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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve lived in Ward 6 for 30 years and have 2 teenagers, so we know a whole bunch of families with kids at Latin, BASIS, Walls, DCI and various privates for HS. We also know a bunch of families who bailed on DCPS at DCPCS for the burbs along the way, seemingly without regret. [b]The best suburban public schools are obviously much better than anything we have in DC. What’s also clear is that Latin doesn’t offer the same rigor for the highest achievers as Walls, BASIS and arguably, DCI. [/b]None of these DC public schools offer a combo of excellent ECs and academics. You can protest all you want and point to data and pathways without changing any of it.  If you can swing a private or a move to the burbs, you go. [/quote]

Looking at Latin's college acceptances so far this year announced on Instagram, and I'm seeing Yale, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Cornell, Michigan, Tufts... There's only 90 or so seniors at Latin so it's substantially smaller than SWW, less than half the size of DCI and is a small fraction of the size of those behemoth high schools in the burbs. [/quote]

Take what's announced on Instagram with a grain of salt. Often it's a handful of seniors getting into multiple top schools. What you can't look at is the crazy expensive and exhausting supplementing the UMC families have invariably done to achieve these results. We know some of these families.  It's not uncommon for Latin families to fork out 10K or more a year to bump up the education ("cheaper than Sidwell!"). Easy to pretend that Latin did it all but not realistic or honest. [/quote]

Don't you ever get tired of posting this nonsense? Everyday is some weird (and not even plausible!) lie about Latin and some ridiculous DCI boosterism. You seem very insecure about your child being at DCI.   [/quote]

I thought this was the basis poster. Either way, it’s insufferable. [/quote]

Both are very insecure. [/quote]   Get a life. Please stop wearing your own insecurity about DC public school qualify on your sleeve. If you believes wholeheartedly in what you're peddling, you'd have no need to slam random PPs. You seem to be conflating a number of them into one or two. Waste of time.

The reality is that no DC public school is all that great comparatively in the DMV. For great you need to go at least 10 miles north or west, e.g. Meridian HS in Falls Church City or school-within-a-school IBD programs or test-in magnets in VA and MoCo.  Sure, a small number of DC public seniors will get into top colleges regardless. [/quote]

I think people are just tired of you posting and reposting this on the DCPS board. Like we get it already. Our school choices all suck and our kids don’t read books or learn science. [/quote]

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