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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then why don’t parents in these days ther parts of the city use their IB schools and their relative wealth to improve them?  Why are they still trying to get their kids into an OOB school instead of going to school with their relatively wealthy neighbors?  [/quote]

Honestly, it’s because they fear poor minorities. They believe poor is contagious despite studies that show rich kids in low performing schools have the same outcomes as rich kids in high performing schools. If DCPS really wanted to attract these families, they would start G&T pull out services in those schools. Wealthy parents wrongly assume their kid is somehow being cheated out of something. They aren’t. My child is in an upper grade at a predominantly AA school. It has been a great experience. It has also opened my eyes to the profound gap between the haves and have nots, which leads to lower test scores. [/quote]

G&T is a mixed bag and not a lot of parents are clamoring for it (despite some full-throated DCUM proponents).  On the other hand, many parents would welcome tracking and having students needs met with the necessary academic rigor.[/quote]

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