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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are all these posters who are so into telling us DCPS and charter schools are second rate?  Do you have kids in these schools?

My sons go to Brent and I don't see their education as second rate.  My MIL was a teacher in a highly ranked suburban district and she is very happy with what my sons are learning (she volunteers at Brent).  One of my son's was recently evaluated privately and was above grade-level in reading and, more than a grade above grade-level in math.  There are so many bright kids in his grade at Brent.  We may move to the suburbs for middle school; I'm not that excited about any of the options where we might lottery in. I don't want to move before all my kids go all the way through 5th at Brent.

Staying at Brent is not becuase I love my Hill house so much and because I don't want to pay for privates, it's because I believe it really is about the best place my kids could be in school.  Every teacher my kids have had at Brent is passionate about teaching and about my kids.  They will stop me in the hallway and tell me about how my son figured out how to do a complicated math problem in a creative way, or how my son was a really good friend to a new student that day.   The principal knows each of my kids by name - my kids all get really excited when they see him.

I also don't dream of the Ivy Leagues for my children - not because my dreams for them are small - actually my dreams are bigger than tha.  I want my children to be well prepared for college, go to good colleges, and have careers that they love.  I want them to be good self-advocates and make choices for themselves.    [/quote]

Thanks for this breath of sanity. It's a rare thing on this board. If you replace "Brent" for "Maury" you've described our situation to a 't'.[/quote]

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