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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All I can hope is that these posts turn off other families on the wait list, thereby increasing the odds that my kids gets a spot off the waitlist! [/quote]

Haha this forum is always making Basis, Walls, JR and now MacArthur sound like horrible schools.  But then you look at the waitlists and clearly people want to go there![/quote]

True but reality is that many EOTP families with no better options are desperate and willing to accept substandard schools and options.

They don’t want to move to the burbs which is an option for all and can’t afford private.  It’s their reality.

But everyone knows the quality of public schools in the city is not very good and are willing to accept it.  No one is moving from the burbs to the city for the schools while there is plenty for the reverse. [/quote]

As someone who grew up in DC and the public schools here- these elitist takes are incredibly bizarre to me. My friends and I all went to JR, formerly Wilson and some are very high profile, all successful, and most still live in the dc area. The friend groups are all still extremely tight knit too. So much so that my kids are going through all the feeders at DCPS and having a similar experience to mine- they love it and all their friends.
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I think a lot of people think they know a certain school well but they don’t.  I find in actual conversations that people know very little about any school outside the one their child attends.  People on this forum constantly post statements that are demonstrably false (like they could possible know the AP scores or college admissions of all kids in their child’s classes).  Or that a school doesn’t offer a class that it actually does.[/quote]

Yes, exactly this. That’s why I think it’s important as a DC native who grew up in the DCPS system to correct a lot of the misinformation out there. People are often relieved when they talk to me because there are so many wild rumors out there. But it’s also just that so many people live in bubbles that aren’t representative of the real world and they expect everything else in their life to be bubbles. A lot of things in life are beyond our control and the quicker people learn how to deal with adversity (real adversity) the better off we all are.[/quote]

I think you are in the bubble as the self-vaunted DC native. Perhaps you don't realize that a lot of the country is far more functional than the DC Government and DCPS?  It's no badge of honor to wallow in low-expectations and mediocrity.[/quote]  +1000. [/quote]

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