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Sorry, no, it doesn't take a long time and a lot of parental involvement here on the Hill.  It takes voting in a mayor determined to dissuade most high SES DC parents from fleeing the system, policy changes s/he make to support the introduction of ES GT and above-grade-level classes for the most advanced DCPS middle school kids, and his or her blessing to set up strong test-in MS programs with a city-wide draw.  Test-in HS programs that aren't supported by affirmative-action based admissions wouldn't hurt either.

We won't get any of that in this particular city for at least a decade due to the obnoxious political climate, probably 15 to 20 years.[/quote]

I think the majority of high SES voters in DC are singles, DINKs, empty nesters, etc.  And likely always will be. I suspect they are mostly okay with a very slow increase of high SES buy in to DCPS, with more attention paid to helping those who achieve less (owners of family sized residential units in transitional areas being perhaps the exception).  If you want them on your side, I think emphasizing the legitimate educational needs of the gifted would be more attractive than focusing on getting more high SES kids into the system for its own sake, which does come off as special pleading at best, racism at worst. [/quote]

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