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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Jefferson-Houston becomes K-8 AND they do not allow parents to opt out, THEN George Washington Middle school will likely become marginally better in a few years.[/quote]

If anyone didn't understand the context of this post, let me clarify.  Most, but not all, of the public housing projects are in the Jefferson-Houston elementary school district.  These are poor, at-risk students who have traditionally been bused to schools in the nicer areas of Alexandria.  Slowly over time, politicians in the nicer school zones have objected to all of these poor kids causing disruptions at their local schools and they have been shifted and concentrated in Jefferson-Houston.  Now Jefferson-Houston is majority AA and ED.  It has the worst test scores in the system and has failed NCLB nearly every year.  The ACPS has poured lots of resources and actually puts some of their most talented teachers and administrators there to improve things.

The ACPS has tried to attract middle class families into Jefferson Houston by making it an "arts" magnet school and is now making it a K-8 IB program to attract non-public housing unit children.  There are also proposals to build a state of art, multi-story facility paid by developers if they are allowed to build high rise condos nearby.

So the above message is basically if all of those poor AA kids stay in Jefferson Houston, than well maybe Washington Middle School won't be so bad.  The ACPS has a bad history of segregation, even up to the 1960's, actually which created TC Williams in the first place, so NO the families that live in the Jefferson-Houston school district will never be forced to attend middle school there so the white families feel more comfortable in George Washington MS without a massive civil rights lawsuit.
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It's true, though. If they finish making Jefferson Houston a ghetto school populated by ghetto kids, that enables the other schools to improve.

I'm not sure what you are driving at. Explain to me why dispersing these kids throughout the system is a better idea? Nothing seems to work.[/quote]

I have to agree. I am ok with making Jefferson Houston a ghetto school if helps other area schools improve.  Sorry, if the parents don't like it, the parents don't need to live in public housing in the City. They could move over to Fairfax County and get a voucher. Nicer housing and nicer schools.[/quote]

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