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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High SES CH parents who are sticklers for appropriate rigor, and good facilities, in public middle schools can, and still often do, relocate to the burbs if they're not satisfied with DC options.

I've decided that I'm not OK with the Latin Cooper building and location, though we're close to the top of the 5th grade WL. Another family can have our spot if we get it.

Those of you who criticize such parents for being too picky and demanding, now that more "honors" classes and "differentiation" is in the mix in Ward 6 middle schools than 5 or 10 years ago, please explain to us how low SES minority kids benefit from the exodus. Who, exactly, wins other than suburban realtors? [b]What's in it for DC to drive many high SES parents to the burbs over public middle and high school quality?[/b][/quote]

Because DC knows they'll be easily replaced.

And anyway, DC is not interested in "quality" but "equity." These things need not be in competition, but quality (in the way it's assessed by UMC families), just isn't on DC's radar screen. My sense is that they don't want a Deal-like situation on the Hill because it would eventually crowd out all the low-SES kids and that would be a much bigger political problem than the current dissatisfaction of UMC families on the Hill. [/quote]

That's a facile argument which reinforces the poor persecuted UMC white narrative, but the reality is more like DCPS doesn't give a s*** about equity either.  If you think they fail your privileged self wait until you see how badly they fail the poor kids without your privilege.[/quote]

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