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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problem is that it's the in-boundary/high SES kids who leave, not the OOB/low SES.  So your kid's first grade class is half low SES, but the 4th grade class is 3/4 low SES.  It's a problem.[/quote]

God, this type of comment must be SO frustrating to Watkins parents who aren't jerks about equality in DC.  Sorry you have to deal with this, evolved Watkins parents.  [/quote]

Please, give us a break, knee-jerk PC apologist for a school system run by the myopic.

It's not as though DCPS is trying hard to create and maintain diverse school communities with innovative strategies.  No, they leave it to PTAs to raise the money to pay for the necessary interventions, teachers aides past K, staff to afford pullout groups.  If your principal isn't on board with pushing challenge for advanced learners, like the chick at Watkins, you're out of luck even if you can raise the dough to turn things around.  You certainly do have a problem in a DCPS program as a high SES parent when you start out with 25% FARMs in grade 1 and wind up with around 75% in grade 4 without the academic inputs you need to keep your bright kid from cruising, or becoming a behavior problem in his or her boredom.

OP, the PC parent police can beat up on you all they want without fixing your problem.  Go private, go OOB or go charter after around 2nd grade at Watkins.  [/quote]

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