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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^if you weren't scared of integration, [/quote]

Go away race baiting troll. [/quote]

Not PP  and agree that race drives most of the IB bitching.  Be honest and about it and own it instead of the poorly coded BS about wards 5,7,8 kids in out precious neighborhood[/quote]

Here is what turned me off about Watkins:

(1) Parents reported teachers and staff yelling at students. 
(2) Parents reported teachers being uninterested in challenging students who were above grade level. 
(3) Parents reported advanced students having to do a lot of worksheets and self teaching while the teacher focused on the students who were behind. 
(4) The test scores are not good. [/quote]

My kids are in Watkins right now and all 4 of these points are greatly exaggerated.  If parents are interested, contact the principal and tour the school. Come multiple times so you can see what goes on for yourself. Don't rely on DCUM posters who are either reporting old stories, never had kids who attended, etc. [b]Is it the perfect school and does it work for everyone? Of course not.[/b] But it's not the place DCUM describes.[/quote]

+1  and same can be said for virtually every school - DCPS, PCS, independent, home schooling.  . . Every post on Hill MS devolves into the same inane trolling with little to no real firsthand knowledge.   But even if you go strictly by the numbers, Watkins has lowered its enrollment by ~100 students in the past 3-4 years.  It's IB rate was %30 last year, up from %21 two years ago.  The overall scores have plenty of room for improvement and a stubborn achievement gap not unique to Watkins persists, but  there are students performing at a high level so it's hard to argue they're being held back in some way.  There is real progress.  I'm sure if it was whiter and wealthier it would allay the concerns of the many in the DCUM chorus.[/quote]

I call BS.  You don't agree with the views of those offering "real firsthand knowledge," so you see trolls and invalidate their concerns.

Whiter and wealthier shouldn't be a problem in a neighborhood that fits the bill, not in a city supporting a neighborhood school system.  As long as some poor minority kids are still welcome in said schools (which they are), I don't see the issue.

When Watkins is mostly IB, I'll take heart.  Not before.  [/quote]

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