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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is it we can't get along about - how to fix the schools?  Because this "specialized" solution feels equitable.  "Empowering men of color" hasn't been admonished as segregation by DCPs as so if we can pitch it right, maybe this wouldn't either?  You get the money and the resources you need - and you deserve more with this population - "we" get the population we desire. Could we even sweeten the deal with say, every penny raised is shared between the two schools?  Again, I don't think this is an all-white/high SES school we'd be creating, it's a school where the kids with potential can get out of the fray and the kids with extra needs get them met.

I'm no educational expert, so maybe there is an inherent flaw and this is a total pipe dream, but if it truly is a situation where very child could benefit, and it gives the higher SES students a way to stay with DCPS and bring the resources they do,  I'd like to think its politics and fear of being politically incorrect that keeps us from talking about it.  [/quote]

But just so you all understand the practical result of this proposal, the school would cater to high performers and potentials. That doesn't mean "white" or "wealthy". White, "SES" (stupid term that is code for white, btw) kids who have special needs or develop later in life are going to be warehoused (I mean tracked into vocation) along with the minority and poor kids you're actually targeting. Unless you now want to differentiate between special needs and the population of brown trouble makers.  [/quote]

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