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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The test scores at EH are high for white students who aren't ell and don't have disabilities. But they are high for that population at any dcps that has enough of such kids to report. But getting a 4 or 5 on parcc isn't the same as having good language and arts classes, sports and other extracurriculars, and a group of classmates from stable and highly educated families. Some people are happy or ok without those things. Some see the economic diversity at a school like EH as a positive that outweighs any negatives, or at least something tolerable because it allows them to stay in their home on the Hill. Some kids will thrive and others will wish their parents moved to MoCo. There isn't one right answer.[/quote]

I’m an EH parent and I can tell you my kid is having a great time, teachers have been very responsive, and some of the admins are flat-out wonderful. It’s not a fancy private school where you can pay to filter out real life. Given the US will be majority-minority for our kids I actually think this is crucial for white boys. It is FAR from perfect but calling it “terrible” is ridiculous. PS the kids love the extra curriculars. [/quote]

(also LOL at the idea that the school has no “stable and highly educated families.” I’d list the credentials we all have but that would be obnoxious. It’s just not dominated by “us” which makes people uncomfortable in theory I get it. But in practice it’s absolutely the least of my concerns.)[/quote]

If you are implying that people are uncomfortable with diversity and that’s why they’re not choosing EH, then you’re exactly the kind of virtue signaling clueless jerk referenced in the OP. There are plenty of diverse schools that don’t have test scores in the toilet.

A lot of these parents are choosing their Hill lifestyle over their kids academic future, and banking on Walls. It will be interesting to see what happens if their kid doesn’t get in. My guess is Eastern will be too much “real life.”  :roll: [/quote]

Really looking forward to the post where someone points to the “plenty” of diverse DCPS MS that doesn’t have test scores in the toilet. Oh, and maybe also has lottery spaces for OOB kids. [/quote]

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