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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s what one high profile Cluster parent posted on another DCUM thread yesterday:

“And just to confuse you even more, I personally believe that bigger middle schools and high schools are better for kids - more course offerings, more kids to learn from, clubs, sports, etc.  It's why my son is at Wilson for high school - there's no other real comprehensive (meaning full AP and Honors classes, sports team offerings, language offerings, hundreds of clubs, theater, arts, etc.) high school in the city.  So, not much "choice" there.”  Gina Arlotto - Capitol Hill[/quote]

Gina is (in)famous for having a lot to say, including her hatred of charters because they siphon talent from neighborhood schools.  She never seems to take into account that middle class parents value choice as much as the wealthy do, and the lack of good affordable choices is exactly why so many of them have been leaving DC for decades.  Fortunately her S.O.S. initiative was effectively neutered.

I agree with her regarding non-residents, but she's hardly a perfect advocate for parents of public school children in DC.[/quote]

Thank you PP. I don't have a problem with others making different "choices" including putting their kids in mondo public schools - as long as they don't try to dictate the choice for every other parent as well.  As for big school advocacy, we live in a big city, with clubs, sports, music, language, clubs, theaters and everything else within easy reach.  We live in a salad bowl when it comes to activities.  So why the big push to have that all under one roof?  In the 'burbs, or in a rural setting, I can see the logic behind the desire for a school that has it all.  But when you live in a city that has it all, who needs all that at school?[/quote]

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