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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deal MS represents the utter failure of Michelle Rhee.  Why?  When she came on board Deal was good.  Now that she's gone, Deal has benefitted from $250/sq ft. renovations, skylights, IB programming, organized athletcis, uniforms that fit, fencing teams plus valuable suits for loan, better cafeteria food, excellent band/instrumental options, differentiated instruction, foreign languages.  And where is Deal?  Major Upper Caucasia.  Why isn't Deal's model replicated anywhere else?  Easier to wine and dine with the upper NW parents.  What school south of the park has I-Macs in every classroom smart boards on every wall, web-based email, excellent musical and theatre facilties, etc.. etc...where else?  The parents didn't pay for this stuff.  So who did?  Who compares?  We're going to be forced to pay private tuition in a couple of years because the ever-tight Deal boundaries are only getting tighter and tighter...shrink-wrapping the W3 mostly white kids into one fabulously free and unique MS.   'Nuff Said.[/quote]

I don't get your post.[/quote]

I do get this post.  On consecutive days,  I visited both Deal  and Jeferson Middle Schools.  The fact that Deal is provided with everything it needs to thrive and Jefferson is literally left to "die on the vine" is what the pp is getting at.  Kids at Jefferson ( and many other schools I am sure ) are left to learn in truly abominable conditions...from the quality of teaching to the obvious health hazards throughout the building.

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I get it too. Point is also that the kids at Deal, due to their SES, are likely to excel anyway, when kids that may need extra resources don't get it. Why?? It's completely unfair. [/quote]

Deal has about 900 students with the highest proficiency rate of any DCPS middle school - factors that help it succeed in educating a wide range of students.  Higher performing students benefit from a critical mass of strong students.  Students who need remediation and/or extra resources also benefit from attending a large school with most students at grade level.

It’s my understanding that proficient students, in some ways, subsidize struggling students.  Providing special services to struggling students is expensive, and proficient students cost a school system less than the average per pupil expense.  I favor providing extra resources to struggling students, and the Deal model looks like a great way to get everyone moving forward.  A rising ship raises all ships in the harbor.  Deal is serving a large number of struggling students and is doing a GREAT job.  Unless you are a simply a crank, or you have evidence (and not curmudgeonly assertions) that Deal gets resources above their DCPS counterparts, how can one be against their success?

Rock on Principal Kim!
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