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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Maybe.

I have a simple question for Davis that Catania couldn't or wouldn't answer for me at a meet and greet when he was on the stump.  Why could my math gifted kid take algebra as early as 5th grade at BASIS (with a teacher, vs. software) if we crack the lottery, but would have to wait until 8th grade to take it at any one of the three DCPS Ward 6 middle schools?  For that matter, why could he take advanced Chinese, Spanish or French during the school day at Deal, but only introductory Spanish after school at one of the DCPS middle schools?  Because we don't have any Ward 6 students who can handle challenging middle school work (or the high school work that would build on it)?  Which study shows this?  Answer, please.
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The answer to "why" should be fairly obvious. But, more important is how to address the situation. This gets to an issue that has come up in different forms in multiple posts in this thread. DCPS has a lot of priorities, but one priority that it doesn't seem to have is making average or below average schools more appealing to families with high or very high expectations. With regard to Roosevelt High School, I suggested that a full range of advance classes be offered even if there were initially only one or two students available to take such classes. The presence of such classes would be an attraction for many families. But, in an era in which LEAP requirements are causing staff cutbacks, hiring teachers for under-attended classes -- even as an investment for the future -- is not seen as possible.
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