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[quote=Anonymous]Eastern is a similarly cautionary tale. Rich Capitol Hill parents said the school was in bad condition. So DCPS renovated it. They said they wanted rigor, and the school offers a full IB program. They said they wanted extracurriculars and there are lots of clubs and sports. Now parents say "there isn't a cohort of high-performing kids" and "the IB scores are lower than in the Montgomery County magnets." A lot of rich people in DC got that way by being risk-averse. They are lawyers, compliance people, accountants--paid to notice problems and guide their bosses to the safer path. They are not inclined to try out a school where their kid will stand out. If DCPS did open Shaw it's not going to be a panacea where all of a sudden every rich family in PK3 at Seaton is going to stay through MS. And even if they did, plenty of poor families would stay too, and that is what's intolerable to a lot of DCPS parents.[/quote]
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