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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what has been discussed on DCUM, including with Banneker grads that have previously provided their perspective, Banneker and Walls are both strong schools and two very different places and have historically served different groups well.  Both are rigorous, This may be changing, but Banneker has been serving the needs of really smart hard working kids that have often not been particularly  well prepared by DCPS lower grades.  These kids come in bright but with educational gaps  and they are hard driven by the school to get them ready to compete academically anywhere.

That is not my child.  My child has been very well served by the best elementary and middle schools in DCPS and has the benefit of two parents with college and professional degrees.   My child is academically strong but does not respond well to or need the kind of pressure I understand that Banneker puts on its students.  My child has friends of all races, and I do not think would be intimidated by a majority minority school.   My child was, however, strongly opposed to going to an IB program high school after 3 years at Deal. My child will be going to Walls.[/quote]

Thank you for a balanced post after so much bile thrown at Banneker, which is a wonderful school (as is Walls). [/quote]

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