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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I am a white parent who lives in Brookland. I would prefer to send my kid to our neighborhood MS because of proximity. It would be so much easier. One problem is it doesn't offer the language my kid is currently learning at a charter. The other issue is lack of diversity. My black friends (whose kids are in my kid's class) discouraged me from even checking out Brookland Middle and said they wouldn't send their kids there.

I went to a middle school in another state where there were drive-by shootings near the school periodically and gang issues as well as drugs were present. Yet the school offered honors classes and options for kids of all learning abilities. I was in classes with bright kids, kids and in classes with grade-level and below-grade level kids. SES also varied in all of my classes. I survived and did well.

Why can't DC serve kids of all backgrounds and SES better by offering more options/differentiated instruction in middle school? Wouldn't that be a way to help all kids reach their potential? I don't get it.[/quote]

Have you talked to the Brookland MS principal about that? Asked what they'd do?  If they laugh you it if there, then I get it. But what if they have a good plan?

I've met the MacFarland principal several times over the past few years and would feel comfortable asking him the same types of questions.[/quote]

Brookland is bad it does come down to the principal but I still say why can't honors classes be offered at all schools.  That's all most folks are looking for.[/quote]

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