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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I continue to object to the fact that MacArthur is such a limited school with far fewer opportunities than Jackson Reed. When DC opens new schools, they should be full-service schools. Your ability to take a high level class, be on a sports team, or star in a play should not depend on your street address.  My neighborhood was redistricted into MacArthur, and now neighbors move heaven and earth to avoid sending kids there, mostly applying to Walls or mortgaging themselves for private school.  MacArthur simply does not have the same resources, and it never will.[/quote]

Which neighborhood?

It’s insane to me that anyone would send to JR over MacArthur. So huge, over crowded, unmanageable, in a worse neighborhood…[/quote]

What JR is not is that it’s not title 1 with abysmal scores, not crazy commute, limited course offerings, sports, and EC.

JR also has a good cohort of high performing kids.

It’s a no brainer which school has better peers and offerrings.[/quote]

What's silly is when people rave about the "offerings" at 2000+ student schools.

Your kid doesn't need 200 sports and clubs to choose from, it just needs enough to accommodate their general interests.  And it's really nice to be at a school where kids don't have to be elite performers to make the team.

The trade-off for the zillion specialized offerings is loss of community and increase in chaos.  Yay.

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