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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im the tutor from above. I will say I also tutor kids who are EXCELLENT and want further enrichment. So just because I tutor at your school doesn’t necessarily mean the kids are behind. But generally, sadly, dcps middle schools are not producing kids who are doing so well that they need enrichment, they’re producing kids who are so behind their parents notice and are rightly worried. [/quote]

This is a confusing comment, especially when linked with your last one. And I say that as someone with serious reservations about our IB DCPS middle on the Hill.

First, what subject(s) do you tutor? If it's foreign language you need to state that up front because of course DCI is going to have kids kicking butt in foreign language and DCPS middle schools will have kids far behind that. Even kids at Deal and Hardy would be far behind DCI kids in foreign language. A lot of your comments have fixated on the foreign language opportunities at DCI, which I agree are pretty much the best in the city for public schools, but most parents are far less focused on foreign language than on core subjects like math and ELA.

Second, are you saying that the kids you tutor at DCI are all "EXCELLENT" and only getting tutoring for further enrichment, and the kids you tutor at Hill middle schools are all behind and their parents are hiring you because they are worried? That seems to be the implication but if so, just say that.

Third, how many kids do you tutor? Which Hill schools have you tutored kids at? All three? all three within the last couple years?

I ask because I know a couple very impressive students at S-H (I also know many mediocre students there) and I know a couple mediocre kids at DCI (I also know of very talented kids there). Because DCI is a charter that most people get into via immersion charters, I am certain DCI has more well-resourced kids than S-H and thus probably has more kids likely to have parents hiring tutors just to push and enrich. But when I look at the test scores at the two schools, it doesn't look like DCI is blowing S-H out of the water. In fact they look comparable. Given that and my personal knowledge of kids at both schools, I'm not sure how your observation that only DCI has excellent kids ready for enrichment while ALL the Hill DCPS kids you tutor are behind makes sense. It is contrary to test scores and personal observation. There may in fact be more kids excelling at DCI but it's not the sharp dichotomy you describe. Is it possible that your exposure is too limited to draw these kinds of conclusions? [/quote]

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