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[quote=Anonymous]Your kid will do fine there and get into a good high school. The fact that it hasn't become great in all these years causes me to wonder more about the leadership, the dcps curriculum, the physical building there being an issue more than the student body.

I think with the renovation and some way to unite graduates from Watkins, Brent and Maury PLUS a dynamic leader ( ala Melissa Kim at Deal ), we could have a great middle school smack in the middle of Capitol Hill, giving hope to Eastern.

The question is if we can get all those factors to come together. This is where we need some political leadership. Tommy? Anyone?

18:01 again.  I appreciate your thoughts.

My shy first grader is already far ahead of the curve on reading, and playing piano, but behind on math.  She would "do fine" at a fairly rowdy school like SH in which half the kids fail proficiency exams and, to my knowledge, there's no academic tracking other than for 8th grade algebra?  She would be happy at Basis, if we can get in, where math giftedness is key to enjoying the experience and there's no music program to speak of?

I come from a small Midwestern town where honors humanities classes and arts programs were not in short supply in schools.  There must be droves of upper-middle-class parents settling here who once attended similar schools are scratching their heads, wondering why such basic offerings are a tall order locally for those of us paying property tax on expensive homes.

I'm not clued into how Tommy Wells feels about keeping gentrifiers in Hill middle schools.  Sounds like the Brent and Maury parents should rally to at least get a single-issue candidate on the ballot whom Wells must debate in 2014.  Minimally, I want him compelled to explain why Stuart Hobson can't offer honors classes, primarily serve the Hill, or boast proficiency test pass rates a la Deal's.

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