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[quote=Anonymous]DCPS ensures that few of us will show up and parents can't be blamed. The 2008-2009 PTA meetings geared at making Jefferson Brent-worthy were an education for many of us. When I hear parents claim, well, that was ancient history, the city has changed tremendously in the last five or six years, I remain skeptical.  If anything, Rhee showed more interest in committing resources to above-grade-level instruction than Henderson. The former gave press conferences to decry the dearth of enrichment in DCPS; the latter doesn't.

One parent confidence-bashing problem is that DCPS purges weak teachers very inefficiently, unlike the highest-performing charters. Weak teachers at top charters generally don't last long, while DCPS gives them one chance after another, far too many for your child and family. Also, DCPS has never institutionalized programming for advanced students below the AP courses level. You'll have a pullout group or advanced math class at an elementary or middle school one year, but not necessarily the next (the story at Watkins and Hobson through the years). Admins change and advanced offerings come and go. Without a high-capacity PTA able to raise megabucks, and push admins to cater to advanced students year in and year out, programming for above grade-level course work isn't secure in the system.

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