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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boundary study committee member: I really appreciate your willingness to be here and chat with us. But does the programming really matter? IB, AP, whatever, nobody actually cares about that! People want on and above-grade-level classes. That's what they want. Not pretend, fake "advanced" classes that are actually just on grade level. Not "grade level" classes where most of the kids can't perform at grade level. That is what people are chasing when they commute long distances. And until you do something about that, nothing's going to change.[/quote]

I appreciate this perspective. I am also on the committee. Better access to programming across the city has come up quite a lot but more perspectives are needed. There are opportunities for community members to weigh in with town halls already scheduled for September. https://dme.dc.gov/node/1660961

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It's unclear to me what you mean by "programming".  Is access to genuine, actually above-grade-level content considered a kind of "programming"? Or is "programming" a matter of French vs Spanish, drama vs. band, etc?

I don't bother with the town halls because I don't feel that you guys actually listen. We all know what's going on here-- DCPS isn't willing to be honest with parents about the academic level of its classes. Until that changes, nothing else changes. Parents have zero confidence that their child's academic needs will be met, even though DCPS labels certain classes "advanced". And as long as so many middle schools have literally ZERO students passing a PARCC math test, nobody's going to believe that your schools are good at all.[/quote]

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