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"Yes, absolutely I blame Ward 6 parents for choosing not to invest in their neighborhood schools. These things are not going to be handed to you on a silver platter; there's no reason for DCPS to go out if its way to "incentivize" a certain, very privileged group of parents who vocally and hostilely turn up their noses at mixing with the hoi polloi. Enroll your kid and ask them to be skipped into 8th grade algebra if you feel they are ready, then ask to send them to Eastern to take advanced math later on. Truly advanced math students have always had to come up with solutions like that."

Does this pp have a child in DCPS? It is VERY hard to get your child anything out of the ordinary unless you have an IEP. Leaving campus during the day? Skipping a grade level in math? NO WAY would that ever happen. That's why the other pp said the only thing offered for math was to spend time playing computer games - that is what passes for differentiated learning your advanced students in DCPS. Which is why do many families leave. Over and over.[/quote]

Well, I offer that up as one reasonable compromise to the issue (apparently made up) of SH not offering algebra and geometry.  Apparently they DO offer algebra and geometry, so it's not actually an issue.  But if say you have a truly advanced child (ready for calc in 7th or 8th grade -- it happens) then why not ask if they can take it at Eastern?  Doesn't sound crazy.  Work with the system.  [/quote]

I do not have that kind of time. Already left DCPS with DC1 and planning to do the same with DC2 and DC3. Now, maybe if I had an infant right now. . .

How would that child get there? It takes 20 minutes by foot. This would only work for a student at EH. And I'm not 100% sure Eastern offers calculus.

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They have Algebra II and Trig, and I assume that the IB math is advanced.  There's ways to figure out the timing/transportation.  [/quote]

You have fun with that! [/quote]

Ok, you have fun with your dreams of creating a Ward 6  "high SES" middle school for your "advanced learner," without being willing to do any creative thinking within the existing system.  [/quote][/quote]

I do not have that kind of time. Already left DCPS with DC1 and planning to do the same with DC2 and DC3. Now, maybe if I had an infant right now. . .[/quote]

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