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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any problem behaviors start in middle school, not high school. [/quote]

Exactly. Those kids will come to your Shaw middle school too. So take the 50 million to renovate and get some intensive social, psychological and acadrmic sipports in place. [/quote]

That is where the logic fails.  They renovate, but they don't change the programming.  [/quote]

I don't know if it's the programming per se, but they can't change the students. Brookland is a cautionary tale here - it's a gorgeous building, is offering a Chinese class and supposedly more STEM (per hte parent feedback). But it's still a neighborhood middle school and the vast majority of kids in that neighborhood are not ready for advanced classes.

74% of kids in the city's public schools are economically disadvantaged and at high risk for academic failure. There aren't enough mid- to high-SES students to spread around. In that sense FEWER middle and high schools makes more sense so there can be a concentration. [/quote]

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