-charters, with lotteries for native speakers like Oyster.  Few DCI parents  know that DCI tried to include DCPS Spanish immersion program in their feeder pattern a decade back, but DCPS rejected the model.

[b]What's the point of running IB Diploma programs that aren't competitive locally, regionally or internationally when the District already has the students to establish world-class programs?  Are we short on students who could score in the 30s and 40s with the right inputs and push? No.[/b] [/quote]

THIS. THANK YOU. We have the students. They're smart and motivated and could do SO much better. They've been in OK elementary schools and continue onto OK middle and high schools. Maybe they're happy continuing onto OK colleges and careers, which is fine, but they could do better if they were challenged. But if the actual parents at these schools don't push for more, then it's pointless to expect things to ever improve. Those of us that want more than OK will continue to go private or move, just like we've always done. [/quote]

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