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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]irrespective of whether you label it good or bad, the demographic change in capitol hill over the past 20 years is massive.  in 2003, brent elementary school was 93% black and only 4% white.  the capitol hill area middle schools have an entrenched collective action problem.  i think individual families see others leaving (moving to suburbs or upper nw and entering the lottery for charter schools), become insecure w the prospect of staying and attending the feeder middle schools, and then do likewise.[/quote]

It’s wrong to place the blame solely on parents.  A huge reason Capitol Hill kids don’t enroll in IB middle schools has to do with zoning — Hill elementary schools feed into three middle schools instead of one or two.  Another larger factor is the lack of tracking.

In any case, I was actively planning to send my child to a DCPS middle school but ultimately enrolled in a charter—the lack of a viable high school path was the decisive factor.[/quote]
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There is not a single decent middle school on the Hill and there is no way I’d send anyone to Eastern. [/b]We are sticking with charters.

- non white Hill family [/quote]

I would happily send folks to Eastern...but not my kids. [/quote]

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