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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC?  It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great. [/quote]

Yep. Makes moving seem like a no-brainer. [/quote]

Not for me. I see more and more families with kids moving into our neighborhood and their dedication to their schools - both DCPS & HRCS. I also see the unfortunate effects of displacement of those in poverty - many rent are being forced to move to PG County. I see this happening faster than the research is reporting it. Barry Farms and Anacostia development is just one example.  Yes, we are talking 5+ years out - but my PS3 child will likely be fine in 3rd grade and beyond.[/quote]

Are you saying things will be a lot better in DCPS for your child because more middle class families are moving in and more poor families are moving out?[/quote]

Person you're responding tohere. We don't make enough money to be middle class so I'm in the poor category that you're referencing. I don't mind my child being in class with rich or poor kids. BUT the discussion I joined was about high SES "leaving DC" after 3rd grade because the scores are so low. As a long-time DC resident, I know all too well the effects of high SES families abandoning DC and moving to the suburbs. If that happened again in a major wave, my child be affected (and so would many other children.)

But what I'm seeing in real life is actually opposite of what I see on this board. I see dedicated parents doing hard work at their neighborhood schools and they actually CARE about the kids. On DCUM, it seems like everyone is just focused on their child. Fine, I get it. But there are many parents who believe that helping their community is helping their child.

It's a completely different mindset that I see here. The "it's a no-brainer" to leave DC because of test scores is foreign to the folks that give a d***.[/quote]

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