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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We know a bunch of Hill families of students who went through Stuart Hobson, now in HS (mostly at Walls) or college, who seem to be doing just fine.  Some of these SH grads attend elite SLACs, Amherst, Middlebury, Swarthmore.  We also know Brent students who went through Jefferson Academy and Maury students who went through Eliot-Hine, now top students at Walls or Banneker. These families coped and supplemented uncomplainingly, living their values by sending their children to neighborhood middle schools to stay in the community they love. More power to them. We've known these sweet kids since they were tiny tots. Come on, middle school is a tough age no matter where kids land. Our family isn't OK with DCPS after ES so we choose a parochial MS, but I'm not going to slam fellow Hill parents for having made a different choice, coming here to accuse them of poor parenting.  
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lol. they only “lived their values” because their kids got into Walls … [/quote]

Also, they "lived their values"...by having the money to pay for private as a backup in case Walls didn't work out.

I think it is great if people want to send their kids to SH, of Jefferson or any other school. What is just dumb is people who make that about some larger social point, instead of what it is: parents making the best decision for their kid in light of their individual circumstances. This is the same old DCUM two step:

Poster #1: I choose public schools because charter schools are evil and people who send their kids there are evil and intentionally destabilizing schools. Also, I am also morally superior.

Poster #2: I send my kid to [BASIS/Latin] because I want to guarantee them a quality HS education and I can't afford private schools. SH is not an option for me because it does not offer truly advanced classes and has no guaranteed HS feed.

Poster #1: SH is an excellent school. A great school. A fine school. As long as you supplement out of pocket to keep your kid on grade level. Never mind that though, because people like you who don't have money to supplement or to afford private HS are entitled and. In fact your unwillingness to put your kid's future at risk to improve schools for the greater good is responsible for the fact that SH and other schools aren't great. The only possible explanation for you wanting a guaranteed HS path is hatred of public schools. Why don't people less entitled than me understand how much damage they are doing by putting their kids first?

Poster #2: So with all your moral superiority and commitment to public schools, are you going to send your kid to Eastern if they aren't admitted to Walls?

Poster #1: H*LL NO! If we don't get into walls we'll pay for private or move to a new state. Now let me lecture you some more about how you are destabilizing public education.

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This is exactly the case. And it also creates situations in real life where white Karen’s and Susan’s and Christine’s feel the need to lecture everyone (including brown/black families) on enrolling their kids in Stuart Hobson/Jefferson/Eliot Hine. There is no moral high ground for those who choose their local school. There isn’t.

You can do what you want with your kids but I am not putting my kids in schools where their academic needs aren’t met. And for the record, even though it’s been stated many times in this and other threads, high achieving brown kids are treated way worse than white kids. Every single parent I know of brown kids knows that charter schools who cater to those seeking excellence are the safest bet for non-white children. Regardless of what your local Karen/Jennnifer/Christine/Susan will say to you. [/quote]

How many do you know? Because the ones I know actually don't feel that Deal, Basis or Latin are that amazing for them. [/quote]

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