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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School demographic change always lags neighborhood change.  I think Jefferson might be interesting over the next 5-10 years.  The Wharf only opened 4 years ago this fall.  While the old Brent neighbors might have been different, Brent is probably at this stage too wealthy and "gentrified" to become a serious feeder.  But I could potentially see kids from the other 3 schools starting to attend in reasonably large numbers.   [/quote]

The fallacy that demographics alone can create a good school is often heard on Hill playgrounds.  It takes that, plus buy-in from administration to offer honors classes and hire teachers capable of teaching them.  Demographics alone can take a school further in ES than in MS and HS, and parents need to remember this.   You may have “flipped” your local ES by encouraging your neighbors to enroll but it is not so simple as the kids get older. That said, I truly believe that this attitude is also the reason that the performance of white ES students on the hill on standardized tests lags behind the same demographic in other school districts. [/quote]

+1. Very true.  It’s not just demographics and especially in MS and HS.

The expectations are so low in DC.  The hope for a grade level majority is not good enough. No G & T or tracking in elementary, no multiple level courses for every subject offered in MS and HS.  It’s not surprising that the performance of kids in the city lag those of our neighbors.  The higher performing kids are not challenged to reach their full potential. [/quote]

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