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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP specifically asked for feedback from parents with kids at the school currently and the overwhelming responses on this thread are not from families with kids at the school.

Reading this thread there is 1 or 2 families with kids at the school currently who are not happy.  Rest no kids at the school at all. Very telling and all the DCI thread devolves like this, because these people with absolutely no kids at the school overtake it.  And it’s the same posters every time.

I’m sure there are more than 1 or 2 families not happy at DCI and are not on here.  I would also argue that if families are happy at their school, they usually are not on this board.  DCI has a very high retention rate so data doesn’t support lots of unhappy families who could leave if they want. Data also shows lots more feeder families are tracking to the school.

Lastly, the posters on here who are needing and advocating tracking in all subjects, you need to move to the burbs and get off the DC school site completely.  It’s not happening in DC at any school.  But if you look at the middle school options in the city, charter and DCPS, DCI is one of the best options especially if you factor in extracurriculars and facilities.

That’s the bottom line folks. [/quote]

You seem to be making a lot of assumptions here about this thread.

You don't know how many people are posting or who is posting or if they are representative of others at the school.  Plus, not everyone with kids in the school will note that in a post.

That is why it is helpful to have data about the school's performance, so there is at least some objective information.

Unfortunately, DCI provides very little information about how kids are performing (information that lots of other schools freely make available).  Moreover, the information that is public about DCI (for example, PARCC scores) is not particularly good.[/quote]

+1000. Data. [/quote]

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