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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please just come to the Eaton open house on November 19.

Long time Eaton parent here and although there is some good information in this thread, there are also some odd, untrue comments.

If you have questions about Eaton, please come. You can talk to the principal, staff members and parents. Ask us whatever question you want. You can go into classrooms and tour the building. Yes, we need a renovation, we know. [b]But Eaton always makes the best of what it has[/b], and the results are happy, engaged, smart kids who are appreciated for all that they are.

IB or OOB, if you become part of Eaton, you can be part of the renovation team. We'll be happy to have you.
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I have always thought that this is not a virtue at Eaton, but instead a weakness.  For whatever reason, the school has been rather timid (especially compared to other schools in the area) is advocating for its needs.  I don't know whether it's because of old liberal guilt or because a number of parents over the years have also been DCPS employees and therefore haven't wanted to rock the boat.  But this reticence to ask holds the school back IMO.  DCPS has gone through a massive rebuilding program in the last decade, which has resulted in the renovation of every other DCPS school in Ward 3 (more than once, in Janney's case) -- except for Eaton.  Now, as the result of the profligate (perhaps criminally irresponsible) spending on Duke Ellington, there are indications that the cupboard is becoming bare.   Eaton is likely to be left behind again.[/quote]

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