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[quote=Anonymous]I'd wager that these particular kids would score 5s wherever they landed. I'm also under the impression that JA is a good school given its demographics, a couple steps ahead of other DCPS middle schools with similar demographics in terms of leadership, physical plant and rigor offered.

From my perspective, it's a lot to ask of high SES neighborhood families to send their children to a middle school where demographics don't begin to mirror neighborhood demographics, there aren't established honors classes, and there's almost no prospect of the situation changing faster than a glacial pace, for political reasons.

What we have is a a situation where our neighborhood middle school serves a tiny fraction of neighborhood families in the swathe of the Jefferson Academy district that overlaps with Capitol Hill, year after year.  Charles Allen and the rest of the city council members, Bowser and Ferebee could care less, knowing that local UMC parents pose no threat at the ballot box. Object in public fora and stand accused of being a racist.  That's the situation and there's no changing it. [/quote]

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