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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we define "fix"?

We can only speak in relative terms about what it would take to "fix" the MS problem Maury faces (and Brent and Tyler SI).  While many, perhaps most, middle-class Hill parents will be satisfied to head to Latin or BASIS, or to see SH and EH improve a bit, lots of others won't.  The fix I'm looking for seems out or reach for a couple decades.

I'm not enamored of Latin's social promotion, lack of tracking (kids who fail the DC-CAS in all the same classes as kids able to do college level work in MS, and weak STEM curriculum.  I'm equally unimpressed with the BASIS population pyramid (125 5th graders whittled down to 3 dozen 12th graders as an aim of the program) weak facilities, cramped quarters and meager athletics.  SH seems to be going downhill, and EH seems to be going nowhere.  I can afford a private, but don't want the accompanying cocoon world.  I want MoCo or Fairfax level test-in academic programs, and extra-curriculars, meaning I'll move, renting out my house until the day I can return as an empty-nester.

The rub is that my oldest kid just finished Pres3.  You don't need to have a 1st grader to see the writing on the wall, at least if you're not all fired up about "diversity" (we could care less, simply wanting stellar academics and sports for high-energy kids).

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the real rub is that you have absolutely no idea what abilities your 4 year old will have or what will be a suitable learning environment.  You might like to project, and your projections may be realized, but a child that age is too young to determine a need for strong STEM curriculum or college level work in MS.   Kids develop differently, some have special needs not aparent at 3-4 years of age.  I suspect your the same incessant poster about G&T on any DCPS board on this site (of course I could be wrong).

Let's not forget that Fairfax treat 15% of school population as "gifted" so there's that too.  Good luck in the burbs.[/quote]
PP^^

let me correct myself before you do it "you're" not your ;-)[/quote]

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