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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because everyone on the hill leaves those elementary schools by 3rd grade, if not sooner, so in theory those could all be great schools if these obnoxious parents that are so reoccupied with "education" aka all white schools would just keep their kids in their in bound school with their grade cohort of kids and they get better over time. No one wants to be the test dummy so no one stays, it's a vicious cycle and its killing DCPS. Charters are a total joke and robbing public schools of resources and  the kids they could bring in to continuously improve. I don't live on the hill, but rather in petworth but have several friends on the hill and its the same whining and everyone scratching their head when in reality, its that the wealthy or even normal by this areas standards well meaning parents of white kids leave. Period. It's causing me so much frustration in my own area because my childrens cohort of parents keep saying we love the area, we like the school but yeah we gotta move before middle, and it's like hmm i think if everyone stayed we'd be just fine. If you figure out a solution let me know.[/quote]

Tbh, many parents are happy when those obnoxious white parents leave. One of the things that makes SH a great school is that the vibe is really relaxed and much more friendly, mostly because those white parents have left.[/quote]

You all can keep your heads in the sand as you see fit, but with a socioeconomic chasm like the one dc has, and the inequity that follows every facet of it, it’s no surprise that rich parents don’t want to send their kids to Eastern for high school etc. it’s the same answer to the this thread which is posted ad nauseum. There are just too many poor kids from broken homes because of previous inequity, who aren’t on grade, or have potential behavioral issues and all the rest, so rich folks want kids who don’t have those issues and leave.[/quote]

exactly. blaming individual white parents for their choices to avoid the ingoing consequences of institutional racism is pointless. the Hill completely “flipping” Eastern and Stuart Hobson would do nothing to improve schools in Ward 7 and 8; and it would take away the incremental improvement available to OOB students in those schools currently. [/quote]

+100. The OP indicated (I thought) that she had young kids. If you are anything like me, you were naive, and thought XX neighborhood/school would miraculously change or improve by the time your son/daughter got to middle school. Time flies and your are me; your kid is on the cusp of middle school. Nothing has really changed—not enough. You are tired and worn out. There are simply better educational opportunities elsewhere that you can access; and your child is tired of going to school with many students who have severe behavioral issues. So you jump. Its pretty simple.
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