Reply to Council Member David Grosso's Statement on Latest School Boundaries Proposal

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This new proposal doesn't improve neighborhood schools, but then offers no alternatives for middle class families who will be shut out of the lotteries because they are not at-risk. In this sense it is far more disruptive than the status quo.[/quote]

Neighborhood schools will improve when more middle-class families start going to them.  If DME could facilitate this in a politically feasible way, all would be well -- the way it it is the the upper NW schools now.

It also involves providing special programs (and funding) for schools that don't have a lot of middle-class families in the neighborhood.  For this to happen DCPS has to admit that what they've done so far (e.g., teacher evaluations, principal threats) hasn't worked and never will - it was wrong from the beginning.  That will be hard for them - giving up the dogma they've lived by.

I can hear it now: "You're saying our poor children can't learn!"

No --it's just that your browbeating method won't work.  It's harder and more nuanced than that, and if there are any heroes in it, they aren't young hotshots intent on making a name for themselves.[/quote]

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