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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students at academically, racially, politically and financially diverse high schools learn dealing with a diverse demographics, conflict resolution and real world hustle. They see consequences of good and bad choices. They see justice and injustice. They are more independent. They've options to to attend a seminar, a museum exhibition, a protest, a sports game, a concert, a court hearing, an NPR recording, an embassy outreach, a church service and what not on a weekend by just walking to or taking a metro to the venue. While there are cons, there are lots of pro which make an inner city school experience worthwhile.[/quote]

This is the most clueless delusional nonsense I’ve ever read. Just stop.

Students at urban schools get to deal with classmates who are disruptive and grade levels behind due to poverty, generational trauma and absentee parents. They get to deal with a lack of advanced classes and academic extracurricular offerings, poor college counseling and low expectations. They get to deal with violence and zero accountability.

Meanwhile, students at strong suburban schools have to deal with NONE of that, plus they can jump on the metro and visit any of the tourist attractions on your list that supposedly make urban schools so amazing.  [/quote]

You may want to talk to some MoCo, Fairfax, Loudon, etc. parents. The issues are the same in much larger systems. There is no utopia.[/quote]

NP. Agree my friends with kids in HS in MoCo also complain. Also kids in DCPS can take advanced classes in MS and HS. Not all kids are disruptive and not all teachers have low expectations. I doubt you have kids in DCPS.[/quote]

I do have kids in DCPS middle and elementary schools, and I don’t find it useful to pretend DCPS’s problems away. [/quote]

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