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[quote=Anonymous]If anybody on this thread is serious about seeing at least one Hill middle school evolve that could rival Deal, Washington Latin, and now Basis in its ability to draw in middle class families, a tough-minded new pressure group committed to realizing this goal is going to be needed, and soon.

You're obviously not going to find the momentum you're looking for from the ossified Cluster leadership, DCPS, or Tommy Well's office.  Kaya Henderson seems content to serve SH on a platter to Ward 7 and 8 families, because the school does a much better job than Anacostia DCPS schools, and the high-SES Hill cohort has proven expendable politically on education (remember Fenty and Rhee?).

What I'd like to see emerge is a cohesive Brent-Tyler-Maury PTA coalition (with concerned Watkins parents welcome as individuals) that refuses to take no for an answer on several matters: a Stuart Hobson feed, an honors program at Hobson (I agree that at least one test-in magnet program would work best), and an expansion of Hobson's space/facilities to make enough room for more ES feeds (maybe either at Peabody or Ludlow Taylor).

If the coalition doesn't get what it needs to stay in DCPS over the next 2 or 3 years (probable), it moves decisively to leave Wells running scared in his next race.

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