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[quote=Anonymous]My magnet high school was an IB school growing up, and it helped me get in a great college and grad school. I’m not OP, there are more than one family on the Hill that rose above generational poverty.

My point is that I also met Principal Brown at my local ANC. We were very interested in Eastern’s IB program. Principal Brown believes himself to be a “transformational education leader” by the way. He touted some vague parcc ELA increase at eastern, but couldn’t answer basic questions about the IB program at eastern. I did a lot of research and also visited dci where they answered these questions easily. There is something to be said about someone who refuses to answer basic questions. We also opted not to attend eastern, simply because the academics are weak, and there is a serious problem with lack of rigor. I don’t know how that means I’m racist, but I think my brown kids deserve a good education as well.  I think all kids in dc deserve a great education! But I do not for a second think you’ll find that at Eastern High. I think that principal Brown isn’t to blame for all the problems at Eastern, but I certainly think he did little to nothing to remediate them. He also did little to nothing to attract inbound families to the school. Fwiw charter schools do a lot to attract parents, and I think quite often this benefits the charter. No one is saying entitled white parents get to run the show, but I do think a certain amount of parent buy-in is vital. And Brown gave no indication to me that he was interested in improving anything outside of his own resume. Good luck to JR Families. [/quote]

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