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[quote=Anonymous][quote]And DCPS dreams of keeping the high SES kids in the system so that test scores keep trending up even if they've let all the experienced teachers and administrators go. [/quote]

Unless it doesn't. I don't see any evidence of this in Ward 5. Maybe DCPS isn't paying any attention to the demographics, or maybe it just doesn't care. But Ward 5's high SES kids, and there are a lot of them, aren't attending public schools. Oh, wait, you said "dreaming." Well, dreaming and taking action to change something are two separate things.

I too am skeptical that a new Ward 5 middle school will do much to attract high SES Ward 5 families. But it COULD help address the fact that the Ward 5 "education campus" experiment, as far as I can see, has been a complete failure. You can't just add 6th and 7th graders to elementary schools, with no added resources, and wash your hands of the matter. I've been told that trying to accomodate the older kids at previously elementary-only schools has had the effect of straining resources and making a mess of things in the earlier grades. If middle schoolers have someplace else to go, DCPS and Ward 5 parents could really focus on making the elementary schools in Ward 5 something special. Regardless, I totally agree with another poster-- the effort to attract middle class Ward 5 kids needs to start with elementary school (or even earlier, with preschool). [/quote]

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