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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the school is in/near a really slummy part of the county. Drive a few blocks to piney branch and university and see for your self.  It is one of the worst areas in the DC metro region and those kids go to Eastern. They have to go somewhere and they are not all bad but people need to ask if the crazy commute and exposure for their kids is worth it for the privilege of propping up the test score of a very seedy area. I dare a perspective magnet parent to drive though Knob Hill, Long Branch Garland or Quebec terrace at night and ask your self if that peer group is worth a fancy text book in middle school.  There is a reason they put carrot programs that attract high flyers in schools like eastern or Blair which is near by on the same road as well.

If you do I suspect you will find your answer [/quote]

What is it like to feel like you're being "real" and "fair" and not know you sound like a complete asshole?[/quote]

Sounding like and A-hole and being wrong are two different things. I know the truth triggers many people and acknowledging the truth doesn't mean I am endorsing the injustice of it all.  Also few people who go back to their home will be honest with the % that reality played into their decision. I suspect most people who claim commute or local friends are really thinking a portion of this. [/quote]
[b]This person was blunt but they’re not wrong.[/b] It pulls from a terrible area and the admin isn’t great. I didn’t pull my child out but I sure wish I would have. My kid did virtual while at Eastern and it was a shitshow. [/quote]
No, the person is racist not blunt and she is wrong.[/quote]
No, they are correct. There was more teenage pregnancy in that middle school than in my kids high school. The language was also worse than my kids were exposed to in high school. [b]The admin was overwhelmed with getting food to poorer families [/b]instead of teaching when they first went virtual. 
Not everything is racist. Those problems are more consistent with low income.  [/quote]

OH DEAR GOD NO NOT FEEDING POOR FAMILIES!!!

My kid's ES was the same way, and I was goddamn proud to be a parent at that school during the pandemic.  I used it as an example for my kid of how a community takes care of its members.  It was a fantastic lesson for him to learn.[/quote]
Ok if they’re also teaching my kid. They’re weren’t. 
How long are you ok with forgoing an education to be a food pantry?[/quote]

As long as there are kids who are hungry.[/quote]
There are always needy kids in the world. 
What a dumb answer. [/quote]

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