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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We thought the physical plant at McKinley was great, especially the engineering lab.  The teachers also seemed dedicated and accomplished.

Unfortunately, for us, we were hoping the school was akin to Blair Magnet or TJ, but it is absolutely not anywhere close.  We wish DCPS would transform McKinley into a DC TJ, but that doesn't seem like it will ever happen.

The commute was too much for us as well...if it was located where Walls is located (or anywhere in central DC) then the calculation would have been different[/quote]

There just aren't that many educated/education-pushing households with high school aged kids in DC compared to the TJ or Blair catchment areas.[/quote]

It's hard to know.  I guarantee that if DC had something equivalent to Blair Magnet/TJ you would pull a bunch of private kids, as well as JR and Walls kids.  McKinley is not that large of a school...it is much smaller than TJ.[/quote]

The size of McKinley isn't what keeps it back. The chief obstacle is lack of GT elementary school challenge and advanced middle school academics across the board in DCPS. Capable kids across the SES spectrum arrive with weak prep. Tough high school academics are too little too late for these kids to reach their potential in college admissions.  McKinley has students who would have been on track for IvyPlus admissions with much better prep much earlier on.

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