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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brent's ELA scores are better.  Most Brent students come from language-rich homes.

If Brent parents were in a position to discuss the issues openly, without risking being slammed for their racist views, some would concede that their qualms about sending their children to JA are rooted as much in social and class concerns as misgivings about academics.  A somebody who's worked in SW housing projects, I won't put my child in ms classes where low-income local kids are the majority. Too many behavioral issues in the mix, along with profanity, functionally illiterate parents, broken families, violence and drug abuse. Childhood should be breezy and enjoyable, like Brent.

At the JA open house I attended, I heard a lot about prescribed disciplinary practices, and little about creative projects, student-directed research, field trips, participating in ms competitions (spelling and geography bees, science competitions, math olympiads, chess tournaments etc.), foreign language instruction, robotics, a performing arts program etc. etc.  [/quote]

I'm not sure what that would do. So you get to say you are concerned that your child won't get the resources they need to be successful. Ok, how does stating that fact in open help move the ball forward? We do live in Washington DC.

JA will attract more IB student going forward so we will see how this all goes. Those of you who already have kids in MS, congrats. Those of us with younger kids will be left with the choice of literally winning the lottery for Latin, drop $30K for private, moving, or going to JA.  We aren't going to be able to count on 1, can't afford 2, don't want to do 3, so I think we'll roll the dice at 4. This could all change over the next couple of years based on the experiences of others. But I think several others are in this same boat.

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