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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]its not entirely true that there arent tracked classes.  there are now “advanced” math and english classes at both jefferson and SH.  one key to an academically strong middle school experience is having a strong peer cohort (and no this group just needs to reach a critical mass and does not need to include every kid at the school).  i think parents get scared the local dcps is a not very good middle school option.  they get scared others who earlier made or are making different (charter) school choices must know more than they do with respect to what the best schools are.  the result is the reasonably strong elementary school peer cohorts are dispersed rather than combined together to form an even stronger group in middle school.[/quote]

The math classes are not advanced really.  Advanced in DCPS poorly performing schools is basically grade level.  Same at SH.

Plus look at the families who try Jefferson and SH and how many actually stay throughout middle school and not bail.[/quote]

Not PP, but the fact that there are advanced classes demonstrates that there is some level of differentiation, contrary to the suggestion of some on here that all kids are mixed together in the same classes regardless of aptitude. In addition, my personal experience as a parent of a kid currently at Jefferson is that there is a solid effort to place kids of similar aptitudes in cohorts for the main, non-elective classes. And I am fully confident that my child will do very well in life. Not just fine, but very well.

I realize that Jefferson and SH might not be the best fit for everyone, but if you’re going to look at families who left, I would also look at families whose kids graduated from these schools and are now happily attending selective high schools like Walls and Banneker.

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