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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote]  As one who was in the revitalization group, you are right.  Holy crap.  This is not the Brent I or my kids know. I'm very conservative but am definitely not rejoicing that the school is becoming less diverse. I do like that we know have sessions for advanced reading and math.  Go figure my middle class out-of-bounds African American son is in both. I will continue fighting to ensure that the attituded above is not what will become the norm at Brent.[/quote]

Totally disagree.  You guys are being harsh, and myopic.  This PP makes an excellent point, without rejoicing.  Without formal G/T in DCPS, or the sort of institutional support for advanced learners routinely provided at suburban public schools (screening, pullout groups, entire programs for G/T kids) it's DCPS that motivates pragmatic, high-SES parents to cluster around schools like Brent.  To my knowledge, Brent is essentially the only Hill school systematically providing challenge for advanced learners.  This topic comes up more and more on DCUM and isn't going away.

It's knee jerk to blame parents looking for challenge.  We left a CA school, for Brent, where great diversity was dandy because a well-established G/T program would serve our kids from 2nd grade up.  We wouldn't have gone for Watkins either.

This poster is just being honest, while many others pay lip service to diversity while quietly worrying that their bright kids (including low-SES kids) will fall behind suburban peers, and pulling out when they start to.  This attitude is not a problem at Brent; the problem is DCPS being more than happy to hold high-performing kids back by failing to provide them with appropriate services.  I applaud anybody willing to call a spade a space on the issue because poor kids don't benefit when the affluent vote with their feet.  Not a bit.

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I love that we have the advanced learning.  My son is in both.  What I disagree with is rejoicing that we are becoming less diverse.  I don't want my kids to go to a lily white school that only has high SES  families.  I will fight that attitude.  [/quote]

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