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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve lived in Ward 6 for 30 years and have 2 teenagers, so we know a whole bunch of families with kids at Latin, BASIS, Walls, DCI and various privates for HS. We also know a bunch of families who bailed on DCPS at DCPCS for the burbs along the way, seemingly without regret. The best suburban public schools are obviously much better than anything we have in DC. What’s also clear is that Latin doesn’t offer the same rigor for the highest achievers as Walls, BASIS and arguably, DCI. None of these DC public schools offer a combo of excellent ECs and academics. You can protest all you want and point to data and pathways without changing any of it.  If you can swing a private or a move to the burbs, you go. [/quote]

As someone who grew up in DC public schools and as a normal, functioning adult, I can’t believe how absolutely spoiled some people are, and passing that entitlement down to their kids. I can’t imagine moving just so my kid can go to a high school with “better EC’s”… or whatever. My kids have been happy in DCPS, if there are things that aren’t perfect (god forbid not enough EC’s to choose from, for example), they adapt and move on. No complaints. I am just glad that we made our kids aware from a young age what real problems actually are- an Ebola outbreak in Congo, civil wars in Sudan, horrific poverty, genocide, starvation, in places like Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen. Not to mention, the kids who live in DC and don’t have any choices with schools and don’t have meals to eat every day. As long as some of you can segregate from these kids, it’ll all be ok, right?

My main point to the people who can’t just pick up and move or pay for private, your kid will be fine in DCPS. Deep breaths. There are much bigger things to worry about- especially with the way things are going in the world right now. [/quote]

This comment is wearing UMBC gear as we speak [/quote]

I lol’d (even though I think UMBC is a fine school) [/quote]

I don’t get the joke. Can someone explain it?[/quote]

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