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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what you're really saying is that you can only count on McKinley Tech. Walls is a total crack shoot with bad odds. Banneker isn't much better and is weak on STEM (doesn't teach AP Chem or Bio every year or teach BC Calc at all).  McKinley Tech isn't very diverse or high-performing. Pass.[/quote]

The good news is you can take YOUR kid where you feel is best.
I'm not sure of the objective here. You sound a little upset at your inability to convince others that their choices are best for their kids.
Kids represent their families. The folks in Arlington can afford to live in Arlington. They can afford Arlington because they are college-educated with advanced degrees that allow them to earn a high salary. That high education is reflected in their households and as a result, their children fare well in school. Arlington schools can offer more advanced courses because most of the student population has the skills to succeed in those advanced classes ( read the previous sentence about well-educated households). In DC, kids come from all over with many coming from households without parents or parents with minimal education. This places the load on the schools to advance them. So schools that can take kids from the bottom to the top are the real heroes. Arlington schools and the like are maintaining the status quo. I am impressed with GROWTH.[/quote]

No thanks.  I don’t care about growth with the bottom of the barrel moving a small incremental pace up.

I care about my high performing kid being with a majority of high performing kids so that the teacher can actually teach advanced programming.

BTW look at the scores of middle and high school kids in very poor performing schools.  The numbers actually decline in proficiency, not increase.  Doesn’t support how DCPS improves outcomes.  [/quote]

Stop blabbing about your “high performing kid.” nobody cares. You don’t want a DCPS MS, fine! [/quote]

You might not since your kid is not high performing but others do.

BTW, I don’t see you refuting anything above which is the reality of the situation in DCPS MS.   So no surprises many families seek the more popular charters which does have a critical group of high performers.[/quote]

Tell me all about your high performing 11 year old. Lol. [/quote]

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