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[quote=Anonymous]Brent needs to "get over" various issues, mostly in the upper grades, not parents. Those who defend the leadership and the school to the hilt are generally the parents of little kids. Brent needs an Assistant Principal but can't get one without 400+ students.

The main problem is that the upper grades curriculum is geared toward a demographic long since departed, and advanced kids aren't challenged, to help keep the low SES/AA-high SES/white and Asian achievement gap from becoming too great (keeping DCPS off Principal Young's back).

Lackluster test scores for the demographic served point up problems, including poor vertical integration of the curriculum - JKLM it isn't.  When parents hit 3rd grade, middle school panic sets in, proving a big distration. Brent has its strengths, mostly found in the form of fund-raising savvy parents, but we are mired in relativism (so much better than Amidon, Tyler Traditional and Watkins!) in considering most of them.

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