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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make no mistake, the problem is not with families who choose not to "jump in".  The problem is with dcps neglecting to fill the pool with water.[/quote]

This is a nice analogy but I don't think the depiction is entirely deserved in the case of Eliot-Hine. I think DCPS moved fast to respond to community input and get it onto an IB track, which is what a survey among feeder schools and the community revealed would draw parents, quite possibly without much consultation of current parents, who fortunately saw the opportunity and went along with it. But this is not an overnight process; if it were it wouldn't be worth anything. But it's on the right track with a lot accomplished as it is. At this point, it is actually really mainly a matter of parents truly signing up and committing. I don't doubt there will be work left to do, but where will there not be?

I honestly wonder sometimes if the continued "now, this is what we want" and "that's another thing we want" isn't a bit of sour grapes against the Grey/Henderson team taking over. Or maybe it's the work of a plethora of education advocates in need of activism to show for to their members and supporters. Whatever the case may be, it's self-defeating to take it out on the back of what has become a good option for us all and is waiting to gain our support rather than our continued whining. [/quote]

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