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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13:06, so I agree that Immersion programs and other such gimicks are here to stay. But I do not think that your family or your DC is a prize to be won by DCPS. [b]You are a number, for now, but a someone who is not in DC for the long haul.[/b[[/quote]

This really is kind of silly; as if bonus points are awarded for long-term residency.

What we need in DC is massive numbers of middle-class residents. Residents who will actually pay taxes. It's not altogether clear that "someone who is not in DC for the long haul" is less desirable than someone who is in DC for a childless decade, then the first decade of their child's life (before moving elsewhere).  I know for a lot of old school DC residents, a fetish is made over whether or not you're a native, but the truth is that middle-class people move. That's life in the modern era.

And so long as the total number of middle-class people in DC is on an upward trend, and we're keeping those numbers up, I don't think it particularly matters if that population is somewhat transient.

Hell, we're probably better off with a wealthy, transient, and younger population in DC. Especially when compared to the multiple generations of "lifelong residents" who've never held a job, and are raised by parents who've never held a job either.[/quote]

Nothing silly at all about wanting a school system that does more than postpone your move to a private or the burbs. Being in for the long haul does matter, when people are we get better ES, MS, and HS. So many of our schools now focus on ECE and then just teeter out at 2/3rd grade, because we know that the majority of middle class parents will leave anyway. 
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