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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How travel handicapped are you? To say that the commute from Jefferson is much faster Wilson than it is to Eastern is utterly foolish...  Really, what streets are traveling are you going by the way of the stage-coach?  You can get to Eastern in about 5-10 minutes in any given time frame from the Jefferson neighborhood community.  As for trying to get Wilson in the same amount of time it just impossible.  No way, no how?

I just would like to ask the other poster "you're saying that your non AA child based on test scores would be the only child at Eastern doing what?"

The 20% of white students at Wilson are all advanced, is that what I am understanding?
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Here's the thing, the majority of white students at Wilson ARE advanced - 53% in math and 67% in reading.  And the overwhelming majority are proficient or advanced - 93% and 96% in math and reading, respectively.  Whether our kids are white, brown, green, or blue, we want high-achieving and advanced kids to have a sizeable cohort, in part to ensure that the class work in the higher level AP classes is actually challenging them.  When only 6% of the tested grades at Eastern score advanced in math and only 8% score advanced in reading, it is difficult to have that confidence.  I think Eastern is doing really well and applaud its efforts, but the numbers don't give me a reason to be confident that the school is equipped to provide a robust and challenging educational experience for advanced kids coming in years above grade level.[/quote]

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