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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Study after study has shown that the best thing the SAT demonstrates is income of the parents.[/quote][/quote]

And that is generally true in the world of standardized testing.[/quote]

While that maybe true.  There is no way in hell higher SES parents would send their kid to a high school with this kind of SAT scores.  Thus the exodus of whites, Asians, AA and everyone else who care about education leaving DCPS before high school,  Ok, after K or third, or fifth grade.[/quote]Oh puh-lease, I wanted my white kid to go to Banneker and we are higher SES.  She didn't get in.[/quote]She made it to the interview stage, which I think was the final cut. That day she told the committee that she couldn't handle pressure.  I suspect that's why they didn't accept her.  Those kids work very hard and dd in fact couldn't handle pressure at that time, so it was better that she didn't go there.  I wished it had worked out but it wasn't right for her at that time.[/quote]

Mom, the pressure is incredible.  My son came from a highly regarded charter.  The principle told us, and she did not mince her words, that our son was NOT prepared and that the charter did him a great disservice.  He's never had this type of pressure on him and I don't know if he can handle it.[/quote]Yes, that was the impression I got at the open house.  All the kids talked about how hard they worked and my kid was struggling with depression at the time, so it wasn't going to work for her.  But that's why I find the disdain towards Banneker from some white families puzzling. It was a few years ago but the atmosphere seemed closer to a conventional private school than a DCPS high school - except for the usual lack of modern facilities.  Hope your son hangs in there![/quote]

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