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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who has ever been to a WL open house would know that most of their slots go to siblings, so the notion of open admissions is not accurate. The population is now just replicating itself bc the slots go to siblings. I was pretty turned off by WL not being very transparent about this and their mantra that everyone should just apply.  And, frankly, although I am an UMC Af-Am, I was equally turned off by their clear interest in looking and feeling as much like a private school as possible. Maybe that is part of the problem and I think they should consider their own atmosphere and presentation. All of this, couple with how abysmal they seem to serve non-at risk, Af-Am students -which was easy for me to see looking at the data on my own - was a complete turn off. All this said, I appreciate that they seem to recognize where they are falling short and want to address it. [/quote]

[b]That is EXACTLY why they wanted to expand[/b]. And it is open admission, but with a sibling weight. The first graduating classes were predominately minority. As the school picked up interest from whites, that hasnt maintained. You are criticizing them for exactly what they seek to redress with this application. Wow.

Whatever "feel" you picked up on, is exactly the point of charters.  To have different feels. But you should bring it up with the AA principal.
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Maybe it is, but "At-risk kids perform poorly at our school so let us have more of them" is not a very appealing rationale.  Really caring about at-risk kids means finding a way to educate them well, and Latin hasn't done that.[/quote]

You're exaggerating. They've educated many kids well. I also question their expansion --but I'm guessing they want to really take an amazing classics program right into an underserved neighborhood, with many more at-risk kids develop programming "just for" them --maybe extended day, more faculty of color whatever and be like a Boston Latin for this group of students right in Ward 7. I agree though if from their current record the board doesn't think they have the imagination or expertise to do that they should be turned down. But I think their motives were very pure--they are not a for-profit entity- and that they have served many DC kids well. If you look at their graduation rates, college rates and scholarship rates-that is simply inarguable.[/quote]

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