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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 12:48, this is 11:54.  Thanks for the clarification.  I fully understand that there are parents in DC that get shut out of some of the good options for public schools in DC.  If they can't afford private then moving may be their only option.  But some can't afford to move at this time.  Moving is expensive, moreover moving to the suburbs could mean an additional car expense among other things.  I think posters need to be careful about bashing those parents who decide to stay.   People stay for a variety of personal reasons.  Moreover, those that leave often didn't consider schools that weren't WOP or a top charters.  There are other good schools in DC that aren't talked about much on DCUM like Shepard elementary which is a solid school but majority middle class AA.  DCs new gentrifiers often don't want their child to be the "only one."   I understand the sentiment, but just because a school doesn't fit your cultural comfort zone doesn't mean that it isn't a good school ,or that it isn't a good option for another family in DC.

The OP said that none of DCs schools seem to compare to Arlington.  I think it depends on who is doing the comparing.

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You're right, I did base my premise on the ability to move, but, IIRC, none of the responding parents said their reason for not going to a better district was the inability to move. Among the reasons were that they liked their neighborhood, they didn't want an hour commute (in all fairness, my friends' commute downtown increased by only 15mins - from 20 mins to 35), they were hoping to get in lotteries, or just didn't like the idea of living in the 'burbs. I know this is going to sound judgmental, but those don't seem like legitimate reasons to put a child in a bad school. I can understand, though, if they can't afford to move but didn't want to admit it to the OP, so they came up with other reasons. To be honest, I never considered Arlington schools until I looked at the test scores, a direct result of this thread. While Shepard is a solid school, I'd think that most parents would prefer a school that scores in the 90's vs the 60's. I agree with a pp who said that some parents have different priorities. They and their children have to live with their choices; I don't. So, to each his own.[/quote]

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