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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The more people try to say it’s racist and racism as the overwhelming reason why families leave poorly performing title 1 schools instead of acknowledging that there are many issues at these schools and the dysfunctional system that is DCPS, the more you will drive away all families.

Minority who grew up poor and been there.

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What history shows is that if we ignore racism, or just don't talk about it then people will be less racist.

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Talk about it all you like.  But DCPS's shortcomings are real too.[/quote]
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My point is that the OP who, after 6 whole weeks of Kindergarten thinks the only reason people avoid DCPS is racism, needs to get a clue.[/b]

Proponents of DCPS also seem like the loudest critics of it.  What's your point?  Both can be true.[/quote][/quote]

OP here. That's not what I think at all. I think at OUR particular school and some others in our neighborhood, I think "demographics", i.e., racism, are a big reason why neighborhood families don't even consider their neighborhood schools. Not the only reason (e.g., middle school is a very reasonable concern, especially in upper elementary) and not the case for all Title 1 schools (I wouldn't send my child to a DCPS that was seriously underperforming either, particularly when there are other options through the lottery). And I'm not even speculating, I hear it from parents explicitly when they ask what school we're at, then immediately volunteer that "we couldn't stay at our DCPS because Larla would be the ONLY white child in her class after pre-K." Which of course assumes that even if true, all of the non-white kids are lower SES and/or not doing as well as Larla would be.

Anyways, this conversation has been interesting and I'm glad it's shifted back to a more respectful tone over the last few pages. I've worked a lot with DCPS and OSSE over the last few years, so central office is a known quantity for me. I'm not sure it's much better in MCPS or some charters, but everyone's entitled to their own opinions for what's deal-breaking intolerable or not. It's also interesting to compare the talk on threads about Ward 3 or 6 schools with the talk on this thread. Nobody is deal-breaking concerned about central office and values the walkability and neighborhood schools on those threads. As others have said, maybe we'll be singing a different tune by third grade, but judging by the number of kindergarten kids with siblings in upper grades, I'm not assuming that's going to be the case. [/quote]

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