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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love living in the city so I hate to say this.  However, if your school is greater than 25% FARMS, you really need to supplement at home in order to prevent those students from being a drain on your own child's education.

I know that's not pretty, but it's true.  There are just so many poor students in DC and they need so much remediation that they get prioritized.  If you can't find a way to avoid their influence (which is a force of numbers) then you have to find a way to mitigate it.

Wealthier schools help: private, certain DCPS, certain HRCs, suburbs.  As long as you can keep their influence below 25% (preferably below 20%) then your child can be a positive influence on them, instead of them being a negative influence on your child.
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My son is at a charter that is 75% FARMS, and he is being pushed above grade level with several of his peers. He may not be working to his full potential, but he's almost tested out of their elementary reading curriculum, and is performing much higher in math than most of his peers. It's a charter that gets dismissed on here time and time again because it's mostly AA, but it's a great school (KIPP). My son will be in 2nd grade in the fall, and he's doing work that is taught at the end of 3rd/beginning of 4th grade. He's very bright, and if I supplemented at home he would likely be doing even more challenging work. As it is, we play with numbers some at home, and because we don't own a TV he reads constantly and makes up all kinds of stories to go with his Legos and other toys. [/quote]

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