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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No PTA raises “thousands per student.”  The schools in Ward 3 are not in demand because of the well-funded PTAs.  The PTAs’ contributions are nice but incremental.

What makes Ward 3 schools desirable is more the educational level of the parents than their monetary resources.

DCPS can’t really fix the schools alone — it’s really up to DC government.  Intensive social and economic supports for stuggling families are what would matter most.

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WOTP schools aren't all full of rich kids.  But, by and large, they are full of kids whose parents have at least a college degree and who not only value (many poor parents value education), but are able to support their child's education by volunteering in the classroom, showing up for parent-teacher conferences, providing necessary school supplies, reading to and with their kids, making sure they do their homework, etc.  They are also full of kids who, by and large, sleep in the same home every night (or switch between homes on a set schedule), are fed three meals a day and don't go to school hungry, and live in safe neighborhoods.  Their parents are mostly not shift workers who might be gone in the evenings and at night.  Their parents might well use illegal drugs and abuse alcohol, but they mostly aren't getting arrested or going to jail over it.  Their lives are simply more stable, and that means they show up to school ready and able to learn.  [/quote]

+2 Money can’t fix the damage done before some of these children are 3. [/quote]

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