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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I attended the open house, like other PPs, I saw and observed many good things...dedicated teachers, warm environment, plenty of natural light, decent bathrooms, etc. etc. But I also heard a group of students outside the building cheerfully shouting obscenities in the presence of blaze parents ("Hey, Mama") who couldn't have been out of their 20s.  Moreover, I heard little to convince me that DD, who attends JHU CTY math and immersion language camps in the summer, would find appropriate challenge through differentiated learning. If I had reason to believe that scores of high SES kids were heading to Jefferson for 6th grade in two or three years, I'd continue to keep an open mind. Can't see DCPS hiring teachers for honors classes without backsides in the seats, or at least the pipeline.

12:02: They did say that they had some small classes (dozen or so kids). If you got these sorts of numbers of advanced (not just proficient) kids in each grade at the school, what was your takeaway about the prospects for your kid? I'm genuinely interested. And what other middle schools have you toured and can you compare what you heard last night to those? Certainly BASIS would offer more prospects for advanced classes. But other DC public schools?

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