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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an ACPS parent with kids at Brooks. I have friends that send their kids to Jefferson-Houston and friends that teach there. You will hear the same issues in all of ACPS. Frankly, the sad issue is that our city has a concentration of children in high poverty. Brooks has the same thing too, from the public housing. Jefferson-Houston's stats are pretty much the same. I know parents from all different backgrounds who go there and they have the same experience that we have in ACPS. It is really hard to judge on statistics for students whose basic needs like food, clothing, and shelter aren't being met. For what it's worth, three families in Rosemont that I am friends with personally send their kids to Jefferson-Houston over Brooks. There is a lot of turnover with principals in ACPS in general. Focus on the classroom teachers and the school communities. You sound like a person who values people from all different backgrounds. The hardest thing for me is explaining to my elementary aged students why we have so much and other classmates have so little. It is a hard lesson and something they are beginning to understand and see. It is sad to me that ACPS and the city cannot do more to help. Education is the great equalizer. My parents grew up in public housing. My grandparents worked in factories and dropped out in fifth grade. My mom and dad were the first in their family to graduate middle school, let alone HS and college. My mom has her PhD and my dad graduated from law school. In a city like Alexandria, I'd love to see the elected officials and central office staff put their money where their mouths are and invest more in out of school time and our public schools. I agree with the PTA poster to join the JH specific groups and remember that a lot of trolls on this thread only value diversity when it is diverse people from the same upper middle class or wealthy background.[/quote]

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