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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire thread has been an answer to the question, "is it possible to have [i]too[/i] much parent involvement in schools?"

Obviously, there's some benefit to relative wealth and an abundance of SAHMs, but then some drawbacks when they're educated overachievers as well.  I dislike stereotyping, but it's an unavoidable phenomenon in every culture and at least some of what's decsribed (and played out) here in this thread must be true. It sounds like the worst of DCUM exhibited in living color.

I previously thought that WOTP principals and teachers had it easy with great numbers of well-prepared kids.  Now I have a newfound respect for the challenge they must face on a daily basis from WOTP parents with too much time on their hands.[/quote]

I think there's more going on here than over-involved well-educated parents, because you get that in the high-quality suburban districts too.

Janney is unique. It has Bethesda (Whitman pyramid) demographics, quality and IB %, yet [b]it is located in DC where the politics are wild west and nothing about education policy can be taken for granted.[/b] I think this explains some of the Janney culture, at least what I am observing during this whole boundary review process.

People I talk to in the Whitman pyramid are very secure about their schools. They bought for the schools and they know they have 100% top quality K-12 and it is guaranteed to continue that way forever. Janney parents know they have top quality PK-5. But then for MS they know Deal is quality but they are worried about overcrowding, and they know Wilson has room for improvement. And some are even concerned about crowding at Janney.

I think this leads to a more active PTA and parent body. If you are IB for Janney you know you need to keep working. If you are IB within Whitman or attending a top private you can relax. Just a hypothesis. 
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This is insightful.  For a while this spring, some number of Janney families were afraid that they would be zoned out of Janney to some other ES.  Perhaps they wanted to be sure they had the principal's ear to make their case and were doing everything possible for an "in."  Now the revised DME proposals don't seem to change the Janney status quo.  Of course, some of the first bucket of DME proposals were non-starters like a city wide lottery for ES.  But can you imagine if they actually did that?  OMG!  Not only would it wreck the public schools, but property values in AU Park would drop like a stone.

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