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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin isn't a private school; our tax dollars pay for it.  You move on if you want a pure, unadulterated booster thread lauding world-class middle and high school rigor at Latin.

Start your own thread, please. Suggestion - police your thread aggressively.[/quote]

Somehow when this poster sees someone say “we are very happy and satisfied with Latin and impressed by the teaching and learning we see there” , they believe it comes from a booster touting “world-class rigor”.  This person is not tethered to reality but is floating in their own world of disappointment and rancor. [/quote]

Trust me, we're hardly short on disappointment and rancor at Latin, at least at the bitter end.  I know many parents who assumed that their children would easily crack their alma maters, or schools of similar caliber.  [/quote]

I think the same could be said of Sidwell, though, too. College admissions have changed. [/quote]

I guess, but the schools aren't comparable.  More kids get into Ivies every year from Sidwell than the total admitted from Latin since that school was started.  Apples and oranges.[/quote]

YIKES. It's so sad that DC doesn't have Stuy/Hunter/Bronx Sci/NEST+m or even Regis. Rigorous free options where getting into actually elite colleges is the norm.[/quote]

What's sad to me is that few DC voters seem to care. One poster after another comes here to argue that Latin's approach to teaching even the most advanced DC public HS students is practically perfect.  Stuy/Hunter/Bronx Sci/NEST type urban magnet programs aren't in demand with nearly enough voters in DC to materialize. My kid attends a public school in VA, where my ex lives, and the difference between that program and Latin's MS is night and day.  There are GT assessments and advanced MS classes beyond math at this school, competitive MS STEM extra-curriculars, a fine instrumental music program (free daily music lessons), a dozen serious sports teams, five languages taught during the school day, a 1,000-seat auditorium, indoor track etc.  If wouldn't have had a clue what we were missing if we'd stuck with Latin.[/quote]

You spent all this time to come on here and type out what everyone already knows ( though it sounds like you didn’t ). Of course there are luxe, well-resourced mega-schools with all kinds of advanced classes, GT programs and extracurricular bells and whistles. Of course.

You need to understand that some families are making a choice to stay in DC, and others don’t really have the ability to leave.  For all of us—we understand the trade-offs and we are grateful for where Latin leadership chooses to put its focus—on being a challenging and accessible classical education program for any student from DC who walks through the door. We are telling you that it works well for advanced students and brings all kinds of less tangible pluses that your big Suburban rat-race school can’t provide.  People who are happy with Latin value different things than you do and feel that even with its trade-offs, it is near-perfect for their students.

I can’t fathom why people like you are fixated on tearing it down. Do your thing, and best wishes to you.
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As far as DC voters not organizing for a Stuyvesant-style test-in program, it’s complicated.  Very, very complicated with the politics and funding models here in DC.   If a group of voters want to take that on with a passion, by all means get on that and see where it goes. In the meantime, there is no value whatsoever in relentlessly dumping on programs already in existence that are by all means successful, beloved and working hard to maintain all the diversity and equity that is a requirement of being a public school in this city.[/quote]

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