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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to work in a high poverty, low performing school in Anacostia, in a program that supports parents of elementary students. Those parents were solely focused on getting their kids out of that school, whether it was to a charter school or eventually out of the neighborhood altogether.

They thought that anyone who chose to send their kid to that school, if they had another option, was frankly crazy. [/quote]

I would love to hear more about why they don't move to VA or MD and solve this problem. Is it the familiarity of the neighborhood? I see tons of hispanic families in Arlington who moved to VA for schools. Tell us your experience.[/quote]

You can’t understand why a family wouldn’t be able to come up with first and last month rent to move to MD or VA?  Or a family who has managed to qualify for Medicaid or Early Headstart or Section 8 or TANF etc . . . All of which are programs that determine eligibility by state, wouldn’t be able to put themselves back on the bottom of the waiting list in a new state?

Honestly, I want my kid to know how the world works.  If wherever you went to school led to you being his clueless, then that’s not what I want for my kids.  [/quote]

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