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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If DCPS supposedly has it so much better, why not just go to DCPS?  You have the right.[/quote]

How about just not discriminating against some children? Is that really so much to ask?[/quote]

If you think DCPS is a better deal, come on over. [/quote]

But that's the point: none of these schools are private.  All of them are public.  It's not about "a better deal" it's about a public service providing an appropriate education [b]in equally appointed facilities[/b].  At this point "separate but equal" would be a dream solution.  What we have is far inferior to that.  Doesn't even pretend to be equal.[/quote]

Going on about the over-the-top renovations to a few high schools is not going to get you anywhere. The vast majority of DCPS schools are nothing like that.  The vast majority of DCPS students also dream of being in an uncrowded, up-to-date schools with

Those fancy renovations were a bad decision by people desperately trying to help solve education in some schools where nothing seemed to be working.  Excess facilities are clearly not the answer, but, again, they were desperate.

But that era has ended.  A few Ballou-style renovations happened, got a lot of criticism for cost, didn't make a difference in outcomes, and didn't continue happening.  Move on.[/quote]

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