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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Shuebrooks][quote=Anonymous]There are very few DC schools that will meet your standards, and the ones that do are not diverse.  Just move already.

--a Title I neigborhood school mom who is very happy with the education my child is receiving.[/quote]

Thanks for the information, but being rude is totally unnecessary. [/quote]

It isn't any more rude than the assumptions in your original post.  And it is true.  There is no very high performing school that is also diverse (and I mean economically diverse and proactively inclusive of at-risk students) in DCPS.  If there were, you would have a 0 to 0.1 chance of getting in.  Enjoy![/quote]

DP. The rude part was "Just move already", not the information about the correlation of diversity and test scores. You know that. And yes, moving is likely what OP will eventually have to do if she doesn't get lucky. But that advice can be given in kinder terms, as others here have done.

I do understand that you'd rather have her out of here already and not using your school for PK and then bailing like most, but that's how this system works. You won't get a majority of high-SES families to commit to your Title 1 school long-term in the foreseeable future. But if they weren't there for Pre-K, you'd have even less chance of the school improving, because less high-SES families would even be giving it a try.[/quote]

Plenty of our families of all SES leave at various years for various reasons.  I know exactly how this system works, I have been heavily involved for several years.  Someone with OP's unrealistic expectations is unlikely to make it to Count Day of PK3.  I would much rather have a parent with a good attitude and a strong commitment to diversity and to meeting the needs of at-risk kids.  At our school, we do have a waiting list and someone like Op is taking up a seat that might have gone to someone OOB who would stay with the school longer and be more helpful while there.  I have no time for high maintenance parents who don't realize what they are getting into.  Just go.  I have parents on the waitlist who are eager to dig in and help.[/quote]

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