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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is "oxymoronic"? ALex.[/quote]

This. If they aren't hard to get into, what is the point?[/quote]

DCUM will never be satisfied.

If the application schools are hard to get into, it’s a crisis because “what if my kid doesn’t get into one?”

If the application schools are not so hard to get into, it’s “what’s the point?”

The fact is that Banneker, McKinley, and Duke are considerably more successful than most neighborhood high schools in DC. That’s the point. [/quote]

[b]What people want is solid by right high schools and then truly selective application magnets. Not a bunch of failing by right high schools and some application schools that aren't even selective of applicants but are basically used to screen for kids who try and have parents who give a damn.[/b]

Alsoamy people don't want an arts or STEM magnet. They just want an academically strong school. But if you just rank Walls and Banneker, you may be shot out. [/quote]

The 1st paragraph by PP above sums it all up.

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Absolutely! NP here and I second that! My DC got into the application high school of their choice, but the level of stress we went through leading to the results day was so high simply because of the lack of acceptable feeder high schools. 
And yes, we are still compromising and lowering the overall standards in DC for what selective and magnet public high schools mean, yet the solution is to focus on building a solid foundation from the grounds up starting with a solid elementary program and a system that would prepare the students for advanced and challenging high schools with higher standards than what we currently see in selective high schools.[/quote]

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