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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm having a really hard time with this election, I have serious reservations about both of these candidates.

We are a family that put our kids in both DCPS and charter, and want robust, challenging classes and well-supported teachers.

Let's start a thread -- i would love to hear from people about their experiences with JLG and McDuffie on schools.

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McDuffie is disqualified from being considered because BOTH of his kids were/are at GDS. So not just any private school but the most exclusive, expensive school in the area. [/quote] This. I am stuck on the GDS thing. How do you trust someone to lead DCPS that has abandoned our schools? Also how does a council member and a CSOSA employee pay for two kids to go to GDS? 
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With financial aid.

Also, whoever said that GDS is the most exclusive and expensive private school in DC - I think Sidwell wants a word with you. Ha![/quote]

That is crazy. Two well-paid professionals accepting charity to attend GDS. Is that what private schools do? I always assumed they help actually needy families. [/quote]

I definitely know families with HHIs in the 200ks who get financial aid from GDS. this is very normal for the private school. You should apply![/quote]

+1, these schools aren't doing charity. They give financial aid to students they think will succeed at the schools. That usually means stable homes and educated parents. The vast majority of families can't afford GDS tuition, so it's a way to improve their diversity (of all kinds, including socioeconomic). But they aren't giving out prizes for the neediest families. GDS probably wouldn't serve a truly needy family well because they don't offer the services such a family would need, and it would be difficult for truly need kids to find a sense of belonging at a school where many families easily afford the huge sticker price.[/quote] Got it. So no different than selective colleges. [/quote]

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