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[quote=Anonymous]The place where we are all united as parents is middle school and high school. The options are completely unacceptable. In high school we go private, move to the suburbs, supplement extensively with extracurricular academic programs, and pray for the best from a system that is one of the worst high school programs in the country.

Elementary is much less clear. It seems like the status quo is working much better than the proposals for many, perhaps even most families. The concerns about the process are substantial and are worthy of much deeper analysis, dialogue and better analytics. The DME should understand that the backlash to the proposals is real and substantiated. Sensible administrators would have stopped this process weeks ago.

The DME is trying to "fix" the part of the system that is not (or for the cynics, the least) broken and ignoring the real issue -- middle schools and high schools.

It is a divide and conquer strategy pitting neighbors and families against each other. I for one refuse to play the game, and yes they are all OUR children. Look in the eyes of any four year old in the city and tell me that they don't deserve the very best education possible. Look at a promising junior high student dreaming of attending college who is at a school that we all know is substandard, is the only option available, and where most children drop out.  Let's put kids first they deserve better that this from all of us.

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