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Now, without a nod in the direction of that nascent IB program, those elementary school parents say Eastern isn't relevant, it's a lost cause, and none of their friends would consider E-H.  Not a shocker to read that, but sad.

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What nascent IB program at E-H?  Is there one or isn't there?  If there is, then I'd consider it for my kid in a couple of years. [/quote]

You either incentivize upper-middle-class parents to throw their hats in the ring, or you fail to.  It's not sad, it's life on fast gentrifying Capitol Hill.

You know that E-H's overall proficiency rate is 30%, that the school is 85% FARMs, and that DCPS is allergic to test-in middle school programs?  How could a quality IB program possibly emerge from that equation in a couple of years?

It's one thing to vow "We're going to do IB Middle Years" another altogether to launch middle school kids on a track that would enable them to complete the full IB diploma in the 12th grade.  The full diploma is the sort of advanced program that high school kids who get 700s on all three sections of the SATs, take 7-10 AP classes, and get all 4s and 5s on the tests, normally complete succesfully.  This is happening anywhere in DCPS, other than for a very small number of students at SWW, Wilson and Banneker?  This will happen at Eastern within the next decade?  Show me the money.

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