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NP here. Since, as you say, Brent white kids test well, as most white kids in DC do, wouldn't it stand to reason that white kids at LT would also test well, regardless of whether or not LT mirrors its neighborhood population?  I note that in the upper grades at Brent, white kids are not the majority.  And yet they still do well. So it seems to me that DCPS' expectation that LT white parents stay beyond K is pretty reasonable.  [/quote]

Pretty reasonable unless you're a run of the mill high-SES parent, vs. a super open-minded one like the satisfied PP.  Sure, white kids in this city will probably test well regardless, at least if they accrue the benefit of good after care (with parents, tutors, au pairs, lessons etc.).  That said, parents tend to want much better social experiences at schools than can be provided by being about the only one of anything--girl, boy, white, Asian, Latino, poor, affluent--in an entire grade.   I speak from experience having hated being the only Asian kid in my K-5th ES, which would pretty much be the case at LT.  Won't do that to DCs.

As long as LT faces competition from more diverse schools like Brent, YY, Peabody/Watkins and SWS, offering both better leadership and facilities, the great majority of IB parents aren't going to bite past PreK.  Short of DCPS upgrading the physical plant and reinventing LT with brand new leadership, faculty, and PTA, LT seems to be going nowhere in this decade.  And that's the name of that tune.

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