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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many of you are so ignorant to the issues facing our youth today- not only in our nations Capitol, but across the country. DC Met is just one of the many examples of schools that are failing our students that has gone ignored for so long. Ms. Minor was not an effective principal because her students didn't make growth. To blame the failure of our schools on our students is ignorant and racist. The fact is, the expectations that you set for students determine how successful they will be. We can't just keep putting a bandaid on the problem- teachers and administrators must prove they should be teaching by showing growth with our students- no matter what the circumstances are. Take some time to educate yourselves - especially if you have children in school.[/quote]

DC MET is not failing our children, we are!!!! I don't know if you watched this documentary but DC Met was a school of last choice, when all the other option have run out. One of the students clearly stated all the schools he had been expelled from, including "Choice" and that is supposed to be an alternative school for children who cannot function in a regular school. If those young men and women, have been expelled from numerous public and charter (if they were ever let in), are teen parents, criminal records, learning disabilities, dysfunctional and non-existent families, substance abuse, mental health and health issues in general, are reading years below grade level, are truants, and have missed so much school that they are not performing at grade level, I think what they do is miraculous.   Not only that, you do realize that passing the DC CAS has no impact on a child's grade or ability to graduate in DCPS (DCPS policy not schools); hence, a student has no incentive to take the test seriously. The only impact the DC CAS has, is on the school and the staff. You think that makes any sense at all????  Your comments make no sense, because despite the problems that these children had/have the staff continued to have high expectations for those children. The shabby building, lack of resources, and compassion showed that DCPS had low expectations for these children.  Please go and volunteer at Washington Met., start with doing some home visits - they will be glad to have you. [/quote]

Got it: make HS graduation contingent on a high CAS score. Sounds like a recipe for success.[/quote]

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