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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This mom of a bright, not-so-rich Brent kid regrets attending a Jefferson open house. Our PTA spin doctors now count me among those seriously interested in the school after learning more, when the opposite is true. I can't see a suitably advanced academic program springing up at Jefferson at all, let alone in the few years we have before middle school. My kid attended a Johns Hopkins CTY camp last summer, finding social studies hard for the first time.

Four fourth graders without siblings are into Latin while two dozen applied. We are an upper grades school community in trouble, folks.[/quote]

Do you really regret going to an open house? I would think you would now feel more informed about your options and whether they are suitable or not suitable for your daughter.

What I don't understand about this situation is why some Brent parents feel that other parents working on behalf of Jefferson is an affront. No one is saying that Jefferson is the right fit for every child or that every kid going through Brent should go to Jefferson. To me, working to improve the by-rights middle school seems like a desirable thing for the community not an insult.[/quote]
It takes people down a futile path.  It wastes time.  It provides political cover for city leadership.  It is tilting at windmills.  it gets in the way of solutions that might work in a timeframe for my kids.[/quote]

But what are those solutions?

DCPS does not seem interested in doing a test-in MS in Ward 6 or creating creating a Hine 2. If you don't have a sibling in a charter school, those will be long shots as well. So the choices seem to be move or work to try and make Jefferson workable for middle class families.

If you want to stay in the neighborhood and can't afford private schools, there is no harm in trying. If you hit the lottery (Mega-millions or MCDC, as they will have the same odds in a few years) good for you. But thinking there are other solutions coming down the pike in the next 10 years are the really the ultimate windmills. [/quote]

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