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[quote=Anonymous]What I find obscene about this is that there is not a similar initiative to make DC a "nationally recognized locale" for academic achievement, measured by the number of National Merit Scholars, or finalists in academic competitions, or admissions to elite universities for example.  The strong message from DCPS front office is that focusing on those types of things would not be "equitable" and those types of accomplishments are things that families can celebrate quietly.  But, instead let's celebrate kids who are selected for professional sports teams, because that is what the world really needs right now is more professional athletes.

To the poster complaining about the imbalance between schools, with Deal baseball as an example, I agree but it is just another example about how DC needs to invest in the quality of its schools across the city and stop expecting Deal and JR to absorb everyone.  Of course Deal has more talent (in sports and academics) because it has a much larger student body to pull from.  Perhaps if schools outside the Deal catchment were stronger, its 25% OOB population could go to their local schools instead, and level the playing field in many ways.  More broadly, however, most states handle this situation by having schools in various Divisions according to size.  DC is too small to do that so unless Maryland, for example, invites us into their athletic conference, we're sort of stuck.  
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