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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 14:20, the PP in all likelihood attended Banneker 20-30 years ago. I wonder if the makeup has changed since then; just curious. My understanding of Title 1 schools is that a large % of students attending are from low-income backgrounds. Again, makes me even more impressed about current test scores if true.[/quote] The Challenge Index has about 27% of Banneker graduates passing at least AP or IB test. There's not much about this statistic that impresses, in either absolute terms or compared to other local schools with high levels of low-income students (Columbia Heights in DC, Mount Vernon and Stuart in Fairfax, Kennedy and Wheaton in Montgomery, Wakefield in Arlington, or TC Williams in Alexandria). For the most part, Banneker only looks good in comparison with other schools in DCPS, and white parents have been avoiding those schools for decades. [/quote] I beg to differ. It is quite impressive considering 2/3 of the population is low income.[/quote] It absolutely is not impressive to most parents, when schools with similar or greater percentages of low-income students all over the region have better results and are not even styled as "magnet" schools. Which part of this do you not understand? [/quote] We understand perfectly well. What is your end game? If it's having a kid ready for college and getting into an amazing college with money, Banneker is it. If you want your kid to be like every other lilly white kid from DC, they'll all be lumped into that same pile.[/quote] Oh, please, grow up. Same as no one in this thread has said Banneker students are all ghetto; don't assume (much less say) everyone who chooses not to go there is just "other lilly white kid."[/quote]
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