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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the OP, and I appreciate the frank and honest discussion. I am not trying to be judgmental, but I am concerned about Mount Vernon Elementary and have some concerns, thought not as many about Maury.

I am also looking for feedback about what is so positive about the schools. I have heard a lot of negatives about all of ACPS, and a lot of people who say "it's not as bad as everyone says" or "it's been good for my child." but what does that mean?  I would love specific feedback on the intersession schedule at MVCS, and whether that has been positive. Also, anyone who has enrolled in the dual language program at MVCS? I know there are many schools that have "dual language" programs in FFX county with long waiting lists because it's desirable, but is that the same with MVCS or is it dual language because of necessity, e.g., because the children simply don't know English. Maybe that's not a bad thing. I just don't know, and am trying to learn as much as I can.

I am still so surprised by the feedback I've received about public schools in Alexandria. Many of the neighborhoods in Old Town and Del Ray, Rosemont, Beverley Hills, etc., are brimming over with two income families of young professionals (of many different races... black, white, Southeast Asian, Latino, etc). We love the multicultural aspects of Del Ray and love the location. But why are the schools ranked so awfully?
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I think a lot of them romanticize diversity but once they actually encounter it in the schools and discover the very negative impact it can have on the educational experience, they begin to think twice. For example, in ES, my dd was in a classroom with a boy from the projects who relayed, in graphic detail, how people get arrested and do drugs. This is when he wasn't otherwise disrupting the classroom. In MS, this is more concentrated at GW, and there are some racial tensions. And then in TC, you're looking at a strict bifurcation of college-track white kids who exist in a bubble, and everyone else. The dropout rate for Hispanics is about 35% and there is actually a daycare for students on the campus.

Some people take this in stride. A few will still cling to this idea that these things are virtuous. But many others look at that and the dysfunctional governance of the system and say, "oh, hell no."
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