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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I for one really liked what I saw at the Banneker interview. The entry was so different from entering our EOTP middle. The security guards watched you but were friendly, no one was ordering you around, they helped you get through, even though they also weren’t shirking the process.

The kids at the table hustled DS off to his test or whatever it was. Another kid brought me to a nearby space where she answered my million questions. And though a charter kid she was clearly from my kid’s demographic. And just being there I could see a demographic mix I liked. Not dominated by Ward 3 kids, nobody slumming from privates, no Georgetown professor’s kids as far as I could tell.

And the program the AP and teacher and administrator described was rigorous. Character building. Community focused. The kind of thing we just haven’t seen up to this point. To date the program has taught my kid and not much more, he’s spent his time teaching his friends, and it’s tiring after a while despite his inherent goodwill and friendliness.

I think it’ll be good for him. And it’s inspiring to me. I yearn for a community like this. After seeing how DCPS has done so little to integrate or improve, with (now I’m sounding pretentious I know) Obama followed by Voldemort, with BLM ending in a painting on 16th Street, I am really looking forward to a small version of a future that America appears not to want. Where _these_ kids replace us.

Just impressed is all. 
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Not sure what you have against Georgetown professors kids. I teach at American University. Is that a problem for you too? Would it help if I said I am AA? [/quote]

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