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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ this posting went from interesting to slightly funny to absolutely depressing. Demeaning tiny elementary kids who go to fine schools is deplorable. It seems like the parents are really the bullies. How do you discipline your kids when they berate others?

DCPS is one of the lower performing districts in the country. There is plenty of work that needs to be done to improve the schools. The ones that are being discussed are highly desirable within this system.

We always wanted to sent our child to public school for the early years because of the exposure to different kinds of people who share our values that a quality education should be available to all. What I am seeing here is unchecked privilege and a sense of entitlement that is sickening and shouldn't be tolerated in any school system, let alone a public system.

We are seriously thinking of an elite private because the[b] values of humility, citizenship, and commitment to diversity[/b] may be much stronger than anything I am seeing on these boards.[/quote]

OMG, now I am really laughing.  Good luck finding that humility at your elite private. [/quote]

While we wouldn't opt for private school, I don't disagree with this poster.  The upper NW DC folks are, to a large degree, insufferable and come across as what can only be described as modestly elite.   Its laughable.  I contend the boundary issue showed the true colors of my neighbors, hiding behind the DC liberal commitment to public education but attacking like a rabid wolf at any attempt to level the playing field.[/quote]

Look, I live in NW DC and agree that there are many insufferable people up here when it comes to boundaries (we are IB for Hearst so believe me, I know).  But who do you think attends the elite privates?  Largely rich kids from upper NW DC and MD who are so elitist that the top notch public schools in their neighborhood aren't even good enough for them.  So it's hard to imagine that it would be a good strategy to go to an elite private school as a way to escape insufferable NW DC people.[/quote]

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