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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I sense [detractors] think that somehow those [achievement gap] efforts harm the outcomes for white students or other students,” says one parent who supports Bell. “Maybe they think if you’re focusing efforts on the achievement gap, you can’t achieve for all students.”[/quote]

I think that this is a real concern. Do Watkins families feel that children doing above grade level work are pushed to reach even farther? That is not the sense I have come away with after speaking with Watkins parents. [/quote]

Do Watkins family think their kids are MORE important than some other Watkins family kids?  The reasonable, community-minded approach would be to work to serve both sets of students, particularly since you chose to live in a city and neighborhood that you know is beset by income inequality.  Not to take over the school for your own personal benefit.l  [/quote]

No, but they certainly think their children are equally important.

By the way the Watkins neighborhood is not beset with income equality. The income equality comes from OOB. Doesn't make the kids any less important, but you should get your facts right. [/quote]

The idea that the UMC kids at Watkins are somehow being harmed by attempts to address income inequality is just ludicrous.  [/quote]

and Fairfax, like Bethesda, has other structural advantages like less concentrated poverty.  The high performing suburban schools outperform most school districts nationally.[/quote]

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