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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]That DC schools are uniformly bad seems to be an article of faith to those who left for the 'burbs. Some are; some aren't. There's definitely a sunk-cost effect going on as parents sit in traffic for 2 or 3 hours a day--after all, we're doing it for the kids![/quote]
Yes, apparently the refrain 'DCPS sucks" actually means that there are no acceptable public schools anywhere in DC.  Which is of course not true.  In fact, when you add in the charters, there are quite a few that are good, at least for elementary school.  [/quote]

It's a classic fallacy:  it's like arguing that there are no rich men in DC because the great majority of men in DC aren't rich.  That may be relevant in some contexts, but if you're looking to date a rich man, it's really irrelevant whether a super-majority of men are rich, since you're only interested in dating one at a time--not all of them.

How many schools are you planning on sending your kid to concurrently.

One last thing:  I love how these threads always devolve into suburban parents claiming that every DC school is shit, and that any parent who would send their kid to one is engaging in what is tantamount to child abuse...followed quickly by pleas not to turn this into a suburb-bashing thread.  Classic stuff! [/quote]

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