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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we just agree that McKinley is a good choice for many students.  Is it the best school in the city right now?  I don't think anyone has said that.  But our city needs good choices for High School.  McKinley Tech is one of them.

In previous years, many white students would make a point to find their way into Jackson Reed or School Without Walls.  Given the change in admission for SWW and the fact that it's much harder to find a spot in Jackson Reed than it was, things are changing.  Another change is that many charter middle schools are decent and even good.  More white students are looking for a place to attend high school and won't be attending SWW or Jackson Reed.  If your kid has a spot in those schools, great!  If they don't why can't you find a way to be glad that there are more spaces available in other schools around this city?  Why does that feel like a threat to you?  I'm glad that there are students going to good schools and getting 3s 4s and 5s from McKinley Tech.  That means it is a good option for some students and has the foundation to be a good option for even more high achieving schools down the road.  I just don't get why anyone would see this reality (and it is a reality, not a delusion) as a problem.[/quote]

Because it is a mediocre school and DCPS can and should do better. If you want to cheer on a mediocre school that is supposedly our science application school, then yay for you I guess. I would like to see higher quality not just for my kids but for all kids in this city. [/quote]

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