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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know what crazy people (and agree with the PP, this is a total fantasy thread), here's the real story:

- Our kids shouldn't be used as a social engineering experiment because they are UMC and live in stable homes.  Call that elitist, privileged, whatever, but no kid should have to deal with it because some social justice warrior deems it so.

- Of course we are going to scream when you ship our kids out of our neighborhood to an unproven school with abysmal test scores.  NOBODY would want that to happen.

- The schools you are talking about sending us to, while smaller, do not have the same sort of extra curriculars (sports, arts) what have you that Deal and Wilson already have.

I think if Lafayette parents are convinced that the experience would be the same wherever else than it would be at Deal and Wilson, we would be OK with it.  Contrary to what this thread suggests, I don't think Chevy Chase is full of racists.  It is, however, full of families who want what's best for their kids, and Wells and Cardozo are just not going to cut it now.  The expectations are just higher.

And, finally, for all the Deal bashers here, it IS a great place.  The team approach keeps it small, and I can say especially over the last two years [b]DD has had uniformly amazing teachers.  I don't know who you've had[/b].  [b]I'm sorry your snowflake can't handle the size,[/b] I'm sure when you pick their classes for them in college it will be better.[/quote]

Let's see.  This year (2 kids) we had one (core subject--i.e. math or ELA) teacher walk out and quit mid fall which led to 2 months of subs.  Another core teacher (again math or ELA--different kid) missed an entire month of school.  A third has threatened at least 3 times to "kill them all" which has led to the principal getting involved and taking testimony from the kids.  
Now many of the rest of the teaching staff are good to outstanding.  And my kids are at at the tops of their respective classes.  But our experience this school year has been uneven.  [/quote]

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