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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the problem-
White families will happily attend true magnet/gifted schools that select the true top of the class. But to create such a school would mean DCPS would wind up with a school that is majority white. Which would look terrible and DCPS would be accused of racism. So then they would be forced to carve out ways to make it better reflect the makeup of the city...which would mean lowering the bar to entry and/or making acceptance criteria opaque. At which point it loses all credibility as a magnet school. [/quote]

It would look like SWW. Which is still more diverse in all ways than most DCPS schools. [/quote]

But which has opaque admissions and lower than expected standards. Doesn't hold a candle to TJ/Blair etc.[/quote]

But which is better than what we're getting now.  I recognize that there are already schools like Banneker, SWW for HS, but we need something from Elementary onward.  My kid is 2 grades ahead in math and reading in Elementary.  What are they going to offer him in MS to keep him engaged?  Some previous posters talked about SEM but it's only offered in a handful of schools. At a minimum, DCPS could offer SEM in all schools.  There are many steps that DCPS can take to retain families short of opening a TJ-like school, and I would be happy with anything that was more than the status quo.[/quote]

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