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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe what I’m reading.  
According to some of the posters, schools should only be geared toward what works for most students and since most students are not capable of a tough curriculum (a “fringe” idea) families should not expect the public school system to serve their bright students and they should figure out how to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars to educate their kids before college.  Because the public school system doesn’t belong to everyone, it belongs to only the lowest common denominator.  This is absurd.  There’s no point reasoning with unreasonable.  [/quote]

Of all the problems dcps has, it is not that the smartest kid isn’t allowed to learn anything beyond what the dumbest kid can learn.

The system should serve the broadest number of kids at the highest level while also making sure no one gets left behind.

Creating tailor made programs for above average students is a great idea and a lot of districts do so… There are advanced classes in dcps and there are kids who learn at a high level and go to elite schools and become highly successful people. The argument that some students need more is an interesting one, and maybe a good one, but a small group of parents who want their kids in some kind of fringe program that overloads college level courses and pushes out most students is not something that is a reasonable expectation. DCPS should be able to provide your kid with a solid education, and to goose the process we have some charters… but if a charter is a money suck making ppl in Arizona rich and failing to serve most kids, it shouldn’t be paid for with tax dollars. [/quote]

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