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[quote=Anonymous]I'm glad to be reading this thread.  My son is in 4th grade, very much into math and science, and we attended EdFest specifically to check out McKinley Tech.   Its the closest high school to our home (zoned for Dunbar, which won't be 'reconfigured' in time for him, but maybe for my 3-year-old).   We spoke with some administrators and have decided to attend an open house to check out the labs.  We are starting a little early because I want to make certain he is on the right track and that we make the right decision for middle school. in order to get him where he wants and needs to be.

It seems that currently the mass media, which is being phased out, and the IT track are the most popular.  The biomedical track has a lot of female students and the engineering track is being reworked so that it is stronger and can attract more students.  Those are the two that seem most closely aligned to the things he likes.   All students must have in internship the summer before their senior year.

He took a liking to St. Anselm's after visiting their open house and my husband and I are discussing it, at least for middle school, but would prefer to keep him in a public school if we can find the right fit.

As for the question about why no white students?  From my experience (and I'm not white) white parents in this area seem to do a lot of things through word of mouth.  If no one they know has experience there, then they won't really look into it.  And another poster is correct, currently the white hs population isn't that high.  But in the next ten years it will be, if DC can keep parents in the city.  
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